Affinity Team Spring Sale

Gredawarha · 16 May 2022 at 10:44

Morning all

From time to time people ask what software others are using for photo editing, the Adobe suite is often very popular, having used it myself for a long time, but many are unhappy with the subscription service, including myself. I moved to a combination of Capture One Express and Affinity Photo and from time to time affinity have a sale.

Affinity Photo which is similar to Photoshop is currently 50% off and at £23.99 is a bit of a bargain in my opnion:

Affinity – Professional Creative Software

From the smoothest photo editing and design software to next-gen page layout, Affinity is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with creative technology.

affinity.serif.com

I have not affiliation with either Capture One or Affinity but thought this might come in handy for some.

EDIT: Looks like their ipad version are also half price

Darren

GMac11 · 16 May 2022 at 11:37

Totally agree. I find it an excellent alternative to Photoshop at barely a snip of the cost. To be fair, Photoshop still edges it slightly for features but only the most avid of users or Pro's would notice. Personally I haven't found a single thing I can't do in Affinity that I couldn't do in PS but in fairness I've barely scratched the surface of either.

Where Affinity falls down is in photo enhancement compared to the likes of Lightroom and Capture One etc and I would agree - particularly with Fujifilm files (I can't comment on other RAW files).

Spleen Sauce · 16 May 2022 at 11:52

Superb deal this. Been using it ever since I switched from Adobe CC to Capture One.

Gredawarha · 16 May 2022 at 13:29

GMac11 said:
Totally agree. I find it an excellent alternative to Photoshop at barely a snip of the cost. To be fair, Photoshop still edges it slightly for features but only the most avid of users or Pro's would notice. Personally I haven't found a single thing I can't do in Affinity that I couldn't do in PS but in fairness I've barely scratched the surface of either.

Where Affinity falls down is in photo enhancement compared to the likes of Lightroom and Capture One etc and I would agree - particularly with Fujifilm files (I can't comment on other RAW files).

Yes agreed, 95% of my work is in Capture One with only a little in Affinity, was the same kind of ratio when I used LR/PS. I don't know how much the Creative Cloud suite is now but I think I was paying maybe £15-£10 per month so Capture One plus Affinity is saving me a fortune and like you I have not found either lacking really for my needs, just a bit of learning curve that is all.

Donnie Fisher · 17 May 2022 at 15:21

Totally agree. The change from Adobe CC to Affinity stuff paid for itself in a matter of months for me. (Similarly Davinci Resolve.)

I'm considering switching to Mac soon, so may actually buy the licenses in advance ... its a pity they are not transferrable.

Gredawarha · 17 May 2022 at 15:36

Donnie Fisher said:
Totally agree. The change from Adobe CC to Affinity stuff paid for itself in a matter of months for me. (Similarly Davinci Resolve.)

I'm considering switching to Mac soon, so may actually buy the licenses in advance ... its a pity they are not transferrable.

I don't edit videos but my son uses Da Vinci Resolve and seems very happy with it.

philstanbridge · 5 Jun 2022 at 15:35

I can’t afford the cost of photoshop so I use affinity and the standalone Lightroom. Affinity photo is brilliant for the money.