Is my understanding correct that Affinity Photo doesn't have any photo management capability? If you want to edit a series of images similarly, do you create a custom preset that you then apply to the other images and just reopen the editor for every image?
Affinity 2
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#52I migrated to Affinity after Adobe put the last nail in the coffin for me. I have to admit that even with some experience, Affinity doesn't get close to Photoshop in terms of shortcuts and ease of use ("getting in the flow"). Sometimes I even resort to using photopea web, rather than open affinity. That said, I really appreciate their pricing model and hope they stick to their guns.
Yes, I don't even have very advanced needs but there are surprising omissions or ill thought of workflows throughout the software. I'm the most confused by the "personas" and sometimes feel like I need to go "back" because I need some tool, but I think there are some other strange design decisions too even in fairly basic tools.
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#53Just 4h ago I went to affinitys website because I wanted to download photos for my work laptop and I got a page "we're working on something big. stay tuned".
And now I'm seing this. I'm hyped.
Edit: Looks like there's no discount if you already own a license which is a bummer considering they advertised with selling you a lifetime license.
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#54Is my understanding correct that Affinity Photo doesn't have any photo management capability? If you want to edit a series of images similarly, do you create a custom preset that you then apply to the other images and just reopen the editor for every image?
you're right and it's a pain point for YEARS
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/42372-file...
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#55Spent £116 through the App Store on version 1 of this software not long ago and now I can't upgrade, but instead, have to buy it all again at a "discount". Downloading my versions means looking through the purchase history too. Not happy with that - would advise against it.
Contact them first and explain your situation to be sure.
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#56So does version 2 of Affinity Photo add support for AVIF? Can't find it listed on https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/full-feature-list/ (rather hard to search, since sections have to be uncollapsed one by one).
Strange price model where existing customers do not get an upgrade discount.
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#57All platform is a lie, IIRC a long time ago they actually promised a Linux version, but never realized that.
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#58I migrated to Affinity after Adobe put the last nail in the coffin for me. I have to admit that even with some experience, Affinity doesn't get close to Photoshop in terms of shortcuts and ease of use ("getting in the flow"). Sometimes I even resort to using photopea web, rather than open affinity. That said, I really appreciate their pricing model and hope they stick to their guns.
I'm in the same situation. I used the Photography subscription for LR + PS, as I don't care about any other tools (RIP Fireworks). I've been using Adobe Products since 1999. I just feel like supporting them is unethical. Figma + Procreate replaced Photoshop for me for design/game dev workflows, but I'm still missing the right tools for Photography and image processing. The OSS LR replacements feel too clunky, Capture…
C1 really is the only thing that comes close to LR right now. There is a version of CaptureOne that only works with Fujifilm cameras which is about 2/3 of the price of the full license and I believe there is (was?) something like that for other manufacturers too. They also still offer perpetual licenses, so this isn't necessarily an annual cost (I'm on 21). Still pricey of course.
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#59Wow, first class JPEG XL support! :) Google / Chromium developers, please take note!
But still no AVIF support, which is supported by Google / Chromium.
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#60Nice, I'm really vouching for Affinity since Adobe went to SaaS. It has performed quite well for me and one time purchases are welcomed.
I'd love for them to do a Lightroom replacement, since it's one of the last tools I'd like to replace from the Adobe subset.
I tried Dark Table but the shadow slider would produce some weird artifacting (halos) so it was unusable for me.