Irvin
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verysame reacted to a post in a topic: No more new features, dam, filters, or other requests.
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I agree 100%. I stopped using Affinity Photo after trying for a week and realizing it needs stability and speed in order to present a legitimate alternative to Adobe's Lightroom/Photoshop combo. The potential is there, the momentum is there, but the performance is not (at least in a production environment).
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Yes, I have. Ultimately, I'm a user, not a developer or fanboi - so I only care for what the software does versus what the competing software does, not how it does it or why it does it. In other words: maybe Affinity has extraordinary reasons for delivering huge files, but if I get much smaller and equally good files from Lightroom, DxO or Capture One, I will use one of those programs. I want software that performs better than the competition and as of today, that isn't the case with Affinity Photo.
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All I know is Affinity Photo is not quite ready for prime time. I have not used it after the first week. Hope the developers can do something about the file size and other things holding back a product with great promise.
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Honestly, Affinity Photo has enormous potential as an alternative to Lightroom/PS. The price is truly great. But...I personally don't think it's ready for production. Maybe in a few months... Now, you risk nothing by buying it. I did. The price is so friendly, we should get it even as a means of supporting a great initiative. That said, right now, if you want production-ready software and don't mind the higher cost, go with Lightroom/Photoshop. That's what I have done until Affinity Photo resolves a few issues. Good luck!
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Affinity Photo Customer Beta - 1.5.1.52
Irvin replied to Mark Ingram's topic in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads
I'm closely following this forum - still very interested in Affinity Photo's development, but will not do any beta installations for a while. I prefer to use my current Lightroom/Photoshop combo until a production-ready version of Affinity Photo is released. I bought it and don't regret it. It just too far from ready for prime time. The potential is enormous, though... -
Same here - but it won't happen (at least for me) until the developing 'persona' is non-destructive, there is a thumbnail browser and support for Photoshop plugins with 16bit images. That said, I'm happy to have bought it and look forward to future enhancements. Great first release!
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[Multi] Official PDF User guide for AP and AD
Irvin replied to Zox's topic in Older Feedback & Suggestion Posts
What about an E-book edition that people can download (buy) and read on their phone or tablet? That's more practical nowadays than a physical book. I wanted to buy the AD book, but only in e-book format to read on my iPad. Ebooks have largely replaced physical books because they are much cheaper and easier to correct/maintain. -
Great debut release! congrats! This is the first ever serious challenger to Photoshop/Lightroom. About the only thing preventing me from ditching my Adobe subscription is the lack of a simple thumbnail browser at the bottom. No cataloguing features, no complications: just a simple thumbnail strip at the bottom that can be toggled on and off and points to a user-defined folder where pictures are stored. Happy customer here. Absolutely great first release!