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The Affinity Suite is so worth it. Pay a single time and get all the apps on all major OSes instead of the stupid subscription bullshit Adobe tries to lock you into.
They got bought out by Canva though, so I'm sure the enshittification will follow. Such a shame.
No Linux support though, which is a bummer these days.
so not all major OSes
I mean, windows and Mac. So yes, all major OSes. The whole "year of Linux" has been a nice meme... For a few decades now.
The world runs on Linux
Yeah Linux is absolutely not a major OS (nor will it ever be)
Or Android, so for people who sketch on a tablet they have to use ipad.
Also udemy has some fantastic courses to learn the whole suite, each can be purchased for lifetime access for $10-15 USD. The instructors I bought from are still actively updating their courses and I get all the new stuff, even though I bought when AD was still on v1.3.
If you're looking to learn it's a really affordable way to do it.
Which courses do you recommend?
Here's the main one I used to get started.
https://www.udemy.com/share/101Yfa3@8XPxXbG1DlivBLYGDQBz4q_2ELh5RBS7IxJQFAsw6_JZaeTT-te7EdqUz3kcjiTo/
I've started one on creating abstract art in Affinity that seems pretty good and I have a few others in my learning queue from him on specific parts of affinity that look really good but I haven't done yet.
Him and Lindsey Marsh have a bunch of content out there on the whole suite. I took Lindsey's course on graphic design theory that was pretty good but that course used adobe so i used it more for general concepts. I think either of them would be a good place to start.