[vladstudio]

I've been Photoshop user since, hmm, 2000? Gave up couple of years ago, and spent some time comparing Affinity Designer and Pixelmator Pro. For me personally, Pixelmator won, and it's been my editor of choice:

https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

[hoistbypetard]

How did it come down to those two? I'd have expected Affinity Photo to be more comparable to Pixelmator. Isn't Designer more similar to Sketch?

[vladstudio]

I actually use Pixelmator Pro vector tools a lot, for illustrating, not photo editing - they are quite basic (comparing to Illustrator) but for my specific needs it's quite enough.

[CharlesW]

Yes, Affinity Designer is a vector design tool, like Illustrator. One would want to compare Affinity Photo to Pixelmator (which is also very good).

[mryingster]

Interesting. I had the opposite outcome. I didn't like how Pixelmator reinvented the wheel as far as interface goes. I felt like Affinity Photo was a much better lateral transition from Photoshop for my needs. I bought both though mostly to support them. I'm glad we have options that aren't Adobe. I just can't abide the idea of licensing software in perpetuity.

[regular]

I bought Pixelmator also, but gave up on it because of incredibly clumsy and baffling UI decisions.