industry software founded 1987 headquarters nottingham united kingdom products list of serif products owner serif senior management number of employees 190 slogan inspiring creativity website http www.serif.com serif europe ltd is an independent developer and publisher of software and was founded with the aim to develop low cost alternatives to high end desktop publishing and graphic design packages for the pc . 1 established in 1987 serif is a privately owned british company . it provides pc software and associated products direct to customers through its website and contact centre in the uk and through retailers . it has 190 employees at its head office in west bridgford nottingham united kingdom . 1 as well as the main website serif also run a question and answer support website called communityplus 2 and a gifts and gadgets website called gizoo . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit serif was founded by a small team of software engineers who wanted to create a low cost desktop publishing dtp package for everyday pc users 1 and in 1990 serif released pageplus 1.0 . today pageplus is serif s flagship software suite . 3 4 5 serif offers free feature restricted versions of its latest titles the starter edition range 6 to allow users to use and try the program out . different from trial versions the starter edition products do not expire and can be used continuously . they do however have some features restricted such as a maximum document size of five pages in pageplus . serif launched their first software product for mac in october 2014 . affinity designer a vector art and design package it is the first of three products planned for the mac . 7 a photo editing package affinity photo was launched in july 2015 with a desktop publishing package to follow . products edit main article serif products the following are all software packages for the following applications affinity designer graphic design software for mac launching for windows in beta june 2016 8 affinity photo digital image editing software for mac pageplus desktop publishing software for windows drawplus graphic design software for windows webplus website design software for windows photoplus digital image editing software for windows movieplus digital video editing software for windows digital scrapbook artist digital scrapbooking software for windows craftartist digital scrapbooking software for windows panoramaplus image stitching software for windows photostack image editing and organisation software for windows albumplus image organisation software for windows scan stitch and share large document stitching software for windows font manager typeface organisation software for windows references edit a b c about serif . 2012 . retrieved 2012 01 04 . communityplus . serif.com . pageplus x8 wins best software award at the computer shopper awards 2014 . 2014 . retrieved 2015 08 27 . williams simon july 2012 . serif pageplus x7 review feature rich desktop publishing program . pc advisor . retrieved 2015 08 24 . handby simon august 2013 . serif pageplus x7 review . expert reviews . retrieved 2015 08 24 . free downloads . 2010 . retrieved 2010 06 04 . about affinity . 2014 . retrieved 2014 06 19 . http mspoweruser.com affinity designer beta hit windows store end month external links edit official website free feature restricted versions of serif software affinity website serif communityplus support website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title serif europe & oldid 725230214 categories companies based in nottinghamcompanies established in 1987software companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 june 2016 at 10 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view