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May 8, 2016 08:18:17   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I've read a few articles lately about Affinity Photo. Have any of you tried it? It operates on the pixel level, like Photoshop. It's currently available only for the Mac, but the price is low, just $49.

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May 8, 2016 08:38:56   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I've read a few articles lately about Affinity Photo. Have any of you tried it? It operates on the pixel level, like Photoshop. It's currently available only for the Mac, but the price is low, just $49.



i have it Jerry.
It doesn't catalog pictures, so I use the Affinity tools as extensions in Photos. It's really very good.

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May 8, 2016 08:58:01   #
Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak
 
I have Affinity Photo, but haven't gotten to using it much. It's a powerful program and does a nice job. Much like PS, but not quite as complicated. I think it it has the most advantage in processing RAW images, as processing JPEGS doesn't seem to do much more than Photos built into my Mac. For the price, it offers a great value and it a great tool.

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May 8, 2016 09:26:29   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
Mac wrote:
i have it Jerry.
It doesn't catalog pictures, so I use the Affinity tools as extensions in Photos. It's really very good.


Jerry, one other thing.
There are a lot of tutorials on the Affinity web site. I'm sure there a plenty on YouTube also, but if they're on the web site you know they have Affinity's approval.
If you haven't already looked at the Affinity web site, check it out.

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May 8, 2016 09:28:35   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Mac wrote:
i have it Jerry.
It doesn't catalog pictures, so I use the Affinity tools as extensions in Photos. It's really very good.


Considering all the problems that cataloging causes in LR, that could be a plus for Affinity. There are lots of other programs that do cataloging. I'm sure there will be a Windows version soon.

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May 8, 2016 09:31:32   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Considering all the problems that cataloging causes in LR, that could be a plus for Affinity. There are lots of other programs that do cataloging. I'm sure there will be a Windows version soon.


I have read that Affinity is working on a Windows version.

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May 8, 2016 09:34:23   #
jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I've read a few articles lately about Affinity Photo. Have any of you tried it? It operates on the pixel level, like Photoshop. It's currently available only for the Mac, but the price is low, just $49.


I have it and am still learning it. I do like it's result. The downside is no catalog in it. The upside is I got it early enough in the release that I have free upgrades.

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May 8, 2016 13:27:37   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Mac wrote:
I have read that Affinity is working on a Windows version.


:thumbup:

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May 8, 2016 13:33:15   #
Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!
 
Mac wrote:
I have read that Affinity is working on a Windows version.


Ya it should be out this Spring/Summer.

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May 9, 2016 08:12:14   #
Pgphoto Loc: Brooklyn, NY
 
I have been using Affinity Photo for a while now. Its a great photoshop replacement. Its not as bloated as photoshop and is more than enough for photographers. One other thing I think to clean up a photo and remove objects it seems to work even better than Photoshop

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May 9, 2016 08:18:08   #
Dr J Loc: NE Florida
 
I have it and think it is great... and the first upgrade, to come out in several months (they say) is free! The tutorials are very helpful and inexpensive... some on YouTube are free.

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May 9, 2016 10:21:28   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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May 10, 2016 01:19:44   #
TBK Loc: Stanwood, WA
 
As you probably know, Affinity is a Serif product. I use a Mac, but for one reason or the other I switched to a PC and discovered how nice Serif products are and when I switched back to Mac my only regret was not being able to take their software with me. Three cheers for Serif! If you are a PC user you might look at Serif Photo. It may have much of the functionality Affinity does. That being said, Affinity is pretty amazing!

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Mar 16, 2020 15:07:34   #
OzWizard
 
Affinity photo is really good software. It rivals Photoshop CC in many ways. It does a lot of things PS CC does better and easier, and some Photoshop does not do. At a much more reasonable price of $50.00 you own it . OK, it does not have a viewer like bridge. But most computer now days come with some type of photo viewer any way.

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Mar 16, 2020 15:37:44   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
OzWizard wrote:
Affinity photo is really good software. It rivals Photoshop CC in many ways. It does a lot of things PS CC does better and easier, and some Photoshop does not do. At a much more reasonable price of $50.00 you own it . OK, it does not have a viewer like bridge. But most computer now days come with some type of photo viewer any way.

Don't know if you are aware of this but you resurrected a dead 4 year old thread. There are literally many dozens of threads containing hundreds of posts where Affinity is discussed and reviewed/compared with other software. There is nothing wrong with posting to an ancient thread if you wish, but it's probably not the best way to communicate your opinions.

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