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As much as I love Photoshop, I’ve long given up on them, and don’t recommend their products, since they went to a subscription-based model. For one year of Photoshop, based on their currently monthly subscription, it will cost you $251.88.
If you’re looking for an alternative, I’m going to recommend Affinity Photo.
After sevens years, Serif (Europe) Ltd, the creator of Affinity, has launched next generation of Affinity software, called Affinity 2, in November 2022. Personally speaking, I have done some testing on the original Affinity Photo and paid full price for their iPad version of Affinity Photo (mostly for editing and resizing very high resolution photos when I’m travelling).
One of the biggest challenge is re-learning how to use the photo editor. All the things you can do in Photoshop, you can do in Affinity Photo, it’s just slightly different. For example, Affinity’s “Magic Wand” is called “Flood Wand”, or instead of saving the file as a JPEG, you have to export it as a JPEG. I think once you master or learn how to use Affinity, it’s probably not going to be a problem to use the software.
Since they launched Affinity 2, there’s a special price of $99 for all three of their software: Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, and Affinity Designer 2. This includes a license to MacOS and iPad apps.
I don’t think I will be using Designer, but I have been playing around with Publisher (see Blu DeTiger testing). I’ve been meaning to put together a Yearbook for W♥M concert photos… but I’ll probably never get around to it. Still, it’s nice to do I can do this on Publisher when I do have the time.
I’m not going to be using the MacOs version or Designer, but I still think the $99 is a good all-in-one price, especially when you compare it to what Adobe is charging for their suite of application per month. Remember, this is a one-time price.
One complaint that I have about the Affinity 2 software is that I wish there was some sort of upgrade path for people who bought the first Affinity (like me).
If you’re looking for an alternative, I’m going to recommend Affinity Photo.
After sevens years, Serif (Europe) Ltd, the creator of Affinity, has launched next generation of Affinity software, called Affinity 2, in November 2022. Personally speaking, I have done some testing on the original Affinity Photo and paid full price for their iPad version of Affinity Photo (mostly for editing and resizing very high resolution photos when I’m travelling).
One of the biggest challenge is re-learning how to use the photo editor. All the things you can do in Photoshop, you can do in Affinity Photo, it’s just slightly different. For example, Affinity’s “Magic Wand” is called “Flood Wand”, or instead of saving the file as a JPEG, you have to export it as a JPEG. I think once you master or learn how to use Affinity, it’s probably not going to be a problem to use the software.
Since they launched Affinity 2, there’s a special price of $99 for all three of their software: Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, and Affinity Designer 2. This includes a license to MacOS and iPad apps.
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Blu DeTiger (Affinity Publisher)
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I’m not going to be using the MacOs version or Designer, but I still think the $99 is a good all-in-one price, especially when you compare it to what Adobe is charging for their suite of application per month. Remember, this is a one-time price.
One complaint that I have about the Affinity 2 software is that I wish there was some sort of upgrade path for people who bought the first Affinity (like me).
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