Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

OK, I guess for a commerical. I'd like to see a knowledgeable photo journalist/critic do a serious side-by-side comparison of desktop only editing apps like Photoshop, On1 Photo Raw, Luminar, Affinity and one or two others. Compare the apps point by point, line item by line item so we can make a final determination as to which is best and weigh the results according to user category: pro photogs, commercial photogs, journalists, semi-pros (freelancers and part-timers), photo enthusiasts or some similar groupings.

SATS Loc: Belgium

Here is a selection of four which claims to be factual but not unbiased.
https://macphun.com/luminar/compare

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

If one is really serious about editing and does it for a living, then there is nothing that could replace Photoshop!!

blackest Loc: Ireland

If you watch the video it does show some good features which are much worse in photoshop. e.g the layer blend mode preview that affinity photo has and photoshop hasn't the brush preview and the easy resizing of objects are good and useful. Ok the video maker is an idiot fanboy "the logo is better", whoop. However in between the stupidity was some very valid points.

Affinity Photo is good and great value and even if you are paying out for Photoshop each month. Affinity Photo is also a good tool to have. You don't have to replace Photoshop with Affinity Photo but its worth considering that Adobe can't afford to get overly greedy when there is usable alternatives (which in the case of affinity photo also allows the use of 'photoshop' plugins).

Adobe will probably add some of Affinity Photo's better features at some point but Photoshop can not afford to stagnate which is what happened with Internet explorer when microsoft thought they had won the browser wars. Another plus with Affinity photo is it is targeted at photographers where as photoshop has a wider base audience. So some parts of photoshop will get attention which you never use and almost every improvement to affinity photo is a feature for photographers.

It could be argued that by buying Affinity Photo, you will be getting a better Photoshop because of it, simply because Adobe needs Photoshop to be the best in order to keep revenue flowing in.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I think a lot depends on what you expect from a processing program. I doubt you're going to find a reasonably-priced program that will do more than PS will do. The question is, do you need a program that does all that PS can do? Most people don't. For the price difference, it's a no-brainer for many people. I'd like to see a detailed comparison of both of them with what each can and can't do compared to the other. I doubt Affinity has anything but a pricing edge over PS.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Nor can you replace Jesus... Adobe PS & LR are religions icons. Trump is also a faith based person who will be worshiped for 1000 years. My favorite saying, "what does reality have to do with it?"

*** Photoshop has replaced its self many times. More patches and addons than a cartoon inner-tube. PS is an old code based program, Adobe is modern code. Notice that PS is 16 bit.. Adobe 32 bit.

A comparison by a Photoshop fan... use-ta-be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGojM3A5t-g

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

Sounds like the visual or print media on either side of the coin.

SATS Loc: Belgium

They sure cherry picked their chosen compitition

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Adobe is continually refining Photoshop and they are always listening to their customers. I started with a garage sale copy of PS 2.5.1 on 12 floppy disks. It has advanced lightyears from then. If you can get demo copies of the software choices you are considering, run some tests to see which best suits your fancy. I always suggest dealing with hair. You have this fabulous granddaughter shot with her mop of hair all wild. One problem there is that fence post growing out her head. You job - erase the fence post without poking holes out of her hair. One of the nasty things about hair is that sometimes the strands are so close that the light thinks it is a diffraction grating. Fixing that will grate too.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

This is confusing. Adobe is a company. Photoshop is one of their products. And all computer software is written in some code, which is the entire set of commands to execute on the central processing unit, a chunk of silicon transisters.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Those days were horrible. I knew something better had to come along.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

You may well be right, but have you tried Affinity and Corel - and used them to the point that you know them equally as well as you obviously know Photoshop?

JD750 Loc: SoCal

This seemed more like an advertisement that a fair comparison. The guy has a web-site promoting Affinity photo. Just saying..

Adobe is famous for making improvements and being customer centric. Not bad qualities. I suspect they will watch the video and perhaps some of those magical "improvements" will appear in PS future updates.

As far as the cost comparison, he was somewhat dishonest. Two things:
(1) The Adobe Photographers special includes PS, LR, LR Mobile, and Bridge. Not to mention Adobe Portfolio. So you get Photo Cataloging, sharing, and editing, AND Portfolio, with the Photographers Special package. It's a pretty sweet deal. Affinity is only editing.
(2) Affinity might cost $50 and offer free updates, for now. Adobe has been successful in the creative business. No small feat. Affinity? We'll see. At some point they will burn through their venture capital and need to turn a profit. At that point, unless their programmers are all voulenteers, paid upgrades and price increases will be the ticket. My assessment of leased software vs purchased + $upgrades over the years, shows that overall the prices are similar. And logic says that in a competitive environment they will be.

But what a great time it is for us! We have choices! Viva la competition!

Ok off my soapbox. Here is the link. Wait one more thing. I actually prefer the PS logo, I think it is much more astetically pleasing. But I don't give a rat about that. Who cares about the fricking logo?

The link for real now.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SGojM3A5t-g

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

You sure can do most of your work in Photoshop in 32bit!