Affinity Photo comparison to Photoshop CC
Feb 4, 2018 10:37:54 #
philz
Loc: Rockaway Township NJ
I purchased Affinity Photo for $39.95 on sale hoping to be able to save money by stopping my Adobe CC subscription. (I can use On1 Raw 2018, which I also have purchased, to replace Lightroom Classic.} I have now used Affinity for a month and found it to be similar functionally to Photoshop CC. Plus the tutorials are excellent and other than sometimes different placement of the functions, applicable to Photoshop as well. At least it seems to me, as a non-expert PS user.
My question is what am I missing with Affinity Photo that is available in Photoshop CC THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY USE IN MY PHOTO EDITING? So far I have found Content Aware Move, which I can do in Affinity with an extra step, and now Select Subject, which is a shortcut for the Quick Selection Brush, not a new tool. In other words, I am asking if, for a one-time charge of $40, is Affinity Photo too good to be true?
My question is what am I missing with Affinity Photo that is available in Photoshop CC THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY USE IN MY PHOTO EDITING? So far I have found Content Aware Move, which I can do in Affinity with an extra step, and now Select Subject, which is a shortcut for the Quick Selection Brush, not a new tool. In other words, I am asking if, for a one-time charge of $40, is Affinity Photo too good to be true?
Feb 4, 2018 13:45:21 #
philz wrote:
I purchased Affinity Photo for $39.95 on sale hopi... (show quote)
Well it's video editing tools are non existent there is nothing for rendering 3d models that I can see.
It does less than photoshop but for photographers it has most of what you want , it is good value
Feb 4, 2018 13:54:17 #
philz
Loc: Rockaway Township NJ
There is no question that Photoshop is a more comprehensive program than anything else. That said, I don't do video editing and have never used the 3D tools. And do not expect to do so. So I will not miss them. Thanks for the response.
Feb 5, 2018 06:01:26 #
Does it edit in 16 bits?
Does it have adjusting layers?
Do the layers have a mask to control the effects?
Does it uses live link to other images as a layer?
What are the export options?
This is the type of question you have to ask yourself and check for comparison.
A generic 'This is better' means strictly nothing. What you use and how you use is what will determine your choice. Nothing else. 'Glowing' evaluation over one or the other mean nothing.
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Does it have adjusting layers?
Do the layers have a mask to control the effects?
Does it uses live link to other images as a layer?
What are the export options?
This is the type of question you have to ask yourself and check for comparison.
A generic 'This is better' means strictly nothing. What you use and how you use is what will determine your choice. Nothing else. 'Glowing' evaluation over one or the other mean nothing.
This restaurant server incredible tofu dishes ~ Yeah, right, I do not like tofu so..... See what I mean? (And yes I not like the stuff
)Feb 5, 2018 07:41:59 #
Yes it does all of those things you mentioned and more. I have Affinity Photo and Adobe Photoshop CC, I prefer Photoshop CC only because I am used to it with 11 years of use and only play with Affinity as a backup in case Adobe raises their subscription rate to something I don't want to pay.
Rongnongno wrote:
Does it edit in 16 bits? br Does it have adjusting... (show quote)
Feb 5, 2018 12:02:39 #
philz
Loc: Rockaway Township NJ
I did not ask if Affinity is "better" than PS but whether it is an adequate replacement or PS based upon my workflow. As Bruce said, Affinity Photo does the things asked about above, although I am not sure what "Does it uses live link to other images as a layer?" mean. In fact, Affinity has made it easier to use and accomplish what we do by, for example, including a mask automatically in every adjustment layer, showing the effect of each blending mode with the cursor without clicking on them, and showing the effect of whatever is being brushed under the cursor before it is done. Plus, as Bruce says, more.
I think what all these Photoshop replacement editors are doing is making some of the tasks that PS does less efficiently due to legacy issues easier to use. Not necessarily better, just easier. That is my impression.
I think what all these Photoshop replacement editors are doing is making some of the tasks that PS does less efficiently due to legacy issues easier to use. Not necessarily better, just easier. That is my impression.
