Canva recently purchased Serif (the company that owns the Affinity series). Since Canva is big into the generative AI world on their web platform, they will more than likely be introducing some generative AI features in future versions of their Affinity lineup. Before the merger, Serif stated they were against generative AI and didn't want to incorporate it. I feel that stance has changed now.
After the merger they stated that they would not be changing their model. They don't have to because Canva and exist independently of Affinity while both benefit from the innovations that both come up with. Especially with the mess Adobe just got themselves into surrounding AI, Affinity is not adopting it.
If you can afford the current Affinity products (still 50% off as of 6/27/24), you can buy and use it for now with the caveat that *ANY* company may change their offerings or position at any time, including Serif/Canva.
I just switched to Capture One and wish I had done it years ago. There's a learning curve, but IMHO, it's superior to Lightroom in almost every way. It's incredibly customizable, has a better implementation of DAM (with options for either a file-system type approach or a session approach), and as a bonus, if you're a Fujifilm shooter, it does a much better job at rendering Fuji RAW files. You also have the choice betwen a subscriptions model (with updates as they're released) or a perpetual license to the most recent major release.
I switched from lightroom to Capture One a few years ago. I love it. I find the color correction controls to be even better, more natural. The newest version of C1 has AI matting now too.
The more I use Affinity, the more I am glad that I dropped my Adobe CSS All Apps subscription! And now that Adobe has been put on notice by the US government, it validates my decision as the correct one. 💯
I've been looking at alternatives to PS and Illustrator for a while now - it's tough when one has been using this software for literal decades. Adobe is super anti-consumer. So imma have to bite the bullet. Thanks for the great video. Ignore the haters ;)
Hey, I don't know if you are running a "professional" buisiness but I use "GIMP" as an alternative for Photoshop (which I owned and used a long time ago). For me GIMP is great since I don't work as an pre-press editor (DTP-er) anymore for years. But your situation may be different. * It hurts me to see the path that Adobe takes now whith their latest User Agreement (blackmail bullshit!!!). Man I used Adobe Programs even before they came out in those "Suites" and back in 2003 I sayed Adobe InDesign will take-over "QuarkXpress", people laughed hard and what happened... they took over. But now (even today with my nephew that is still in creative business, I had a conversation about Adobe and he don't like it too atm. And stepped over to other programs).
i use affinity photo and i also use luminar neo. luminar does have AI tools and with what you save from cancelling Ps i;m pretty sure you can get both these and still have change left. also luminar works as a plugin with affinity 😁
For the GenAI I use Krita with a LOCAL install of stable diffusion. Someone wrote a plugin. Way more powerfull than firefly. Since this runs LOCALLY you do need a heafty machine with a decent GPU but then you don;t need the internet, no credits no subs ...
@@gabehobbs wiht Krita? you can do WAY MORE than Generative Fill if you install the stable diffusion plugin AND IF YOUR PC CAN RUN STABLE DIFFUSION. I just used it yesterday for a cleint video. I'm editing some dance recitals for a local videographer. Their client wanted their recital schedule document to be used as a title page, essentially it wassome graphic design with drawn theatre curtains on the sides but it was in portrait orientation so I brought it into Krita and used the SD plugin to extend the curtain on one side, copied the extention and flipped it for th eother side and also exported ou just the extention so I could use it to animate some curtain in the title sequnece animation. I used this setup also for a video edit to do a claen plate to remove some boats from a shot for another clients video ... he needed the actors to look like ty were out at sea so used Krita and SD to fill in where the boats were and to remove the coast line. And oyu can do WAY more than that. Way more options. I'm running this on my Ryzen 7 and RTX 3070 desktop.
@@FotomakerAcademythe full suite at launch for all 3 programs of version 2 was $90 for a lifetime license, I hope the price didn’t go down now a year after launch lol I thought the full price was higher but if it’s now $62 for everything that’s super cheap
Unless it's changed in photo 2, you can also use photoshop plugins in affinity photo. I also removed the couch fairly easily in about 30 seconds. I'm sure anyone who cares enough could clean up any edges easy enough. The inpainting brush is better at smaller objects rather than large chunks of the image.
I tried to switch from Adobe to Affinity, but I simply can’t because right-to-left typography is critical to my job. Affinity does not support it and has not responded positively to users asking for it on their official forums.
I'm a photographer who sometimes remove big objects to clean my photos & I'm not using gen fill at all. Content aware + patch tool do a fantastic job for me.
PS's remove tool is amazing! I don't know how I lived without it. It has really expedited my workflow. My favorite add on editor I just bought is Evoto AI. I love it so much. It has a feature called "clean up background" that has made my work flow faster. I do most of my photoshoot on a cyc wall, even when it's been painted or even if you use new white paper roll, people walk on it and it gets dirty quick. I can't believe how natural looking the background clean up is, I can't get there with dust and scratches in photoshop, it looks fake when I use it full stop. I also love Evoto's stray hair removal, it works better than Portrait Pro's upgrade and faster than I can do it in Photoshop. Right now, I'm using 3 different photo editors. Adobe PS ( I love Adobe Camera Raw) and Portrait Pro (modeling light for portraits is awesome) and Evoto AI. I'm amazed at all the features on this Evoto AI. I also like their pricing model for even trying out Evoto AI, you buy credits. They have a fabulous deal going on right now, 500 credits for 36.00, I saw it on their Instagram account. Any way, I'm not endorsed by any of them, I'm a professional photographer giving their personal experience with these apps.
Thanks for the video; Im being forced to convert by Marvel at the moment since the lawyers are racing in to protect the licenses and its costing me money so I probably will get Affinity and see how it works out. Thanks for the side by side. Im a little concerned about whether or not there's a delay on stylus integration, Ive heard that some apps have a delay from putting the pen down to release and copy but dunno how bad it is here on Affinity. Anyone know?
Works fine with my Huion Kamvas 13 but I prefer Krita for drawing and Affinity Photo for editing ... also on Krita I can run a LOCAL version of stable Diffusion for things like generative in painting and extentions and the likes.
To remove the couch in Photoshop you should have used Remove Tool wich also uses AI but just removes stuff instead of generating new stuff like with the Generative Fill
I don't even use stuff like this. And you know what? I paid my $82.99 (and whatever change) for the bundle. Why? Because I _might, EVENTUALLY_ start using this stuff. As a freelance and self-publishing writer, it's not implausible. And 50% off the whole set is a really good deal.
What i like about affinity is that it's somehow much more intuitive than other sw. I find i can obtain needed results by winging it much better and faster than with alternatives
I really wonder if this Pincel service, when you upload a photo to their cloud, is any different from Adobe. They also look at the image, scan it, analyze it, and use it for training. In what way are they different from Adobe?
