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From: "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net>
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote in 
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>  [I'd say wrongly, at least for the vast bulk of users, 
>       including many of those who use it professionally. The 
>       Affinity software suite comes very close to matching 
>       Photoshop feature-for-feature, but even GIMP or 
>       Paint.Net are often good enough for 90% of what most
>       people use it for. It's inertia, not capability, that
>       maintains Adobe's poistion.]
> 

Sorry, but LibreOffice Writer is no substitute for MS Word when working with more complex 
documents--especially when you're a production professional and the person who created the 
document is not.

The problem with Affinity Publisher for a professional is that it doesn't support any form of 
scripting, so you can't automate any of the more tedious elements of the production process.

For those interested in modding games, Affinity Photo doesn't support .dds files at all, so it's 
a non-starter there. Affinity claims it will recognise and use Photoshop plug-ins, but I've never 
got it to work with the .dds tools.

Otherwise, the free stuff is great. and the Affinity stuff, which we own, is terrific.