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I have been very happy with all three Affinity products since I got them.

I double-bought each one so I'd have them available on both macOS and Windows.

Thanks to Affinity I'm Adobe-free.

It's surprising how much you can offer to customers for a once-off £50 when you don't have VCs/investors breathing down your neck.

And 22,000 employees to pay.

I love Affinity a ton, too, and have more or less ditched Adobe for all my creative needs. Affinity Designer/Photo/Published easily fills the Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign toolkit for almost any designer's needs. I am satisfied with Figma for UI and UX design, and it seems to be the enterprise solution du jour as well. The only tool missing for me is a comprehensive motion design tool, for which I have only dabbled in alternatives to After Effects (which is amazing software).

If anyone's interested, I've found Cavalry to be really good so far but not really intended for footage if that's your use case. Really great for UI motion, however.

Apple's Motion is worth checking out.

Check out the new Blender if you're looking for a motion graphics solution. The new geometry node tools and improved UI are worth the look.

DaVinci Resolve is not bad, and also free

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