There is Krita with the stable diffusion plugin, you can do anything photoshop AI can do and more, you just need a decent gpu with at least 8GB of RAM.
So, Ps never removed the couch in the tries shown. Did you keep going until Ps gave you the blank wall and floor? If so, how long did it take? I use Affiny Photo, but the AI features of Ps sound compelling so I am considering going back to Ps even though I far prefer AF. However, your brief test does not really help Ps lol.
I really want to give Affinity Photo 2 a go for wildlife editing. I just can't seem to figure out how to edit some gradients and other cool features like PS offers. There are many great AP videos and maybe some exist out there for me, but any help would be great. lol.
If you have already a Apple device, it has good built in AI stuff on it, so until Affinity brings this feature, it is good option. My guess Affinity V3 will have this forsure
the last thing I want is A.I, to replace my job and do the only thing I am good at. I am not fighting it, but create another A.I lazy software and keep photo editing app to edit photos and do what I tell them to do.
OR you can keep growing, developing and stacking up NEW skills so that you are not dependent on that "only thing you're good at". Seriously mate. This kind of mindset is only gonna hold you back. You got this! Cheers. :)
@@sergejkrynycky728 But I want to be in control of when I want to lunch A.I in Photoshop! I don't want it always there, I want to order it bring it when I need it. I don't want a slow Photoshop because adobe monitoring everything on my screen,I want my freedom to be able to create, I do use A.I but I don't shove it up my throat, I know if I don't use it i will left behind and wont be able to compete. its the approach not the product that is making the problem. Not to mention as a professional shoving all this cloud stuff up our buts for the last 10 years! Professionals have their own clouds, their own servers give us a break from squeezing us and getting every penny from our pockets for god sake!
@@sergejkrynycky728 growing and developing skills? What skills?? You literally let a computer program do everything itself. What kind of skills do you acquire with this?? When you use something under your control with your knowledge, it's different. Please spare us this tech bro BS
**Important** Did anyone remember to remind the respective company ( Affinity ) who keep in silent the that issue we face since the last update about No Thumbnail in MAC still not fixed, telling us the new OS has changed and when we asked what are your engineers doing during the Beta OS they did not answer back, .....And the right to left writing support that we are requesting since V1 not yet available even worth the support team replying that it is not even in Plan ( Half of the world write in right to left ) are you going to do something about all these issues that we are facing?
I cannot get TK Plugins or to work with Affinity photo and CLiR infrared Plugins...Well the only thing I know it that the latter goes into a folder called CEP in PS. Sad TOO cause I really was ready to switch. Maybe someone has the answer?
Because of adobe issues right now, I'm here. If only affinity has that AI thing, I'd switch! And I like the idea of AI feature is a separate subscription thing. Generative is a huge thing for my part-time job, saves a lot of time and I'm still winning in the subscription to profit ratio as of now. Really hoping affinity does something. This is their perfect opportunity since Adobe is being sued.
The AI thing is killer. No other photo app will ever be able to compete. It takes so much time and manpower to develop an effective AI feature. Affinity would need several AI engineers, access to a giant stock photo library, and 2-3 years to compete with photoshop.
@@ChristopherAndersonPirate im a multimedia designer that edit photos, creates graphic shapes for motion design, make use of roto in AE (which is currently the best) and edit videos that most of the time requires to expand and add backgrounds. So currently in terms of my needs, photoshop, illustrator, AE and premier is still the best for me case
Great video. A great complement to Affinity Suite is Pixelmator Pro and/or Capture One. Both of those tools with the Affinity Suite is a pretty powerful suite of tools. Adding Darktable to the setup is also a great tool.
A lot of Ai Cloud compute is going to the blockchain at a fraction of the cost so hopefully Affinity will introduce some generative fill type of tools in the future without too much of a price hike.
Affinity's inpainting feature/brush is like photoshops content aware fill feature and can be used to circle an object to replace. I would of been interesting to see a comparison to of those features. The software comparison was mediocre.
Wanted to purchase Adobe photo pack ( LrC + PS ) and Adobe wouldn't even let me despite me trying multiple times with both CC and PayPal options ... i mean yeah thank you Adobe i guess 🤷🤣
I've been using PS since 2004. I am fully on board with dumping them. I have already purchased Affinity. Un fortunately there is no single app that can replace photoshop. Affinity can replaced photoshop as a photo editor but it's painting and brush engine has a long way to go. There is also a lot of 3d built into PS that Affinity just does not have. So, Affinity is not a full Photoshop replacement. So far I'm finding I need 3 apps to do what I did in just Photoshop. But, I am willing to do that just to get rid of Adobe.
@@FotomakerAcademy if you want substance, I would recommend the one time buy option, via Steam instead of via adobes site, you still get the updates, but no subscription :)
Adobe crashes even on the most powerful hardware. It has too many bugs and still isn’t fully optimized. Industries rely on it because their IT teams know how to maintain it and prevent crashes, as they understand the software's algorithms. As a home user, I don’t have time to deal with all that-I just want something that works. AP is solid software.
@@TheEditPlace yeah!! davinci resolve is seriously powerful, even the free version.. compared to adobe programs it is more difficult to learn but definitely worth it!!
Also that license includes updates for a FULL version number so if you buy Version 2 (the current one) you get updates until V3 comes out. V1 to V2 was something like 2 years I think? My main problem (I own version 1 and version 2) is that they don;t have a Linux version. After Miocrosofts fuble with RECAL, them tellingg me my Ryzen 7 with RTX 3070 can;t run Windows 11, and them injecting advertising into the UI ... I've REALLY bben lookin gat droping Winsdows as well. I setup a dual boot of Mint Linux and I can get about 90% of the software I need. Affinity and my Audio plugins are the only things holding me back. Even my game collection still stays fairly strong between Steam Linux support and Proton ... I just wish that Afinity had a linux version.
Affinity might have not Artificial intelligence features right now, but since Canva have already acquired Affinity, it's just matter of time when Affinity have AI features, considering Canva already have AI features.
HAHA.... I shared this video with my photography group on FB.... FB determined that it "violates" community rules as it is "SPAM" I don't see why or how ....... just letting you know..... I issued a review request....
Ive. Had Affinity Photo for several years and it still continues to confuse me. But perhaps I don’t use it as often as I should. I only use it for the features Photomator doesn’t have. Photomator is my go to editing software.
Affinity can't compete, due to the lack of AI functionalities, that's just how it is. I love Affinity and have owned it since they launched Affinity Suit 2, but I just don't use it... it just lacks those AI features and until they had that, I unfortunately can't drop Adobe. Also 4:40, Genrative fill IS AI in Photoshop, but it's not in Affinity (which is probably why they call it something different), which is also why Photoshops version performance way better if you use it for more complex things.
