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Title: Affinity Photo
Post by: kalevitamm on February 25, 2015, 10:19

Hi there, did anyone already tested Affinity? Is it similar to Aperture?

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/02/12/hands-on-affinity-photo-throws-down-the-gauntlet-to-photoshop-at-least-on-the-mac/ (http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/02/12/hands-on-affinity-photo-throws-down-the-gauntlet-to-photoshop-at-least-on-the-mac/)

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: skyfish on February 25, 2015, 11:02

Sounds interesting, but it is beta and only for Mac...

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: rimglow on February 25, 2015, 11:14

I've played with it a little. You can open a layered PSD file in it and all of the layers are there. Pretty impressive. It performs most of the key functions of Photoshop. The problem for me, is I've spent the last ten years learning Photoshop, and there isn't room in my brain to relearn the idiosyncrasies of a similar program.

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: kalevitamm on February 25, 2015, 11:18

Yes it is only for Mac, my problem is, that I'm familiar to Aperture and all those storage and export features, but unfortunately Apple no more supports Aperture, so I'm looking something similar to Aperture. Tested Photoshop and Lightroom, they are not a same. I mean they are good, but too different.

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: kalevitamm on February 25, 2015, 11:22

Quote from: rimglow on February 25, 2015, 11:14

I've played with it a little. You can open a layered PSD file in it and all of the layers are there. Pretty impressive. It performs most of the key functions of Photoshop. The problem for me, is I've spent the last ten years learning Photoshop, and there isn't room in my brain to relearn the idiosyncrasies a similar program.

Very good  ;D I have same issue, I have no more brain-room for photoshop.

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: Beppe Grillo on February 25, 2015, 12:17

Quote from: kalevitamm on February 25, 2015, 10:19

Hi there, did anyone already tested Affinity? Is it similar to Aperture?

[url]http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/02/12/hands-on-affinity-photo-throws-down-the-gauntlet-to-photoshop-at-least-on-the-mac/[/url] ([url]http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/02/12/hands-on-affinity-photo-throws-down-the-gauntlet-to-photoshop-at-least-on-the-mac/[/url])

No, it is similar to Photoshop.
I have used it a little.
It has a lot of similar function similar to those of Photoshop.
It is a young software (still beta), but I think that very fast, if it gets enough support from the users, it could become a good alternative to Photoshop.

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For vectors you have Affinity Designer, a new alternative to Illustrator.

Some competition to Adobe is valid for all of us, no?

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: kalevitamm on February 26, 2015, 02:54

Thanks, Beppe!

Kalevi

Title: Re: Affinity Photo
Post by: Beppe Grillo on February 26, 2015, 10:36

New beta online today
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

Introduction video here
https://affinity.serif.com/blog/