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Serif have a range of software products, which are listed below.
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Serif have a range of software products, which are listed below.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 2014 |
| Stable release | 1.10.0 / 28 July 2021 [1] |
| Operating system | macOS, Microsoft Windows, iOS |
| Type | Vector graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | affinity |
Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor for macOS, Windows, and iOS. It is Serif's first Mac app and has been built from the ground up to take full advantage of core Mac technologies including Grand Central Dispatch, Core Graphics and OpenGL hardware acceleration.
Working in Affinity Designer is always live and can pan and zoom at 60fps, transform objects in correct z-order, make adjustments or apply effects in realtime, and zoom beyond 1,000,000%. [2]
Affinity Designer has been very well received by critics [3] [4] and was awarded runner up in Apple's “Best of 2014″, [5] and won an Apple Design Award (ADA) at Apple's WWDC event in San Francisco. [6]
Affinity Designer is available as a free 30-day trial from the Affinity website, and available to buy direct from the Mac App store or from their website.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 2015 |
| Stable release | 1.10.0 / 28 July 2021 [7] |
| Operating system | macOS, Microsoft Windows, iOS |
| Type | image editing |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | affinity |
Affinity Photo is a raster graphics editor for macOS, Windows, and iOS. It is Serif's second mac app, and like Affinity Designer has been built from the ground up to take full advantage of core Mac technologies including Grand Central Dispatch, Core Graphics and OpenGL hardware acceleration.
Like Designer, working in Affinity Photo is always live and can pan and zoom at 60fps, with live previews and non destructive application. It support unlimited layers and has a dedicated RAW editing workspace. It supports RGB, CMYK, LAB, Greyscale colour space with end-to-end CMYK workflow with ICC colour management, and 16-bit per channel editing. [8]
Affinity Photo is available as a free trial from the Affinity website, and available to buy direct from the Mac App store or from their website.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 19, 2019 |
| Stable release | 1.10.0 / 28 July 2021 [9] |
| Operating system | macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Desktop Publishing |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | affinity |
Affinity Publisher is a desktop publishing application for macOS, Windows. It is Serif's third mac app.
Affinity Publisher includes StudioLink technology, [10] developed by Serif, which allows owners of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo to use the vector and raster graphic editing functionality of those applications for editing content directly within Publisher [11] [12] (in addition to its own, smaller set of native vector and raster editing features). [13]
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1990 |
| Final release | X9 / 16 November 2015 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Desktop publishing |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | www.serif.com/pageplus/ |
Serif PagePlus is a desktop publishing (page layout) program developed by Serif. The first version was released in 1991 as the first commercial sub-£100 DTP package for Microsoft Windows. Serif's latest releases all support Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
PagePlus is primarily written in C++ using Visual Studio 2008, with a heavy dependence on the Microsoft MFC framework. The Windows GDI library was discarded early in development in favour of an in-house composition engine - supporting advanced bitmap and typeface operations. Said engine currently performs well in comparison to other GDI based products.
PagePlus is generally targeted at the "entry level" DTP user, much of the functionality present in market leading applications from companies such as Adobe Systems is present in PagePlus, such as working in the CMYK colour space. PagePlus also has the ability to view, create, edit and publish PDF files. [14] However Serif has failed to achieve much acceptance within professional circles, partly due to the notable absence of Macintosh versions of its products.
There is a free version of the software, called PagePlus Starter Edition. It is based on an older version of the software and some of the features have been disabled. In order to use this software, the user must download and install the program, then get an activation code through their email in order to unlock the software. The user has access to free designs and templates to download at the site.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1994 |
| Final release | X8 / 23 March 2015 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Vector graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.serif.com/drawplus/ |
Serif DrawPlus is a vector graphics editor for Microsoft Windows. The latest version, DrawPlus X8, is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
It has many features that can be expected in such a program, such as graphical effects, gradient fills, transparency, animation and image slicing, and is capable of producing professional, high-quality images.
DrawPlus was often criticised for not supporting the SVG format despite being a vector graphics editor. However, as of version X4 this SVG support has been added.
Like PagePlus, there is a free version of the software, called DrawPlus Starter Edition that is based on an older version of the software with some of the features disabled.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Final release | X8 / 10 August 2015 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.serif.com/photoplus/ |
Serif PhotoPlus is an image editing program for Microsoft Windows. [15] The latest version is Serif PhotoPlus X8 and is compatible with Windows XP (SP2, 32 bit), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. [16]
As well as a number of easy to use editing functions such as the PhotoFix and Makeover studios, PhotoPlus also has some features commonly found in higher end products, such as RAW image import, 16-bit end-to-end editing, high DPI support, High Dynamic Range image merging and LAB colour mode. PhotoPlus boasts some other features which are not commonly found in photo editing software such as non-destructive crop and adjustments, intelligent quick shapes, and a comprehensive image export optimizer. [17]
PhotoPlus is available both as a paid-for version (not subscription based like Adobe Photoshop), or as a cut-down Starter Edition [18] which is completely free.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2000 |
| Final release | X8 / 17 November 2014 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Website builder |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.serif.com/webplus/ |
WebPlus is a web design program for Microsoft Windows, developed by UK-based software company Serif. It allows users to design, create and upload their website onto the internet without any knowledge of HTML or other web technologies.
Much like Microsoft Word, WebPlus uses WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) drag and drop editing to add and position text, images and links as they would appear on the finished web page. Once a user has designed their site, WebPlus can preview the site in a web browser before uploading the site using the in-built FTP.
The software comes with a variety of pre-designed websites which can be used as a template for quickly designing a site. It also provides drawing tools for creating and editing buttons and web graphics.