Affinity is also now offering a 6 month free trial so that users can take their time getting used to the differences before making a decision. I've been using Affinity's products for a few years now and will never go back to Photoshop. Affinity is a really great company in my opinion and I hope they learn from Adobe's mistake. I'm expecting some good things from Affinity with the recent boost to their business.
Affinity so far isnt bad at all. Except no bitmap support! Doesnt sound like a big deal but me operating laser engravers, its a problem. They arent receptive to adding it if you read their forum.
Photoshop user since version 2.5 here. A few days ago the Beta apps in CC interfered with Ps and couldn't start Ps for the whole day. And I had to finish something for my job. I remembered this recent Affinity hype and I decided to give it a go. Installef Affinity, opened the PSD document. First showstopper, the interface. I hate colorful icons. It took a while to find what I needed. remember I was in a hurry. Then tried to copy/paste the FX style from a layer to the other. Surprise, you can't. Immediatelly that is. There is NO SHORTCUT to this, no menu, no submenu on the RMB, right mouse button/right click. I find out that you can drag/drop the icon, but not on multiple layers, or at least not worked on me. That took me 10-15 minutes just to do for one layer, youtube/help included. That was the second showstopper. Had to create a new layer. Surprise, empty. Wtf. It took another few minutes to find out I need to fill that out. Great UX, so user friendly and fast, what can I say. That was my 3rd and final showstopper. Uninstalled, done everything with a very onld copy of Photoshop, pre CC. Don;t take it personally guys, I am in my 50s, my brain is not that fast and sponge like when learning new programs, I lose all my patience and enthusiasm during the years, I am a worn out designer who loves his routines, I became grumpy, serious and I hate it when I have to lose precious time. I make enough to continue with the CC, I am Adobe Certified Professional in a few apps, so I am fine continuing and to be really honest to the end, I don't really care about them using my work to train their AI whatever. Nowadays, design has a so so short lifespan, it only became entertainment. Plus, my work belongs to the company who pays me a wage, so couldn't care less. Peace out.
Affinity should just develop an addon for Affinity photo and designer that works with Stable Diffusion. That way they will not have to invest in expensive IT infrastructure to offer that, instead, all generation is created locally. This is awesome for people working professionally as even a 3070 is enough to comfortable work with SDXL, and nothing, no data leaves the computer. And imagine the amount of weights you can download... It's going to make Firefly look like a tool for fools.
The best video editing software is Davinci Resolve, the free version is enough for 90% of users and the studio version is one payment for a lifetime license (free updates forever) and you can use the license in two machines simultaneously.
@@musasoyyo I’ll have to give it a try again , last time I tried it which was 3 years ago It was buggy on my iMac for some reason it kept slowing down my computer but would run premiere fine.
I’m glad there isn’t a subscription, however, you definitely have to pay for each upgrade. I just now finally upgraded to version 2 and paid $60somethingbrather than $80something to upgrade. Affinity photo definitely lacks a lot of Photoshop (especially PS beta) features.
You can leverage the gpu to do the AI, Topaz only uses local processing power for it's AI, Adobe could do the same but then they couldn't charge you for doing it on their cloud servers. Affinity could also do that and let's not forget NPU's are about to get common place and more software will support them, but you can bet Adobe will still force you to use the cloud and generate low resolution results for the paid premium. Best of all, Adobe steals your data to train their models and forces you to pay for the privilege.
I just bought the Affinity Suite for $82.99 !! For all platforms!! Adobe having access to all my work, public and private plus the subscription model SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Up until now Affinity has been very reasonable. One-time purchase and they have seasonal sales. Don't know how the future looks now that they have been acquired by Canva.
Dude. You are showing alternatives because of Adobe's changed TOS and therefore problematic usage of our media that may be under a NDA and then show us a web-based cloud service with comparably pos TOS to replace the Photoshop AI. And you do it using an image you got from Google's image search and I go out on a limb here and claim you did not properly license that dress image to use it in your work (ie video that generates money for you). As much as I appreciate people showing us alternatives to Adobe's bullshit practices, please show viable alternatives and respect other people's ownerships of media to use in your own work. This is otherwise the same bs that Adobe pulls just on a way smaller scale. To be fair, it is even worse because Adobe does not steal our intellectual property, they "just" force us to give up rights.
This is not the same. What he is doing here is transformative and does not prevent the original creator of the image from generating revenue from uploading the image onto a stock photo website or monetising it otherwise. That is legally allowed under copyright law, and doesn't violate any ethical/moral standards which artists and content creators alike universally agreed on. Using any image from Google images is allowed as long as you are doing so in a transformative way. What Adobe is doing in their TOS, is completely different as they are forcing users to give up their copyright itself to Adobe, such that they don't need to transform the creative work, but can instead profit from it's direct distribution and use. It's the difference between reviewing someone's book for a video and sharing snippets/quotes you liked in the book vs selling someone's book outright to your fans.
Affinity's have one weakness that stops me moving over completely. I just don't like the way they handle colour. From colour modes to global swatches, it's not clear and just overall messy. I really wish they would consult a print designer for advice instead of being programmed by the new generation of web designers.
Can't totally disagree. You might join the forums and add your voice there. They don't ever respond to "feature requests" per se, but I can tell you from experience, they do listen and make changes. Unlike _some other_ companies...
Well.. for creating UA-cam thumbnails, which people see the whole 0.8 seconds is not that big of a deal. You should definately use cheap software. Creating print quality images, posters etc require so much more: manipulating alpha channels to get all the hairs, mimicing shadows, removing them, etc is so much more complex. So far Im too deep in Photoshop for *efficiency* for these sort of things. I will try again to move to Affinity Photo, but so far my muscle memory is too much Photoshop-related. I should unlearn almost everything from Photoshop and learn all shortcuts and Affinity logic to be able to transfer, but its a looooot of work.
UA-cam thumbnails to full time creators are actually incredibly a big deal. It’s something where yes sometimes an idea clicks and it takes me 10minutes. Other times we spend hours and make many versions with dozens of complex layers. It may seem silly to non UA-cam people but thumbnails are not an easy whatever thing to create.
I totally get it. But there is still a giant leap to posters, prints, etc. You have to understand the size difference, the time customer spends looking at the end product, etc. They are still night and day.
@@TheEditPlace I understand there are different difficulties surrounding the thumbnail creation: have to be catchy, clear, interesting, etc - like a good joke: compact and impactful. What Im talking about is the overall complexity prints requires (especially when doing photo manipulation). Removing objects from floor or wall is never done with the healing brush (only scratches, etc). You have to check that the floor panels continue as supposed and don’t repeat patterns, etc. There are detail levels in print world you can’t see from regular display or phone. But the point is: I know you can create mask layers using color channels like in PS, but all the little things (how to assign adjustment layer to effect only certain layer, keyboard shortcuts, I know this in PS how do I do it in AP, etc) are incredibly difficult unlearn. They all add up: taking more time than in PS. And time is money.
