Affinity speed?
Jul 24, 2017 13:23:44 #
lsupremo
Loc: Palm Desert, CA
I have been looking into getting Affinity Photo as my PP system in Windows 10. I checked into a forum which blasted it as super slow. My computer is not super fast, so do any of you Hogers have any experience or comments?
Jul 24, 2017 13:26:31 #
I find it to be reasonably fast but I have a fast computer. Download the sample and try it out.
Jul 25, 2017 05:58:35 #
Jul 25, 2017 06:52:02 #
lsupremo wrote:
I have been looking into getting Affinity Photo as my PP system in Windows 10. I checked into a forum which blasted it as super slow. My computer is not super fast, so do any of you Hogers have any experience or comments?
I agree with what you have read, Affinity is very slow importing a photograph and even slower when saving taking 25-30 seconds for each process.
Luminar is even worse with importing a file takes 30-35 seconds and exporting takes even longer.
In both Affinity and Luminar the filters are comprehensive and good, I am testing the trial versions at present but because the are so slow I won't be buying either.
My Windows 10 PC has a 125gb SSD with 8gb RAM so it's reasonably fast, my goto PP software is Zoner Photo Studio and works from your own picture libraries so importing and exporting is not required, which makes PP editing very quick compared with Affinity and Luminar.
Why not try ZPS free for 30 days and see if you like it:
https://www.zoner.com/
Jul 25, 2017 07:08:58 #
For older computers a solid state drive (SSD) can change your life! My PC is 6 years old and I got an SSD about a year ago. I went from about a 5 minute boot (and for all of my apps to start) to 17 seconds. Really. It takes a bit of time to install and setup Windows on the new drive, but totally worth it. You can get a 256 GB SSD for under $100 now, and your software will be much more responsive. Keep your original HD for extra storage too. Once you are on an SSD you will never go back!
Jul 25, 2017 07:15:33 #
lsupremo wrote:
I have been looking into getting Affinity Photo as my PP system in Windows 10. I checked into a forum which blasted it as super slow. My computer is not super fast, so do any of you Hogers have any experience or comments?
How fast any software will work on your computer is dependent on your processor speed, bus speed, amount of memory installed and the file size of your photos.
Jul 25, 2017 07:39:53 #
lsupremo wrote:
... My computer is not super fast, so do any of you Hogers have any experience or comments?
You gave no details on your computer??? Typical UHH approach ... is it a classified bit of info. Down load and use a stop watch and let us know the difference. To many forums are filled with bobble heads agreeing with each other... and not testing at least semi scientifically... "To Opine is Divine"
Why do UHH people spend 1000s on a camera system and not a cent on computer upgrade. Sorry, end of rant.
With a fast computer it is a short time processing difference between a slow program and a fast one doing the same task. I have a friend who uses her lap top to do photo graphics!!! My PC has 4 gig of fast memory on the graphics board, 16 on MOBO. A self built computer made with last years gaming parts is fast and low cost.
Jul 25, 2017 07:45:20 #
In general speaking most computers work better with photo editing software if they have 16 to 32 GB of memory and a good graphic card with high memory.
Jul 25, 2017 08:46:41 #
kmocabee wrote:
For older computers a solid state drive (SSD) can change your life! My PC is 6 years old and I got an SSD about a year ago. I went from about a 5 minute boot (and for all of my apps to start) to 17 seconds. Really. It takes a bit of time to install and setup Windows on the new drive, but totally worth it. You can get a 256 GB SSD for under $100 now, and your software will be much more responsive. Keep your original HD for extra storage too. Once you are on an SSD you will never go back!
Samsung has a cable and software that makes transferring everything on your C drive to the SSD very easy. Both are included with their drives. I have the 500GB drive, and my son has the 250GB, and both drives are less than half full. The OS and programs go on C, and everything else goes onto a second internal drive.
I bet Affinity will get faster. Right now, they are getting their foot in the door.
Jul 25, 2017 09:51:41 #
Jerry, with the specs the OP provided even Photoshop would run slow on his computer.
jerryc41 wrote:
Samsung has a cable and software that makes transferring everything on your C drive to the SSD very easy. Both are included with their drives. I have the 500GB drive, and my son has the 250GB, and both drives are less than half full. The OS and programs go on C, and everything else goes onto a second internal drive.
I bet Affinity will get faster. Right now, they are getting their foot in the door.
I bet Affinity will get faster. Right now, they are getting their foot in the door.
Jul 25, 2017 11:03:05 #
Brucej67 wrote:
In general speaking most computers work better with photo editing software if they have 16 to 32 GB of memory and a good graphic card with high memory.
Thank you Bruce for a sane reply. I travel a lot and do all my work on a laptop with 16gb of memory and a good graphic card. I edit with Affinity Photo and/or GIMP. No problems with speed.
Jul 25, 2017 12:34:01 #
lsupremo wrote:
I have been looking into getting Affinity Photo as my PP system in Windows 10. I checked into a forum which blasted it as super slow. My computer is not super fast, so do any of you Hogers have any experience or comments?
With only one photo open, I have no issue with Affinity speed. The issue occurs when several photos are open and fills up my 12GB of RAM. I never have this problem with Photoshop CS6. Luminar is so slow that I gave up on it - opening each tool took several seconds - not for me.
Jul 25, 2017 12:35:37 #
Bottom line is that Affinity uses more than twice the memory than my ACDSeePro10. I recently downloaded the 10-day trial version of Affinity and with just a few RAW images loaded, I checked its memory usage and discovered that it was using over 2gb of memory with just one image open as opposed to a quarter of that much memory with one image open in my ACDSeePro10. My laptop has an intel i7 processor with 8gb RAM and a 256gb SSD, and I wanted to try Affinity because my ACDSeePro10 is slower and uses more RAM than the previous Pro9 I had been using, but as soon as I checked the task manager while running Affinity, I discovered that Affinity is much more of a memory hog than ACDSeePro10. Needless to say, I was very disappointed because it looks like Affinity otherwise is a good PP program (and even does a couple of things that ACDSeePro 10 does not), but because it uses so much more memory, I will not be buying it.
Jul 25, 2017 13:51:06 #
Jul 25, 2017 13:53:12 #
cthahn wrote:
Microsoft and Windows 10 are a disgusting pair.
Oh really! I just built a PC with Windows 10. A $6000 Mac Pro is not even in the same ballpark as my PC. And my PC is less than half the cost.
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