The name Serif has long been associated with budget design apps, usually ending with “Plus.” There was DrawPlus, PhotoPlus, and even PagePlus, and while they were cheap, they were outclassed by other software packages, often costing a great deal more, and which ran on Macs.
While the products improved over time, Serif decided to break with the Plus range when it launched Affinity Designer, a vector graphics app that was initially released only on Apple computers, followed by Affinity Photo, a raster-editing app. Both then made their way to Windows after beta periods (in the case of Affinity Photo, a very short one, as anyone trying to follow last issue’s tutorial may already have found out).
The Affinity products are pro-grade, Adobe-troubling apps sold at a reasonable price, with no…