I love affinity and then for all the Jen AI stuff are used a combination of Canva pro and Leonardo but Canva has about all the features just maybe not quite as good and all the features it doesn't have affinity has. I'm hoping because Canva bought infinity that by getting Canva pro there would be some sort of cross behavior or advantage like bringing the AI features of Canva to affinity. Rather than just exporting importing. Because affinity has all the professional stuff but Canva has all the AI stuff with both you pretty much have everything but for real good stuff like Leonardo or mid journey . So basically three apps to get in Photoshop but I hate Adobe so it's worth it and infinity photo and all the other affinity apps are beautiful and in my opinion look better and better to use.
The healing brush tool from affinity in your example was def not as good as PS. I could clearly see a difference and I could clearly see smth was removed. Wherewas with PS, i would never be able to tell. So, even a basic healing brush feature affinity doesnt compare with PS. And thats why im still pro adobe, by spirit. I stopped using adobe a long time ago due to their ridiculous prices. Ever since Ive been looking for a replacement that is as good or better than Adobe, but lets be honest, nothing is better if you use it for more advanced edits (like I did). For now, I just have lightroom mobile activated so i can at least make some basic edits to some photography. But I do miss creating a (fake) landscapes images from all different landscape photos I took, combined together. It is how it is and as long as there isnt an app better than PS and its features, im not gonna continue my hobby.
Ai still on it's infancy, is not something you need now. I did not know about this alternative and I like it. When it comes to Ai there are way better alternatives from what Adobe is doing and less expensive if is something you must have. Other then that Affinity looks like is it.
the power adobe has over you guys. i can only imagine the chaos Nvidia will create when they decide to abuse their dominant market power. i mean they already do that now but i mean like going full adobe and making companies like amazon have second thoughts about offering Nvidia GPU's in their cloud solutions.
Yes, keep protesting and boycotting Adobe please…maybe if enough people move to Canva/Affinity they’ll lower their prices or get rid of the subscription plans. 🤞🏻
I'm not defending at all. But, keep in mind that a stand alone copy of Photoshop was $600.00 in the "good old days". So, the subscription model seems, or possibly is, actually cheaper. But only if you bought new versions on a regular basis. Plus, the subscription model is 'Adobe's revenge', for all the widespread piracy that happened with Photoshop. OTOH, Adobe more than likely couldn't get $600.00 for PS in today's competitive market.
there is no real reason why AI must be cloud-based. It is just the model Adobe chose. I have used e.g. DALL-E locally. It just may take a while to finish on a slow PC. Affinity could choose to have their model(s) locally (on the PC), and run purely off of the local CPU and GPU.
Longtime Adobe user, core product is fine but the suite has become bloated and the cloud sync tools are shxt, mostly complicating workflow, easier to just use Dropbox 😂 I’m sure there’s some hi level needs for a small group of advanced users but for general office work I’ve managed to get what I need, almost all freeware, this one might be the one I pay for 😂
Canva recently purchased Serif (the company that owns the Affinity series). Since Canva is big into the generative AI world on their web platform, they will more than likely be introducing some generative AI features in future versions of their Affinity lineup. Before the merger, Serif stated they were against generative AI and didn't want to incorporate it. I feel that stance has changed now.
After the merger they stated that they would not be changing their model. They don't have to because Canva and exist independently of Affinity while both benefit from the innovations that both come up with. Especially with the mess Adobe just got themselves into surrounding AI, Affinity is not adopting it.
If you can afford the current Affinity products (still 50% off as of 6/27/24), you can buy and use it for now with the caveat that *ANY* company may change their offerings or position at any time, including Serif/Canva.
It would of been more cool if Midjourney had brought them out.
@@Metaworldwide for more AI? Affinity is the last hold out for real designers.
@@netvisionz why is it always the worst designers/artists that write crap like this 😂
Purchased the Affinity apps last week. I’m tired of Adobe’s subscription BS. Just wish someone would come up with a Lightroom killer!
Darktable. Different workflow, so there's a learning curve, but it's very, very good.
There was a lightroom killer before lightroom and it's called capture one. Watch the pro con videos.
I just switched to Capture One and wish I had done it years ago. There's a learning curve, but IMHO, it's superior to Lightroom in almost every way. It's incredibly customizable, has a better implementation of DAM (with options for either a file-system type approach or a session approach), and as a bonus, if you're a Fujifilm shooter, it does a much better job at rendering Fuji RAW files. You also have the choice betwen a subscriptions model (with updates as they're released) or a perpetual license to the most recent major release.
@@adam_sorber Curious, did you ever work with Darktable? It's enough for me, I believe, but wondering how the two compare.
I switched from lightroom to Capture One a few years ago. I love it. I find the color correction controls to be even better, more natural. The newest version of C1 has AI matting now too.
The more I use Affinity, the more I am glad that I dropped my Adobe CSS All Apps subscription! And now that Adobe has been put on notice by the US government, it validates my decision as the correct one. 💯
I've been looking at alternatives to PS and Illustrator for a while now - it's tough when one has been using this software for literal decades. Adobe is super anti-consumer. So imma have to bite the bullet.
Thanks for the great video.
Ignore the haters ;)
Hey, I don't know if you are running a "professional" buisiness but I use "GIMP" as an alternative for Photoshop (which I owned and used a long time ago).
For me GIMP is great since I don't work as an pre-press editor (DTP-er) anymore for years. But your situation may be different.
* It hurts me to see the path that Adobe takes now whith their latest User Agreement (blackmail bullshit!!!). Man I used Adobe Programs even before they came out in those "Suites" and back in 2003 I sayed Adobe InDesign will take-over "QuarkXpress", people laughed hard and what happened... they took over. But now (even today with my nephew that is still in creative business, I had a conversation about Adobe and he don't like it too atm. And stepped over to other programs).
The REPLACE AI feature in Photoshop is a freakin' miracle and is the ONLY reason I'm still using Adobe anything. Nothing comes close...for now.
i use affinity photo and i also use luminar neo. luminar does have AI tools and with what you save from cancelling Ps i;m pretty sure you can get both these and still have change left. also luminar works as a plugin with affinity 😁
Does this combo cover all the things Photoshop can do?
@@tylerrecar1334 i doubt it but you will save a lot of money and you photos/art from being stolen lol
For the GenAI I use Krita with a LOCAL install of stable diffusion. Someone wrote a plugin. Way more powerfull than firefly. Since this runs LOCALLY you do need a heafty machine with a decent GPU but then you don;t need the internet, no credits no subs ...
