henryg Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I have used Photoshop and latterly Elements for some years, but bought Affinity Photo rather than getting a newer version of PSE and find that I am struggling with the change. Just getting frustrated TBH eg it took me too long to find out where the equivalent of the Photoshop white/black/grey correction selector tools were located! I appreciate there are loads of videos, but is there anything which specifically addresses the move from Photoshop/Elements to Affinity? If so some URL pointers if possble please. Apols if this is a faq (couldn't find it if so) Regards Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Maybe give us an idea about your workflow, or used to do within Elements, everyone uses apps differently so knowing a bit about what you do will maybe help us focus on the tools you will use a lot? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted February 4, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hi @henryg and Welcome to the Forums, As @firstdefence has suggested, if you could share your current workflow, i'm sure others who have also made the switch can post what works for them For now i'd suggest giving a few of the tutorials a go, just so you can get use to the UI of Affinity if nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryg Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Hi Guys I am am amateur editing photos taken on iPhones (currently 5S & 6S), and a reasonable Nikon point and shoot. For simpler/general photos edits in PSE, my workflow is to add a levels layer (setting the mid/grey point and shadows and highlghts manually - then see if I prefer the auto result from PSE); transform for lens distortion; spot healing where necessary; high pass sharpen; and finally crop and save when happy. This is all for jpg images. In Affinity it appears that I need to make white balance and levels adjustments separately (is that correct?); and can do it in either the Develop or Photo Personas. I would like to get to grips with the Develop Persona if it is functionally similar to Lightroom as it could be a big time saver; never owned or used Lightroom. Edits preferred, as far as possible, to be non-destructive. What is your workflow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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