Paintshop Pro or Affinity Photo?

[topher]

I am not a fan of Photostudio or Silkypix that came with my Panasonic G7, and both Paintshop Pro x9 ultimate and Affinity Photo are on offer at present..

Paintshop Pro does including file management software (which is a bonus).
anyone here used both products have any thoughts on which is the better product?

https://store.paintshoppro.com/1184/purl-SP_PSUX9_IPM1129_Q1

cheers

 

[Columbo]

Paintshop is not a specific photo editor as such, it's an image manipulation tool (aka Photoshop) and as such work flow is often slower with menu's within menu's within menu's.

Affinity seems far more workflow focused and the company seem ambitious so if it was me I'd be looking at that as I don't need most of the features that a 'shop' application offers.

Some others that are work flow oriented are Corel Aftershot Pro and Cyberlink Photo Director both of which have free trials so you can them a go for free.