So you can do generative fill with this set up?
@@gabehobbs wiht Krita? you can do WAY MORE than Generative Fill if you install the stable diffusion plugin AND IF YOUR PC CAN RUN STABLE DIFFUSION.
I just used it yesterday for a cleint video. I'm editing some dance recitals for a local videographer. Their client wanted their recital schedule document to be used as a title page, essentially it wassome graphic design with drawn theatre curtains on the sides but it was in portrait orientation so I brought it into Krita and used the SD plugin to extend the curtain on one side, copied the extention and flipped it for th eother side and also exported ou just the extention so I could use it to animate some curtain in the title sequnece animation.
I used this setup also for a video edit to do a claen plate to remove some boats from a shot for another clients video ... he needed the actors to look like ty were out at sea so used Krita and SD to fill in where the boats were and to remove the coast line.
And oyu can do WAY more than that. Way more options.
I'm running this on my Ryzen 7 and RTX 3070 desktop.
hey man sounds fun, do you have a guide/tutorial on how I can start with this?
Just upgraded from affinity photo 1 to the version 2 universal suite for $62!! Such a great deal!!!
I also just canceled my 3 year long Adobe creative suite. Their cancelation fee was literally $67. Such a joke man.
I thought the full suite was $80-something
@@FotomakerAcademythe full suite at launch for all 3 programs of version 2 was $90 for a lifetime license, I hope the price didn’t go down now a year after launch lol I thought the full price was higher but if it’s now $62 for everything that’s super cheap
@@ChristopherAndersonPirate It is not $62 for the full suite. It is $83 on the current sale...
Unless it's changed in photo 2, you can also use photoshop plugins in affinity photo. I also removed the couch fairly easily in about 30 seconds. I'm sure anyone who cares enough could clean up any edges easy enough. The inpainting brush is better at smaller objects rather than large chunks of the image.
I tried to switch from Adobe to Affinity, but I simply can’t because right-to-left typography is critical to my job. Affinity does not support it and has not responded positively to users asking for it on their official forums.
I'm a photographer who sometimes remove big objects to clean my photos & I'm not using gen fill at all. Content aware + patch tool do a fantastic job for me.
Yep, this is the best tools for beginer photographs
Is this video before Ps' Remove Tool, which would be much better than the Spot Healing Brush?
PS's remove tool is amazing! I don't know how I lived without it. It has really expedited my workflow. My favorite add on editor I just bought is Evoto AI. I love it so much. It has a feature called "clean up background" that has made my work flow faster. I do most of my photoshoot on a cyc wall, even when it's been painted or even if you use new white paper roll, people walk on it and it gets dirty quick. I can't believe how natural looking the background clean up is, I can't get there with dust and scratches in photoshop, it looks fake when I use it full stop. I also love Evoto's stray hair removal, it works better than Portrait Pro's upgrade and faster than I can do it in Photoshop. Right now, I'm using 3 different photo editors. Adobe PS ( I love Adobe Camera Raw) and Portrait Pro (modeling light for portraits is awesome) and Evoto AI. I'm amazed at all the features on this Evoto AI. I also like their pricing model for even trying out Evoto AI, you buy credits. They have a fabulous deal going on right now, 500 credits for 36.00, I saw it on their Instagram account. Any way, I'm not endorsed by any of them, I'm a professional photographer giving their personal experience with these apps.
@@jamilgotcher365 Interesting to know about!
Thanks for the video; Im being forced to convert by Marvel at the moment since the lawyers are racing in to protect the licenses and its costing me money so I probably will get Affinity and see how it works out. Thanks for the side by side. Im a little concerned about whether or not there's a delay on stylus integration, Ive heard that some apps have a delay from putting the pen down to release and copy but dunno how bad it is here on Affinity. Anyone know?
Not sure what you mean exactly, but I have been using a pen tablet with Affinity Photo for long time and haven't had issues with a delay :)
Works fine with my Huion Kamvas 13 but I prefer Krita for drawing and Affinity Photo for editing ... also on Krita I can run a LOCAL version of stable Diffusion for things like generative in painting and extentions and the likes.
Thanks for the replies. I ended up buying it but it will not fulfill the needs I have for drawing. Ill probably end up getting Clip Paint Studio too.
@user-vm8eg4te4u you bought the universal license so you could use Affinity Designer for drawing, correct?
To remove the couch in Photoshop you should have used Remove Tool wich also uses AI but just removes stuff instead of generating new stuff like with the Generative Fill
I don't even use stuff like this. And you know what? I paid my $82.99 (and whatever change) for the bundle. Why? Because I _might, EVENTUALLY_ start using this stuff. As a freelance and self-publishing writer, it's not implausible. And 50% off the whole set is a really good deal.
How much is it at 50% off? I remember paying like $80-90 for all V2 programs at launch, if it’s cheaper now then that’s nuts
you can use Fooocus stable diffusion, export to there, make the AI, scale up and return to affinity, and is free
What i like about affinity is that it's somehow much more intuitive than other sw. I find i can obtain needed results by winging it much better and faster than with alternatives
Affinity doesnt have an object remove tool? Going back to the old days of clone stamp in your examples is kind of rough at this point
Yes, clone stamp is like 100 years old now....shame now there is a charge to automate that
Affinity Photo has Inpainting, but that can't always remove a large, complicated object.
I really wonder if this Pincel service, when you upload a photo to their cloud, is any different from Adobe. They also look at the image, scan it, analyze it, and use it for training. In what way are they different from Adobe?
They're not trying to scan your entire computer and make copies of everything local for starters
Great start ... but since when Adobe does cloud bacup copies of my PC?
what is the lightroom equivalent for affinity?
@galihkurniad lol
there is no equivalent right now on Affinity side, but Apple's Photomator is close to Lightroom
Adobe Acrobat Pro ad on this video 😂
I would love to see more videos done comparing one to one, but you can do with each program side-by-side
There is Krita with the stable diffusion plugin, you can do anything photoshop AI can do and more, you just need a decent gpu with at least 8GB of RAM.
Can it use on gtx 660?
@@damithgunathilaka-a Not sure, I think you can, but it won't be fun, however you can rent a gpu in runpod for a few buck a month.
I've found that in Photoshop for the Gen fill when removing objects, just type 'remove' ... 9 times out of 10 it'll do a decent job.
So, Ps never removed the couch in the tries shown. Did you keep going until Ps gave you the blank wall and floor? If so, how long did it take? I use Affiny Photo, but the AI features of Ps sound compelling so I am considering going back to Ps even though I far prefer AF. However, your brief test does not really help Ps lol.
