Plus Photoshop has all the fancy plugins etc etc. Yeah, the Creative Suite is a bit like Office too. It has all of the brushes you need to get the job done, with a lot of customization features. It is fast, well organized and has almost everything that most image editors might require on a daily basis. It is definitely affordable, and its performance is spectacular. Where Affinity really shines is its speed and price. Affinity Photo takes between 10-20 seconds. running a Macbook Pro 15' with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB Hybrid Drive.Īs a rough comparison, my Photoshop install typically takes between 45 seconds to 2 minutes to boot up and start running.

These days it's often difficult to get a simple list of features on websites. They emphasise that their software is 50US$ which includes two years updates, in contrast to Photoshop which requires a subscription - with Lightroom, 8 to 10US$/month (+taxes), depending on location.Īll that's no good if it dont work. It aims to compete directly with Photoshop. I'll focus on Affinity Photo, as that's what I have the most info about (and it sounds the more promising of the two).įrom Serif, has been available on mac for over a year now. I'm just after signing up for the Affinity Window's beta programme.

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