Affinity photo add plugins
(I searched for a "main" AD plugins thread, found lots of small ones so I decided to make one for this viewpoint.
I'm sure these things are being discussed, and I don't expect this post to really change much, but still I hope someone considers these viewpoints. Even if Affinity grows to cover all possible features, plugins would get your users there sooner, and plugins might also help in figuring out how certain features should be.Īlternatively, if simplicity in UX is a goal, leaving some of the more advanced features to plugins may be a good way to fight off bloat.
I feel that opening up AD to functionality plugins similar to the AG suite may be just what's needed to break the hold illustrator has. I've been buying the Affinity software and other adobe-competing products just to support having another place to go to. The next screen shows how easy this is just make sure that Allow unknown plugins to be used is selected.
When I attempt to run them I get an Error: launch plug-in failure and it locks Affinity Photo up solid where I have to end task. The first job is to get Affinity to recognise Luminar Neo as a plugin and that is simply done by additing the plugin directory in Neo as a resource in Affinity. The Astute Graphics suite of Illustrator plugins add a ton of stuff that really give value, but more importantly, it adds a few must-have vector tools (like deleting a point on a curve and healing). 2 both Sharpen AI and Denoise AI no longer run as plugins from Affinity Photo.