PS was generating couches because he didn't cover the reflection of it.
are you able to transfer photoshop brushes to Affinity?
Do they have generative fill?
I really want to give Affinity Photo 2 a go for wildlife editing. I just can't seem to figure out how to edit some gradients and other cool features like PS offers. There are many great AP videos and maybe some exist out there for me, but any help would be great. lol.
If you have already a Apple device, it has good built in AI stuff on it, so until Affinity brings this feature, it is good option. My guess Affinity V3 will have this forsure
the last thing I want is A.I, to replace my job and do the only thing I am good at.
I am not fighting it, but create another A.I lazy software and keep photo editing app to edit photos and do what I tell them to do.
OR you can keep growing, developing and stacking up NEW skills so that you are not dependent on that "only thing you're good at". Seriously mate. This kind of mindset is only gonna hold you back. You got this! Cheers. :)
First the complaint was immigrants taking jobs and now it’s being blamed on a.i? 🙄 just ridiculous 🤦🏽♀️
@@sergejkrynycky728 But I want to be in control of when I want to lunch A.I in Photoshop! I don't want it always there, I want to order it bring it when I need it.
I don't want a slow Photoshop because adobe monitoring everything on my screen,I want my freedom to be able to create, I do use A.I but I don't shove it up my throat, I know if I don't use it i will left behind and wont be able to compete.
its the approach not the product that is making the problem.
Not to mention as a professional shoving all this cloud stuff up our buts for the last 10 years!
Professionals have their own clouds, their own servers give us a break from squeezing us and getting every penny from our pockets for god sake!
@@Slimnbonez As a refugee my self, no complains there :D
@@sergejkrynycky728 growing and developing skills? What skills?? You literally let a computer program do everything itself. What kind of skills do you acquire with this?? When you use something under your control with your knowledge, it's different. Please spare us this tech bro BS
What about using it like Lightroom?
Thank you for great information and efforts.
**Important** Did anyone remember to remind the respective company ( Affinity ) who keep in silent the that issue we face since the last update about No Thumbnail in MAC still not fixed, telling us the new OS has changed and when we asked what are your engineers doing during the Beta OS they did not answer back, .....And the right to left writing support that we are requesting since V1 not yet available even worth the support team replying that it is not even in Plan ( Half of the world write in right to left ) are you going to do something about all these issues that we are facing?
I cannot get TK Plugins or to work with Affinity photo and CLiR infrared Plugins...Well the only thing I know it that the latter goes into a folder called CEP in PS. Sad TOO cause I really was ready to switch. Maybe someone has the answer?
How does it compare to lightroom classic? And, what's this thing about canvas buying affinity?
Thanks in advance!
Because of adobe issues right now, I'm here. If only affinity has that AI thing, I'd switch! And I like the idea of AI feature is a separate subscription thing. Generative is a huge thing for my part-time job, saves a lot of time and I'm still winning in the subscription to profit ratio as of now. Really hoping affinity does something. This is their perfect opportunity since Adobe is being sued.
What do you do for your job?
The AI thing is killer. No other photo app will ever be able to compete. It takes so much time and manpower to develop an effective AI feature. Affinity would need several AI engineers, access to a giant stock photo library, and 2-3 years to compete with photoshop.
@@ChristopherAndersonPirate im a multimedia designer that edit photos, creates graphic shapes for motion design, make use of roto in AE (which is currently the best) and edit videos that most of the time requires to expand and add backgrounds. So currently in terms of my needs, photoshop, illustrator, AE and premier is still the best for me case
Great video. A great complement to Affinity Suite is Pixelmator Pro and/or Capture One. Both of those tools with the Affinity Suite is a pretty powerful suite of tools. Adding Darktable to the setup is also a great tool.
Thank u fir your outstanding videos.Can affinity do what AI does with Mockup fir placing logos or label's on bittles and tubes so easily.
A lot of Ai Cloud compute is going to the blockchain at a fraction of the cost so hopefully Affinity will introduce some generative fill type of tools in the future without too much of a price hike.
Side by side tool comparisons are so underrated. thank you!
Affinity's inpainting feature/brush is like photoshops content aware fill feature and can be used to circle an object to replace. I would of been interesting to see a comparison to of those features. The software comparison was mediocre.
He used Inpainting. (Look at the AP tool selected on the left.) It didn't remove the couch either.
Affinity also has no bridge equivalent to sort and choose photos to process
honestly, if they later add generative AI as an subscription addon, I will be fine with it as long as the base software is still one time purchase .
Wanted to purchase Adobe photo pack ( LrC + PS ) and Adobe wouldn't even let me despite me trying multiple times with both CC and PayPal options ... i mean yeah thank you Adobe i guess 🤷🤣
I've been using PS since 2004. I am fully on board with dumping them. I have already purchased Affinity. Un fortunately there is no single app that can replace photoshop. Affinity can replaced photoshop as a photo editor but it's painting and brush engine has a long way to go. There is also a lot of 3d built into PS that Affinity just does not have. So, Affinity is not a full Photoshop replacement. So far I'm finding I need 3 apps to do what I did in just Photoshop. But, I am willing to do that just to get rid of Adobe.
For painting and stuff from what I've heard Krita would do a great job.
Ps no longer has 3D features. They dumped it. Users must pay (a lot) for Substance as a separate subscription now.
@@FotomakerAcademy if you want substance, I would recommend the one time buy option, via Steam instead of via adobes site, you still get the updates, but no subscription :)
@@LazerB. I want to like krita. I keep trying it. But it’s just meh.
Adobe crashes even on the most powerful hardware. It has too many bugs and still isn’t fully optimized. Industries rely on it because their IT teams know how to maintain it and prevent crashes, as they understand the software's algorithms. As a home user, I don’t have time to deal with all that-I just want something that works. AP is solid software.
The people united will never be defeated, down with adobe!
If only there was a good After Effects alternative, that's my main software I use.
Fusion inside of resolve….can do the same if not more than after effects 👍🏼
@@TheEditPlace yeah!! davinci resolve is seriously powerful, even the free version.. compared to adobe programs it is more difficult to learn but definitely worth it!!
Also that license includes updates for a FULL version number so if you buy Version 2 (the current one) you get updates until V3 comes out. V1 to V2 was something like 2 years I think? My main problem (I own version 1 and version 2) is that they don;t have a Linux version. After Miocrosofts fuble with RECAL, them tellingg me my Ryzen 7 with RTX 3070 can;t run Windows 11, and them injecting advertising into the UI ... I've REALLY bben lookin gat droping Winsdows as well.
I setup a dual boot of Mint Linux and I can get about 90% of the software I need. Affinity and my Audio plugins are the only things holding me back. Even my game collection still stays fairly strong between Steam Linux support and Proton ...