WebPlus is available both as a paid-for version, WebPlus X8, [19] or as a cut-down Starter Edition [20] which is completely free.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Final release | X6 / March 5, 2012 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Video editing software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.serif.com/movieplus/ |
Serif MoviePlus is a non-linear editing system created by Serif that allows both professional and home users to edit digital video and digital images.
The latest release, MoviePlus X6, runs on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
From the early 2000s, MoviePlus has developed an enthusiastic user base. Originally, it was designed largely for editing video from MiniDV camcorders, largely to produce DVDs. Version 4 released in 2004 was a complete re-write of the previous Version 1. It included the ability to edit and generate Windows Media files and MPEG files as well as DV-AVI. Version 4 ran on Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 and XP. The current version X6 has added many new features including the capability to edit and generate QuickTime, MPEG-4 and High Definition HDV files.
MoviePlus is affordable and popular with home and semi-professional filmmakers. It can be used to edit material from FireWire-attached MiniDV video from a consumer digital video camera, professional DV camera or HDV camera. The software captures video onto the computer's hard drive, where it can be edited and processed. The result can be recorded on MiniDV tape, converted into a format suitable for replaying on a PC, converted into a format suitable for uploading to a web site, or burning onto a DVD. The current version of MoviePlus X6 requires a minimum of an Intel Pentium 4 Hyper-Threading processor or AMD Athlon XP processor and 1 GB of RAM.
| Developer(s) | Serif |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 20, 2008 |
| Final release | 2 / 17 September 2012 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Vector graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
CraftArtist (formerly known as Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist) is a digital scrapbooking program for Microsoft Windows.
It has many standard vector graphics features, and also includes features designed specifically for digital scrapbooking such as intelligent photo frames, a cut-out studio, photo adjustments and realistic filters effects. It also includes a selection of high resolution photographic assets, and is capable of exporting 300 DPI images for print or upload to photo sharing websites.
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketing term for an office suite, the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, Object Linking and Embedding data integration and Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications brand.
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics editing. The software's name is often colloquially used as a verb although Adobe discourages such use.
PagePlus was a desktop publishing program developed by Serif for Microsoft Windows. The first version was released in 1991 as the first commercial sub-£100 DTP package for Microsoft Windows. The final release was PagePlus X9, which was released in November 2016. In June 2019 it was officially replaced by Serif with Affinity Publisher.
Xara Designer Pro+ is an image editing program incorporating photo editing and vector illustration tools created by British software company Xara. Xara Xtreme LX was an early open source version for Linux.
Microsoft PhotoDraw was a vector graphics and raster image editing software developed by Microsoft. It was released in 1999 as part of the Microsoft Office 2000 family of products and was specifically designed for creating and editing graphics, illustrations, and photo compositions.
A number of vector graphics editors exist for various platforms. Potential users of these editors will make a comparison of vector graphics editors based on factors such as the availability for the user's platform, the software license, the feature set, the merits of the user interface (UI) and the focus of the program. Some programs are more suitable for artistic work while others are better for technical drawings. Another important factor is the application's support of various vector and bitmap image formats for import and export.
Canvas X is a drawing, imaging, and publishing computer program from Canvas GFX for personal computers.
DrawPlus is a 2D vector graphics editor and animation software developed by the UK-based software company Serif, also responsible for PhotoPlus, PagePlus, WebPlus, Digital Scrapbook Artist, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and other titles.
Serif (Europe) Ltd is a privately owned British developer and publisher of software. It provides software and associated products direct to customers through its website and contact centre in the United Kingdom, and through retailers.
Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist is a digital scrapbooking program for Microsoft Windows.
CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Alludo. It is also the name of the Corel graphics suite, which includes the bitmap-image editor Corel Photo-Paint as well as other graphics-related programs. It can serve as a digital painting platform, desktop publishing suite, and is commonly used for production art in signmaking, vinyl and laser cutting and engraving, print-on-demand and other industry processes. Reduced-feature Standard and Essentials versions are also offered.
Serif WebPlus was a website design program for Microsoft Windows, developed by the software company, Serif. It allows users to design, create and upload their website onto the internet without any knowledge of HTML or other web technologies.
Serif PhotoPlus is an image editing program for Microsoft Windows. The latest version is Serif PhotoPlus X8. Presently Serif refers to this package as part of their Legacy range, meaning that no future updates will be released.
Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor developed by Serif for macOS, iPadOS, and Microsoft Windows. It is part of the "Affinity trinity" alongside Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. Affinity Designer is available for purchase directly from the company website and in the Mac App Store, iOS App Store, and the Microsoft Store.
Affinity Photo is a raster graphics editor developed by Serif Ltd. for iOS, macOS, and Windows, alongside Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. Development of Affinity Photo started in 2009 as a raster graphics editor for macOS. Its first version reached general availability in 2015 with the Windows version launched a year later. It is a successor to PhotoPlus which Serif discontinued in 2017.
Affinity Publisher is a desktop publishing application developed by Serif for macOS and Microsoft Windows. It is a part of the Affinity product line along with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.
Boxy SVG is a vector graphics editor for creating illustrations, as well as logos, icons, and other elements of graphic design. It is primarily focused on editing drawings in the SVG file format. The program is available as both a web app and a desktop application for Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, and Linux-based operating systems.
Pixelmator is a series of graphics editors developed by Pixelmator Team for macOS and iOS. Pixelmator apps are largely built on Apple-specific technologies such as CoreML and Metal. Pixelmator uses a proprietary format across their apps (.PXM), but support a variety of file types including Photoshop, RAW, and WebP. All Pixelmator apps support image editing, but Pixelmator Pro also supports video and vector graphics.