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  • Canon joins the "subscription software" brigade

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 10 07:25:29 2022
    There is even software now to hunt down all the subscriptions people have so they don't end up with paying for ones they no longer use.

    https://petapixel.com/2022/11/09/canon-adds-pro-version-of-webcam-software-that-costs-5-per-month/

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 10 18:40:38 2022
    The software here:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

    is purchase, not subscription. I was delighted to find that the licence (for hobbyists) includes Mac, PC and iPad versions, and another family member can use with no extra payment. It seems that Serif, Affinity really know what people want! Photo, Designer and Publisher for about $100.

    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From RJH@21:1/5 to David Taylor on Fri Nov 11 07:31:01 2022
    On 10 Nov 2022 at 18:40:38 GMT, David Taylor wrote:

    The software here:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

    is purchase, not subscription. I was delighted to find that the licence (for hobbyists) includes Mac, PC and iPad versions, and another family member can use with no extra payment. It seems that Serif, Affinity really know what people want! Photo, Designer and Publisher for about $100.


    Indeed, refreshing, I've got Photo v.1. Is the upgrade to v2 worthwhile?

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    Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to RJH on Fri Nov 11 14:51:38 2022
    On 11/11/2022 07:31, RJH wrote:
    On 10 Nov 2022 at 18:40:38 GMT, David Taylor wrote:

    The software here:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

    is purchase, not subscription. I was delighted to find that the licence (for
    hobbyists) includes Mac, PC and iPad versions, and another family member can >> use with no extra payment. It seems that Serif, Affinity really know what >> people want! Photo, Designer and Publisher for about $100.


    Indeed, refreshing, I've got Photo v.1. Is the upgrade to v2 worthwhile?

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    I don't know, Rob.
    I upgraded, in part, to support their licence policy.

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    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to David Taylor on Fri Nov 11 19:29:01 2022
    On Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 13:40:47 UTC-5, David Taylor wrote:
    The software here:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

    is purchase, not subscription.

    An ongoing one.

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to RichA on Sat Nov 12 05:03:35 2022
    On 12/11/2022 03:29, RichA wrote:
    is purchase, not subscription.
    An ongoing one.

    Only if you choose to upgrade do you need to pay more.

    If the existing software works for you, there is NO continuing cost.

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    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 12 12:21:17 2022
    Am 12.11.2022 um 06:03 schrieb David Taylor:

    Only if you choose to upgrade do you need to pay more.

    If the existing software works for you, there is NO continuing cost.

    Well, but then you can't use the new features. There is quite some
    progress at the moment in the area of computational image processing.

    There was a lot of noise for instance about the latest DXO software,
    with people claiming substantial improvements in high ISO noise reduction.

    Although you could skip one of the yearly upgrades and only upgrade
    every second year for instance.
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Sat Nov 12 11:53:20 2022
    On 12/11/2022 11:21, Alfred Molon wrote:
    Well, but then you can't use the new features. There is quite some
    progress at the moment in the area of computational image processing.

    There was a lot of noise for instance about the latest DXO software,
    with people claiming substantial improvements in high ISO noise reduction.

    Although you could skip one of the yearly upgrades and only upgrade
    every second year for instance.

    These aren't yearly upgrades. My first Affinity Photo was 2018, and there were updates after that. So it was a four year cycle. At ~€100 for the three programs that's about €35 per year, rather less than Adobe's offering.

    I'm finding that the computation photography which I get in the camera saves a lot of post-processing effort later, which saves time and suits my way of working. Indeed, there is indeed a lot of improvement!
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    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to David Taylor on Sat Nov 12 16:49:49 2022
    On 12/11/2022 11:53, David Taylor wrote:
    These aren't yearly upgrades. My first Affinity Photo was 2018, and there were
    updates after that. So it was a four year cycle. At ~€100 for the three programs that's about €35 per year, rather less than Adobe's offering.

    Let's get it correct. One-off purchase in 2018, no further money spent until an optional major upgrade in 2022. Free updates from 2018, a few anyway. So for €100, four years of support, so about €25 annually if you want to look at
    it that way to compare with a subscription. But, again, it's a once-off purchase.
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    Cheers,
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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