I just wish that Afinity had a linux version.
Unicode font support must be added to Affinity suite.
Pixelmator Pro and Photomator also can meet many peoples’ needs.
Affinity might have not Artificial intelligence features right now, but since Canva have already acquired Affinity, it's just matter of time when Affinity have AI features, considering Canva already have AI features.
HAHA.... I shared this video with my photography group on FB.... FB determined that it "violates" community rules as it is "SPAM" I don't see why or how ....... just letting you know..... I issued a review request....
Ok try Acdsee because it has everything that Photoshop has plus plus AI
And one time purse
AI is not free with the Adobe subscription. You get free AI credits depending on your plan, additionally you have to buy
Ive. Had Affinity Photo for several years and it still continues to confuse me.
But perhaps I don’t use it as often as I should. I only use it for the features Photomator doesn’t have.
Photomator is my go to editing software.
Nah it's easy to learn. I make lots of money with it and I am only 17
@@AllisonRoadWest I’m 66 and don’t need to make any extra money 👍🏻
You need to select the shadow of the couch as well, it wants to add something that makes a shadow
Just cancled Adobe, and bought affinity full pack and i love it 😍
A mid journey plugin for affinity would be the best of both worlds.
Great video, thanks! I'm a longtime PS user, but I think I'll give Affinity a go. 🙂
Affinity can't compete, due to the lack of AI functionalities, that's just how it is. I love Affinity and have owned it since they launched Affinity Suit 2, but I just don't use it... it just lacks those AI features and until they had that, I unfortunately can't drop Adobe.
Also 4:40, Genrative fill IS AI in Photoshop, but it's not in Affinity (which is probably why they call it something different), which is also why Photoshops version performance way better if you use it for more complex things.
For generative fill i guess canva is going to help.
Affinity is also now offering a 6 month free trial so that users can take their time getting used to the differences before making a decision. I've been using Affinity's products for a few years now and will never go back to Photoshop. Affinity is a really great company in my opinion and I hope they learn from Adobe's mistake. I'm expecting some good things from Affinity with the recent boost to their business.
Affinity so far isnt bad at all. Except no bitmap support! Doesnt sound like a big deal but me operating laser engravers, its a problem. They arent receptive to adding it if you read their forum.
Photoshop user since version 2.5 here. A few days ago the Beta apps in CC interfered with Ps and couldn't start Ps for the whole day. And I had to finish something for my job. I remembered this recent Affinity hype and I decided to give it a go. Installef Affinity, opened the PSD document. First showstopper, the interface. I hate colorful icons. It took a while to find what I needed. remember I was in a hurry. Then tried to copy/paste the FX style from a layer to the other. Surprise, you can't. Immediatelly that is. There is NO SHORTCUT to this, no menu, no submenu on the RMB, right mouse button/right click. I find out that you can drag/drop the icon, but not on multiple layers, or at least not worked on me. That took me 10-15 minutes just to do for one layer, youtube/help included. That was the second showstopper.
Had to create a new layer. Surprise, empty. Wtf. It took another few minutes to find out I need to fill that out. Great UX, so user friendly and fast, what can I say. That was my 3rd and final showstopper. Uninstalled, done everything with a very onld copy of Photoshop, pre CC.
Don;t take it personally guys, I am in my 50s, my brain is not that fast and sponge like when learning new programs, I lose all my patience and enthusiasm during the years, I am a worn out designer who loves his routines, I became grumpy, serious and I hate it when I have to lose precious time. I make enough to continue with the CC, I am Adobe Certified Professional in a few apps, so I am fine continuing and to be really honest to the end, I don't really care about them using my work to train their AI whatever. Nowadays, design has a so so short lifespan, it only became entertainment. Plus, my work belongs to the company who pays me a wage, so couldn't care less. Peace out.
🔥🔥👍👍10:19 😅 nice
Tried Affinity, it croaked on a very large file Adobe didn't. Granted, Adobe was pretty slow working with it, but it didn't crash.
Affinity should just develop an addon for Affinity photo and designer that works with Stable Diffusion. That way they will not have to invest in expensive IT infrastructure to offer that, instead, all generation is created locally. This is awesome for people working professionally as even a 3070 is enough to comfortable work with SDXL, and nothing, no data leaves the computer. And imagine the amount of weights you can download... It's going to make Firefly look like a tool for fools.
Plot twist: Photopea comes up with an AI editor.
You could have just typed remove couch in Photoshop.
When Aff incorporates the AI, i will switch. It's the only reason I'm keeping Adobe
I'm really surprised Affinity haven't hooked Stabled Diffusion into their application like Krita has for the generative content side.
off topic but I hope affinity comes out with a video editing software
The best video editing software is Davinci Resolve, the free version is enough for 90% of users and the studio version is one payment for a lifetime license (free updates forever) and you can use the license in two machines simultaneously.
@@musasoyyo I’ll have to give it a try again , last time I tried it which was 3 years ago It was buggy on my iMac for some reason it kept slowing down my computer but would run premiere fine.
They could add AI by using OpenRouter. Then they wouldn't have to do all the expensive cloud computing.
Stable diffusion is an even better AI software that can be installed locally for free.
I’m glad there isn’t a subscription, however, you definitely have to pay for each upgrade. I just now finally upgraded to version 2 and paid $60somethingbrather than $80something to upgrade. Affinity photo definitely lacks a lot of Photoshop (especially PS beta) features.
You can leverage the gpu to do the AI, Topaz only uses local processing power for it's AI, Adobe could do the same but then they couldn't charge you for doing it on their cloud servers. Affinity could also do that and let's not forget NPU's are about to get common place and more software will support them, but you can bet Adobe will still force you to use the cloud and generate low resolution results for the paid premium. Best of all, Adobe steals your data to train their models and forces you to pay for the privilege.
I just bought the Affinity Suite for $82.99 !! For all platforms!! Adobe having access to all my work, public and private plus the subscription model SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just bought affinity and got the universal license and got it at 50% off
Omg. Red lightroom
Software companies are all the same, they suck you in with a cheap introductory offer, then hit for a fee for the new features. Just watch !
Up until now Affinity has been very reasonable. One-time purchase and they have seasonal sales. Don't know how the future looks now that they have been acquired by Canva.
Ai could be run locally if they wanted to, you can use Ai in Krita with a plugin...
