Small incremental updates with features the competition offered for decades. Serif was always about mediocore software sold via (too) heavy marketing that promised too much with capital letters and lots of colors. I was expecting envelope also with the ability to copy the shape, but not possible.Īlso, I was surprised that the Shape Builder requires an extra step to actually get the shape. The two main new features are Warp and Shape Builder. I downloaded the trial (initially on Mojave, but not running), and tried on Mac Mini M1. Maybe they will continue the previous model of free updates.

On the positive side: there is no subscription, and for now it is quite cheap, especially the combo. I think they invested a lot of effort here, as probably most of their UI was rewritten. No more Mojave, Sierras, El Capitan.Īnd this could be because they moved to a new Apple framework (Universal), and this is not available on older Macs. I was also expecting to have at least the basics (blend, pattern, vector brushes, list goes on).Īlso there was a lot of expectations on a new app.īut the most surprising thing is that it runs only on Catalina and above. I was expecting some new 'redefined' workflow. Yes, it is very interesting what they are doing.

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