Graham Andrew Payne Posted January 25 Posted January 25 After recently purchasing editing software from a rival company to affinity we found that the software was impossible to use due to the very high system requirements needed to edit and export raw to jpeg files. My question is can Affinity edit and export my images on the laptop I am using (HP Elitebook, i5 processor , 8mb ram)? Quote
Alfred Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Graham Andrew Payne. 33 minutes ago, Graham Andrew Payne said: My question is can Affinity edit and export my images on the laptop I am using (HP Elitebook, i5 processor , 8mb ram)? I’m pretty sure you meant to type “8GB RAM”! More RAM is generally better, and a minimum of 16GB is recommended if you’re going to do photo editing that involves high-resolution images with multiple layers and filter effects. There are free trial versions of the Affinity apps, currently limited to a measly seven days each. Please note that this is seven consecutive days from the moment you first launch the app in question, so it’s best not to try out the apps in parallel or just before you go away for a long weekend! However, the shared file format does mean that you can save a document from one app and then perform further editing in a subsequent trial of another app. https://affinity.serif.com/trial Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
R C-R Posted January 25 Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Graham Andrew Payne said: My question is can Affinity edit and export my images on the laptop I am using (HP Elitebook, i5 processor , 8mb ram)? With just 8 GB I think some operations would often be slow, particularly on large images, but it should work if you are patient enough. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
stuck Posted January 25 Posted January 25 3 hours ago, Graham Andrew Payne said: can Affinity edit and export my images on the laptop I am using (HP Elitebook, i5 processor , 8mb ram)? My desktop PC is ancient in PC terms. It has a third generation i5 CPU with 8 GB RAM and a Nvidia GTX 1050Ti GPU. It runs Affinity Photo 2 well enough for me to edit the large (typically >50 GB) TIFFs exported by DxO PhotoLab 7, which I use as my RAW converter. BUT... I'm only a hobbyist and I'm retired so I can take as long as I want to poke at an image. If I needed to edit photos as part of a business I'd want a current generation CPU, minimum of i7, with a minimum of 16 GB / preferably 32 GB RAM and a current generation GPU. Quote
Graham Andrew Payne Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 17 hours ago, Alfred said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Graham Andrew Payne. I’m pretty sure you meant to type “8GB RAM”! More RAM is generally better, and a minimum of 16GB is recommended if you’re going to do photo editing that involves high-resolution images with multiple layers and filter effects. There are free trial versions of the Affinity apps, currently limited to a measly seven days each. Please note that this is seven consecutive days from the moment you first launch the app in question, so it’s best not to try out the apps in parallel or just before you go away for a long weekend! However, the shared file format does mean that you can save a document from one app and then perform further editing in a subsequent trial of another app. https://affinity.serif.com/trial ok thanks Quote
Graham Andrew Payne Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 15 hours ago, stuck said: My desktop PC is ancient in PC terms. It has a third generation i5 CPU with 8 GB RAM and a Nvidia GTX 1050Ti GPU. It runs Affinity Photo 2 well enough for me to edit the large (typically >50 GB) TIFFs exported by DxO PhotoLab 7, which I use as my RAW converter. BUT... I'm only a hobbyist and I'm retired so I can take as long as I want to poke at an image. If I needed to edit photos as part of a business I'd want a current generation CPU, minimum of i7, with a minimum of 16 GB / preferably 32 GB RAM and a current generation GPU. ok thanks Quote
Graham Andrew Payne Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 15 hours ago, R C-R said: With just 8 GB I think some operations would often be slow, particularly on large images, but it should work if you are patient enough. ok thanks Quote
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