Adobe has really done these other companies a favor by giving them what is essentially free marketing for their software 😅
Dude. You are showing alternatives because of Adobe's changed TOS and therefore problematic usage of our media that may be under a NDA and then show us a web-based cloud service with comparably pos TOS to replace the Photoshop AI. And you do it using an image you got from Google's image search and I go out on a limb here and claim you did not properly license that dress image to use it in your work (ie video that generates money for you). As much as I appreciate people showing us alternatives to Adobe's bullshit practices, please show viable alternatives and respect other people's ownerships of media to use in your own work. This is otherwise the same bs that Adobe pulls just on a way smaller scale. To be fair, it is even worse because Adobe does not steal our intellectual property, they "just" force us to give up rights.
This is not the same. What he is doing here is transformative and does not prevent the original creator of the image from generating revenue from uploading the image onto a stock photo website or monetising it otherwise. That is legally allowed under copyright law, and doesn't violate any ethical/moral standards which artists and content creators alike universally agreed on. Using any image from Google images is allowed as long as you are doing so in a transformative way. What Adobe is doing in their TOS, is completely different as they are forcing users to give up their copyright itself to Adobe, such that they don't need to transform the creative work, but can instead profit from it's direct distribution and use. It's the difference between reviewing someone's book for a video and sharing snippets/quotes you liked in the book vs selling someone's book outright to your fans.
Affinity's have one weakness that stops me moving over completely. I just don't like the way they handle colour. From colour modes to global swatches, it's not clear and just overall messy. I really wish they would consult a print designer for advice instead of being programmed by the new generation of web designers.
Can't totally disagree. You might join the forums and add your voice there. They don't ever respond to "feature requests" per se, but I can tell you from experience, they do listen and make changes. Unlike _some other_ companies...
Very topical. I’ve just bought Affinity. Adios, Adobe.
i HAVE BOTH. PHOTOSHOP IS STILL KING!
Well.. for creating UA-cam thumbnails, which people see the whole 0.8 seconds is not that big of a deal. You should definately use cheap software. Creating print quality images, posters etc require so much more: manipulating alpha channels to get all the hairs, mimicing shadows, removing them, etc is so much more complex. So far Im too deep in Photoshop for *efficiency* for these sort of things. I will try again to move to Affinity Photo, but so far my muscle memory is too much Photoshop-related.
I should unlearn almost everything from Photoshop and learn all shortcuts and Affinity logic to be able to transfer, but its a looooot of work.
UA-cam thumbnails to full time creators are actually incredibly a big deal. It’s something where yes sometimes an idea clicks and it takes me 10minutes. Other times we spend hours and make many versions with dozens of complex layers. It may seem silly to non UA-cam people but thumbnails are not an easy whatever thing to create.
I totally get it. But there is still a giant leap to posters, prints, etc. You have to understand the size difference, the time customer spends looking at the end product, etc. They are still night and day.
@@TheEditPlace I understand there are different difficulties surrounding the thumbnail creation: have to be catchy, clear, interesting, etc - like a good joke: compact and impactful. What Im talking about is the overall complexity prints requires (especially when doing photo manipulation).
Removing objects from floor or wall is never done with the healing brush (only scratches, etc). You have to check that the floor panels continue as supposed and don’t repeat patterns, etc. There are detail levels in print world you can’t see from regular display or phone.
But the point is: I know you can create mask layers using color channels like in PS, but all the little things (how to assign adjustment layer to effect only certain layer, keyboard shortcuts, I know this in PS how do I do it in AP, etc) are incredibly difficult unlearn. They all add up: taking more time than in PS. And time is money.
I my self use affinity photo and designer, also davinci resolve I hate adobe products and I've never actually used them more than few months
Krita just got exellent offline ai tools!
I love affinity and then for all the Jen AI stuff are used a combination of Canva pro and Leonardo but Canva has about all the features just maybe not quite as good and all the features it doesn't have affinity has. I'm hoping because Canva bought infinity that by getting Canva pro there would be some sort of cross behavior or advantage like bringing the AI features of Canva to affinity. Rather than just exporting importing. Because affinity has all the professional stuff but Canva has all the AI stuff with both you pretty much have everything but for real good stuff like Leonardo or mid journey . So basically three apps to get in Photoshop but I hate Adobe so it's worth it and infinity photo and all the other affinity apps are beautiful and in my opinion look better and better to use.
The healing brush tool from affinity in your example was def not as good as PS. I could clearly see a difference and I could clearly see smth was removed. Wherewas with PS, i would never be able to tell.
So, even a basic healing brush feature affinity doesnt compare with PS. And thats why im still pro adobe, by spirit.
I stopped using adobe a long time ago due to their ridiculous prices. Ever since Ive been looking for a replacement that is as good or better than Adobe, but lets be honest, nothing is better if you use it for more advanced edits (like I did).
For now, I just have lightroom mobile activated so i can at least make some basic edits to some photography. But I do miss creating a (fake) landscapes images from all different landscape photos I took, combined together.
It is how it is and as long as there isnt an app better than PS and its features, im not gonna continue my hobby.
I can't thank enough any software developer for challenging the most user hostile soft - Ps. 😊
Ai still on it's infancy, is not something you need now. I did not know about this alternative and I like it. When it comes to Ai there are way better alternatives from what Adobe is doing and less expensive if is something you must have. Other then that Affinity looks like is it.
Affinity is great, but they need to redesign their UI icons as white like Adobe, they're too colorful and distracting.
You can change the UI interface to monochromatic in the settings for each Affinity programme. Makes it look a better and less distracting.
the power adobe has over you guys. i can only imagine the chaos Nvidia will create when they decide to abuse their dominant market power. i mean they already do that now but i mean like going full adobe and making companies like amazon have second thoughts about offering Nvidia GPU's in their cloud solutions.
Yes, keep protesting and boycotting Adobe please…maybe if enough people move to Canva/Affinity they’ll lower their prices or get rid of the subscription plans. 🤞🏻
I'm not defending at all. But, keep in mind that a stand alone copy of Photoshop was $600.00 in the "good old days". So, the subscription model seems, or possibly is, actually cheaper. But only if you bought new versions on a regular basis. Plus, the subscription model is 'Adobe's revenge', for all the widespread piracy that happened with Photoshop. OTOH, Adobe more than likely couldn't get $600.00 for PS in today's competitive market.
there is no real reason why AI must be cloud-based. It is just the model Adobe chose. I have used e.g. DALL-E locally. It just may take a while to finish on a slow PC.
Affinity could choose to have their model(s) locally (on the PC), and run purely off of the local CPU and GPU.
gonna invest into affinity stocks
They may go for a pay-as-you-use for AI, avoiding subscription.
Longtime Adobe user, core product is fine but the suite has become bloated and the cloud sync tools are shxt, mostly complicating workflow, easier to just use Dropbox 😂 I’m sure there’s some hi level needs for a small group of advanced users but for general office work I’ve managed to get what I need, almost all freeware, this one might be the one I pay for 😂