Affinity Version 2: Worth Buying?

Version 2 of Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher is now available for Windows, Mac, and iPad, so I wanted to take a look at the software, get hands on with the non-destructive RAW edits and luminosity masks, and share my perspective as a long time Affinity user on whether the upgrade is worth the money.

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00:00 Intro
01:09 Introduction to Affinity
03:01 Do you have to update?
03:26 Non-Destructive RAW Editing
06:49 New Mask Layers
08:52 Things I Don't Like
10:13 Should You Upgrade?
10:39 Reasons Not to Upgrade
11:00 Reasons To Upgrade
12:14 Outro

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