Affinity [ Made free by Canva, just a day back ] runs on Linux, too.
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Affinity [ Made free by Canva, just a day back ] runs on Linux, too.
Credit goes to https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
ExternalAccountant34@reddit
Are there any know. issues with it on Linux? Is it laggy or anything?
Storrox@reddit
Hey, has anyone found an easy way to get Affinity (the Canva version) working on Ubuntu? :)
timiko322@reddit
how does it work with color management? Well so far I could just not bother and doit it unconstrained and just clamp srgb, but I'm getting into photography and I will expand into working with AdobeRGB too.
LOLinc@reddit
Looking forward to trying this next week. If it runs well (and is easy to install) on linux, it could be a game changer!
ComprehensiveYak4399@reddit
you do need to download another wine fork but thats as hard as it gets the rest is the same as any other windows app
Indolent_Bard@reddit
that's the old project this one's forked from.
paint_me_blue696@reddit
what version of wine i need ? i am trying to install affinity using the scripts but unsuccessfull
ComprehensiveYak4399@reddit
try this:
https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux
ut has instructions on how to install it manually
LOLinc@reddit
I just used the Installer Script and it worked perfectly fine!
sequential_doom@reddit
I dunno, I'm wary of 'free' software coming from a for profit company putting AI in creative software.
IIIBlueberry@reddit
People seem to forget how big Canva is; last year they generated $2.7 billion in revenue. They could easily afford to make Affinity free and hook people up to Canva ecosystem just like what Blackmagic is doing with Davinci Resolve.
AERegeneratel38@reddit
It's still good regardless, no? Da Vinci Resolve's been free for ages, runs everywhere, runs fast and is much better than Adobe products.
As long as current base version of Affinity is free with these features (like Da Vinci Resolve is), its a win for everyone else.
Indolent_Bard@reddit
Hopefully they'll add something to compete with adobe in motion graphics. Then it's over for adobe in video production. I wish they would make a photoshop clone.
IIIBlueberry@reddit
Very true, I didn't mean to make it sound like it was bad thing This is a win for everyone if Canva committed on making Affinity free, but trust only earn with time.; But still it was a win to everyone!
capellan2000@reddit
I have been using every Affinity application since version 1 and this is a really good news.
Using Linux Mint, I will test this install script and report the results back in other forums.
There is just one thing that I do not understand, How could Da Vinci Resolve run officially in Linux without publishing its source code too?
SirTiddlesworth@reddit
The same as it runs on Windows or MacOS without requiring source code. Davinci Resolve is compiled to a Linux executable, and that executable is then run.
While Linux software is primarily open source, this is not a requirement. There is plenty of proprietary, closed source software available for Linux.
silenceimpaired@reddit
Isn't there a set of scripts to do this in Lutris and Heroic games? Trying to find that.
pro_armoire@reddit
You can run it via Lutris and prevent it from accessing the internet. What would be cool is if someone made a plugin to use the AI features with a local model, similar to Krita.
ScratchHacker69@reddit
You need internet access one time to login iirc but after that no internet needed
pro_armoire@reddit
I don't need to log in. I just need to be logged in to download the exe but when installing via Lutris and using it i never got prompted to log in
ScratchHacker69@reddit
Oh huh I heard that you needed to login when first launching the app but maybe I misheard or something then
pro_armoire@reddit
I don't know about you people but i needed to login via the browser to download the .exe. Then i could install it and it just works. I used Flatpak Lutris to install it with the script provided here: https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux/blob/main/Guides/Lutris/Guide.md
wdfour-t@reddit
That was fast
Careful-Major3059@reddit
I remember it being such an issue and such a want for so long that linux support discussion was banned from affinity subreddit
DoubleOwl7777@reddit
to add to that, using wine, it doesnt run natively, but still, thats a whole lot better than adobes shit...