Feb 5, 2018 12:45:13 #
Frayud
Loc: Bethesda,MD
How does one do "content aware moves" in Affinity? I asked the question in the Affinity Forum but did not get (or couldn't find) the answer.
Feb 5, 2018 12:54:14 #
Linary
Loc: UK
Frayud wrote:
How does one do "content aware moves" in Affinity? I asked the question in the Affinity Forum but did not get (or couldn't find) the answer.
Look up "Inpainting Brush Tool" on the help. It's not yet up to the standard of Content Aware, but it's getting there.
Feb 5, 2018 13:09:18 #
Ehy not the cloning tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDR0AS4NlEU
Frayud wrote:
How does one do "content aware moves" in Affinity? I asked the question in the Affinity Forum but did not get (or couldn't find) the answer.
Feb 5, 2018 13:35:44 #
Linary
Loc: UK
Brucej67 wrote:
Ehy not the cloning tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDR0AS4NlEU
Cloning tool in Affinity does not do tonal matching - the Inpainting tool does - as does the healing brush.
Feb 5, 2018 13:47:46 #
Linary
Loc: UK
philz wrote:
I purchased Affinity Photo for $39.95 on sale hopi... (show quote)
You are not missing much. I have and use both Affinity and Photoshop, and try to find different things that PS can do and Affinity can't. When I can't find the way, I pose a question on the Affinity Photo Forum and those questions have been answered every time. There are some things that Affinity cannot do - one is creating animated gifs. A spokesperson for Serif told me that they have no plans for supporting any form of animation, movies or 3D, either now or in the near future.
The raw editor (Persona) in Affinity leaves a lot to be desired, but the Photo Persona more than makes up for it.
At $40 Affinity is a bargain, and when the limited time offer expires and the $50 price tag is reinstated, Affinity will still be a bargain. When version 2.0 comes out I expect a price hike, but I think it will still be a bargain.
Feb 5, 2018 14:38:18 #
philz
Loc: Rockaway Township NJ
The Content Aware Move equivalent in Affinity is to either clone as described in the video referred to above and use Inpainting to remove the item moved. This what CA Move does in one step, I believe, so it is an extra step in Affinity. The replacement by CA or Inpainting doesn't always do a good job but as shown in the two images attached, Affinity did a complicated replacement pretty well. One can also select and move and erase but cloning is a lot faster.
And yes, the Develop Persona that does the raw editing is not as easy to use and complete as Lightroom or ACR, but the Photo Persona does what is missing.
And yes, the Develop Persona that does the raw editing is not as easy to use and complete as Lightroom or ACR, but the Photo Persona does what is missing.
Feb 5, 2018 14:51:40 #
The Develop persona is really for raw processing (like Bridge in Photoshop) and the Photo persona is more like Photoshop. I find that nearly everything I need to edit a still photograph is available in Affinity Photo only different to work with if you are used to Photoshop CC. Things that are not available in Affinity Photo that are in Photoshop CC are things I would not use anyway.
philz wrote:
The Content Aware Move equivalent in Affinity is t... (show quote)
Feb 5, 2018 14:54:02 #
Forgot to mention that on the second photo it didn't do a good job on the garden and more work needs to be done to straighten that out as well as some items on the building.
philz wrote:
The Content Aware Move equivalent in Affinity is t... (show quote)
Feb 5, 2018 15:07:50 #
philz
Loc: Rockaway Township NJ
Correct re there is more cloning work required to be accurate. Which I did not do as this is only a test image for this blog. Afterwards, I opened the original in PS CC 2018 and tried Content Aware Move. As shown in the attached image, it did a far worse job than Affinity's Inpainting. Disappointing as I expected it to be at least as good.
One thing where PS is better:removing objects in this image was much faster (immediate) with the Spot Healing Brush than doing the same thing with Inpainting in Affinity. Same results, though.
One thing where PS is better:removing objects in this image was much faster (immediate) with the Spot Healing Brush than doing the same thing with Inpainting in Affinity. Same results, though.
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