[keyle]

I migrated to Affinity after Adobe put the last nail in the coffin for me.

I have to admit that even with some experience, Affinity doesn't get close to Photoshop in terms of shortcuts and ease of use ("getting in the flow").

Sometimes I even resort to using photopea web, rather than open affinity.

That said, I really appreciate their pricing model and hope they stick to their guns.

[detritus]

Yeah, totally this - I recently cropped my Adobe CC suite down to just Illy, which i need, and bought Affinity's wares to replace, but it's no contest. Aside from literal decades of muscle memory, there's just too many speedbumps in the way of my normal workflow. So, I've dug out my copy of Photoshop CS2 so I can do all my cleaning up and processing in there.

Once I've found out what the difference between Affinity versions 1 and 2 is, I might yet buy 2 anyway, just to support Serif some more, because I'm frankly fed up of Adobe's practice of unhinged monolithic greed.

[regular]

I want to support independent, non-rental-scam offerings as well. But Serif's attitude toward fixing bugs in its suite has been pretty bad. And in their presentation of "what's new," they seem to have ignored repeated requests for features that are standard and expected in this type of software.

They're not even complicated requests; stuff like non-printing layers and the ability to resize the selection marquee. I mean... WTF?

[jug]

Yes, I don't even have very advanced needs but there are surprising omissions or ill thought of workflows throughout the software. I'm the most confused by the "personas" and sometimes feel like I need to go "back" because I need some tool, but I think there are some other strange design decisions too even in fairly basic tools.

[reaperducer]

Some smart person should publish an e-book, or a web site "Affinity Photo for Photoshop Users."

It should list every Photoshop function, and how to accomplish the same thing on Affinity.

After 20 years of using Photoshop, I'm forever searching the web for equivalent workflows in Affinity. Sometimes it's just the name or icon of a tool is different. Sometimes it's been completely re-thought. And sometimes, a feature is just missing.

Honestly, this is something that Affinity should publish, itself, to encourage people to switch.

[rpastuszak]

I'm in the same situation. I used the Photography subscription for LR + PS, as I don't care about any other tools (RIP Fireworks). I've been using Adobe Products since 1999. I just feel like supporting them is unethical.

Figma + Procreate replaced Photoshop for me for design/game dev workflows, but I'm still missing the right tools for Photography and image processing.

The OSS LR replacements feel too clunky, CaptureOne is fantastic but a bit pricey. I'll have to bite the bullet eventually and choose between convenience and cost.

Two questions:

1. Is Affinity desktop better than its iPad version?

2. What's your use case for Affinity as a replacement of PS?

[dividedbyzero]

C1 really is the only thing that comes close to LR right now. There is a version of CaptureOne that only works with Fujifilm cameras which is about 2/3 of the price of the full license and I believe there is (was?) something like that for other manufacturers too. They also still offer perpetual licenses, so this isn't necessarily an annual cost (I'm on 21). Still pricey of course.

[tmikaeld]

Too bad you're still supporting Adobe, since they purchased Figma.

[rpastuszak]

argh, to quote my favourite rougelike/hack'n'slash from the recent years:

THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

Edit: I just remembered I'm a cheap bastard and I'm not paying for Figma yet. yay?

[tmikaeld]

Naturally, I'm downvoted to oblivion for pointing out that they bought Figma..

[leeches]

I also migrated a few years ago, after having used Photoshop and Illustrator professionally for a long time.

The underlying features are there, but the lack of “flow” is the main source of frustration. A lot of common or frequent actions require needless extra steps, or simple actions require convoluted workarounds.

They would benefit from starting an in-house creative studio, to get constant feedback from professionals using it for daily production. That or just start copying Adobe workflows verbatim, these are already solved problems.

Good product and good business model.

[TimTheTinker]

Next month's news: Adobe buys Affinity.

(Please let it not happen!)

[rchaud]

I do the same: Affinity Photo + Photopea + GIMP

A combination of these usually gets the job done.

Adobe products are boycotted in my work setup. I'm voting with my wallet!