Putting the Affinity graphics suite on Linux
Final Point
The Adobe Suite is very popular and should probably be considered the industry standard in its niche. Adobe ignored Linux for a long time, and its applications are not Linux-friendly. Affinity Suite is a good alternative in this situation. Affinity is currently priced at $69.99 per application or $169.99 for a universal license that includes all three applications. This is a one-time payment: You don't need to pay a subscription fee. The ability to do graphics work on Linux with minimal issues is also appealing. If open source applications like Gimp, Krita, and Inkscape [14] work well for your needs, that's great. If not, Affinity Suite is definitely worth trying.
Infos
- Gimp: https://www.gimp.org
- CMYK color model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model
- Krita: http://krita.org
- Affinity Suite: https://affinity.serif.com/
- Affinity Suite v2 on Linux [Wine]: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182758-affinity-suite-v2-on-linux-wine/
- Affinity on Linux scripts: https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
- OpenCL: https://opencv.org/opencl/
- Boxes: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Boxes
- Flatseal: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
- Downloading the runner: https://github.com/daegalus/wine-tkg-affinity/releases
- WinMetadata: https://archive.org/download/win-metadata/WinMetadata.zip
- Mesh Warp documentation: https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Tools/tools_meshWarp.html
- Scribus: https://www.scribus.net/
- Inkscape: https://inkscape.org
The Author
Paul Nixer has been a Linux user and FOSS advocate since the late 2000s. He is passionate about privacy, security, networks, and community-driven development. Find Paul on Mastodon at: https://mastodon.social/@paulnixer.
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