03/20/2020
Hello everyone!
The CONVID-19 pandemic is effecting is all and challenging us to rediscover hobbies and activities we once loved before or have only just discovered.
Being apart of the creative community I feel it’s my duty to compile a list of all the creative applications and programs that are helping YOU find and perfect your craft. These are all discounted or have extended trials.
I’ll also include marketing and merchandise websites when I find them. I’ll keep this updated and hop you add to the list in the comments down bellow as well.
Affinity line of programs.
‘The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have severely impacted people all over the world. To provide some support during this incredibly difficult time, we’re now offering a 90-day free trial of all the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite. We’re also offering a 50% discount for users who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including iPad versions. - Affinity
Affinity Photo
(Photoshop)
With support for limitless layers, Affinity Photo provides a full library of adjustments, effects and live filters, all of which can be grouped, clipped, masked or blended together to create incredibly complex image compositions. You pay once and own it for the rest of your life.
Affinity Designer
(Illustrator)
Whether working with artistic text for headlines, or frames of text for body copy, you can add advanced styling and ligatures with full control over leading, kerning, tracking and more.
Affinity Publisher
(Indesign/ Publisher)
With essentials like master pages, facing page spreads, grids, tables, advanced typography, text flow, full professional print output and other amazing features, Affinity Publisher has everything you need to create the perfect layout whatever your project.
Link: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/
For those of you who like a more formal way of learning they offer workbooks at full price.
Link: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/
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For those of us that are deep in the Adobe ecosystem they have something as well.
Adobe Creative Cloud
‘Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ desktop and mobile apps and services for photography, design, video, web, UX and more. Now you can take your ideas to new places with Photoshop on the iPad, draw and paint with Fresco, and design for 3D and AR. Join our global creative community — and make something better together.’ - Adobe
*You have to start your trial or subscription and go to cancel. When asked why say it’s too much and they will give you offers. One of the offers is 2 months free.
Link: https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html
From the smoothest, fastest photo editing and graphic design software to the most powerful publishing software, Affinity apps are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with creative technology.
