I haven’t needed to go back to Photoshop for anything.Īffinity Photo is just as capable as Photoshop. Now I’ve got everything I need without having to pay more $$$ every month. And not just for Affinity Photo, but also Affinity Publisher to replace InDesign, and Affinity Designer to replace Illustrator. One-time purchase and you own the software. Here are some notes from when I first got started with Affinity Photo (AP).Īffinity Photo is a solid Photoshop alternative with no recurring payments. ProsĪs with any software-switching experience, there are pros and cons. It will take some time to reach the same efficiency levels with Affinity Photo. But if you’re coming over with years of experience working with Photoshop, there will be pain. If you’re new to graphics work and have never used Photoshop, Affinity Photo will feel very intuitive. All 100% worth it though because no monthly payments. Apart from the general layout of panels and menus, Affinity Photo’s UI/ UX is much different than it is with Photoshop. For long-time Photoshop users, that’s like THE big hurdle in switching: having to start at zero and relearn everything. So naturally switching to something new requires time, determination and patience. For many, using Photoshop is just effortless. Well not everything, but it took several months to learn the new software and adapt my workflow. So what was my first impression of Affinity Photo six months ago?Īffinity Photo on macOS Catalina Everything is different It can do (most) everything that Photoshop can do for one payment instead of endless payments. Affinity Photo sells as a one-time purchase, and a very affordable one at that. After Adobe changed their pricing model to monthly/recurring charges (so it’s like renting instead of owning), I started looking for a good alternative, but could not find anything suitable until discovering Affinity Photo around six months ago. Like many others, for me working in Photoshop is second nature, I don’t even think about it. To give some context of where I’m coming from, I have around 20 years experience working with Photoshop (and other Adobe apps). As I continue to learn AP and collect more notes, I’ll add them to this post. This is where I scribble down notes and thoughts about my experience switching from Photoshop (PS) to Affinity Photo (AP). The Nik Collection (DxO) also comes with standalone versions, so you could give it a try and see if that works for you.įor me all Nik Collection plugins do work without problems in Affinity Photo v1 and v2, and I don't need to use the mentioned workaround for these.This post is a bit different than my regular in-depth tutorials. I never found the reason for this though. Then I switch back to Affinity Photo while ON1 Effects is running in the background and I can successfully launch the ON1 Effects plugin from Affinity and everything is working as expected. My workaround in that case is to start the standalone version of the program (ON1 Effects for example) besides Affinity Photo so that the main program is just running. When I select on of these from the menu, they just don't do anything. I am having this problem with ON1 plugins (in Affinity Photo 1 and 2 as well). Because of that I developed a habit to not rely on the central plugin folder but specify the plugin path explicitly for each of the „problematic“ plugins (see screenshot).Īs far as plugins „just doing nothing“ are concerned: Some of these problems were related to „wrong“ versions of plugin files lurking in the plugin folder. I also experienced some crashing or „just not working“ plugins with Affinity. Topaz tries and I get a message that eror with plugins and then tries to open but crashes Affinity 2
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