![]() They have implemented this - but you can still buy C4D outright. There ware rumours a couple of years ago that Maxon were looking at the subscription model and there was quite a lot of uproar. People do change their requirements or re-asses their needs when software vendors change their business models. But your argument that there's no demand for an alternative doesn't make sense. I think part of the problem comes down to the subscription model as much as anything. I work in motion graphics and I've heard people say this. I never heard any AE artists saying they want an After Effects alternative, and I've been in this industry for 20 years. That includes not just the low, one time purchase price but also all the rest of it. So the bottom line is there is no way Serif could expand its product range to compete with all the Adobe ones, or the various specialized ones from other companies, & still keep everything most of us like most about the existing ones. Add to that the costs in both time & money users may incur because they need top grade hardware to use their products as efficiently as possible, & to contend with inter-application issues. More to the point, also consider that this means their development costs are much higher than Serif's, & that those costs & all the administrative & other costs of running such a huge company are past on to their customers. They certainly don't have to consider designing everything around a 'universal' native file format that any of their apps can open without conversions or resorting to special export methods. They also don't have to concern themselves much with optimizing anything for highly efficient memory use because they know most of their users will cram their computers with as much memory as they can because everybody knows that is the key to getting better performance out of Adobe apps. ![]() Different group might work on the Windows & Mac versions, & a third group might handle cross-platform compatibility. Adobe can assign dozens of programmers to developing a single app, or just to working on implementing or refining one or a few related features. Regarding that, consider how much larger a company Adobe is than Serif. On top of that, one thing is clear: you people don't realize what Serif can or can't do. I know for a fact that the same isn't true for my type of work. Before someone will start typing in response to my last sentence, because I know there are people here very sensitive about certain things, remember: you might be fine with your AP/AD for the job you do. Oh, and let's not forget that a new AE today is not like AE 20 years ago when Mac was dominating the graphic design market: nowadays it has to be released for Windows as one of the major platform and considered how much Serif is struggling with their current products for Windows in terms of stability and performance, your dreams are really going nowhere. In the meantime AP and AD updates languish, and this can only get worse. ![]() ![]() People requesting publisher, a dam, editing, animation. So, either these frequent requests come from people who is getting excited about Affinity (without knowing the limits of the product yet), or doesn't work professionally, hence asking for an AE alternative it's like asking for a scooter with a Ferrari in mind. What an AE artist thinks from time to time is "I should probably learn Nuke or get better with Cinema 4D". So, it would actually make sense to either ask for a 2d animation software or (better) look for it (and there are options), but an AE alternative? Do you guys realize what a huge demand is that? Let's just pretend it didn't happen.Īfter Effects animators market's demand would never make an AE artist think "I have spent all this time learning and finessing my skills, growth a good network, finally paying my bills, feeding my family and get a decent living, let's screw it and start over with a software which will be buggy, will under perform, unknown and that only a few will use. Anyone in this industry working professionally knows After Effects is not just a 2d animation program, it's way more than that. Mind you, I'm not saying people never complain, but wishing an Affinity After Effects nope, really, never happened.Ī few facts. Right and most likely the others who are asking for this are also here on this forum. ![]()
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