Affinity Photo or Pixelmator Pro?

[Macman4789]

Hi guys,

New to this forum, hope to have some good discussions with you in the future.

I am someone who isn't a absolute beginner but someone who has done photography as a hobby on and off for years. I am now looking to improve this significantly and doing it a lot more regularly of I can.

My question is relating to the post processing side of things. I'm not a fan of the monthly subscription of Adobe and want to try and stay clear of those programs so have been looking at Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo. Does anyone have any experiences with these? I've not used either so would like something that would be quite easy to learn and use but has enough functions to retouch/use in post production.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Jonsi]

Affinity is supposed to be very close to Photoshop. Corel's Paint Shop Pro is too. Other options might be On1 Photo Raw or Luminar. All of them very affordable and have a ton of tutorials on YouTube. There are more, but like Pixelmator I'm just not familiar with them.

I'm intentionally avoiding RAW editors (there is a ton) so as not to add confusion and they are usually more limited than the Photoshop alternatives.

LifeAfterPhotoshop.com will be helpful.

Not really answering your question, just offering additional options.

 

[MichaelFrederickPhoto]

I have researched this to the max. I am getting a new laptop or 12.9 Ipad Pro2 in a couple weeks after I move next weekend. I was getting one 3 weeks ago but my living situation changed and I needed to move. Either way I go, I am going with Affinity Photo as like yourself the idea of paying $120 yr for software isn't an option. I want the 1 and done payment. I have watched a couple dozen videos on Youtube on AP and I am confident it will fit my needs.

 

[Macman4789]

Thanks for your replies so far. That lifeafterphotoshop.com website looks really useful.

Yes, Affinity looks really good, I've just heard a few things about it being complicated and wondered whether Pixelmator Pro will be a bit more straightforward but I'm unsure whether it has all the main features needed?

P.S. If you're thinking of getting an iPad Pro, you may be better off waiting until about mid June. There are very strong rumours Apple are going to refresh the iPad Pro line up.

 

[MichaelFrederickPhoto]

Yeah the Ipad Pro X is a 10.5in body. The 12.9 is a ways out and that’s what I want.

 

[Macman4789]

I'm bothered about the learning curve of Affinity as I've heard it is more complex to learn? Does anybody have any experiences with them?

Thanks

 

[Jonsi]

I'm bothered about the learning curve of Affinity as I've heard it is more complex to learn? Does anybody have any experiences with them?

Thanks

Watch some tutorial videos on the different products you're considering, on YouTube.

See if it looks difficult or not. Look at the "how to (do something you might do) with Affinity" . You should be able to get an idea.

If not too difficult looking, download a trial.

 

[Chaplain Mark]

I'm bothered about the learning curve of Affinity as I've heard it is more complex to learn? Does anybody have any experiences with them?

Thanks

Affinity Photo is the only image editing software program whose learning curve seemed compatable with my limited level of brain power, lol.

Tried and gave up on a few other programs, prior to success with Affinity.

Affinity's user interface just works better for me than the others, due to the program's features being laid out as separate Personas rather than dozens of menus crammed into one cluttered workspace.

 

[bladerunner6]

Hi guys,

New to this forum, hope to have some good discussions with you in the future.

I am someone who isn't a absolute beginner but someone who has done photography as a hobby on and off for years. I am now looking to improve this significantly and doing it a lot more regularly of I can.

My question is relating to the post processing side of things. I'm not a fan of the monthly subscription of Adobe and want to try and stay clear of those programs so have been looking at Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo. Does anyone have any experiences with these? I've not used either so would like something that would be quite easy to learn and use but has enough functions to retouch/use in post production.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Both should have free trials so why not try both?

 

[Jonsi]

Hi guys,

New to this forum, hope to have some good discussions with you in the future.

I am someone who isn't a absolute beginner but someone who has done photography as a hobby on and off for years. I am now looking to improve this significantly and doing it a lot more regularly of I can.

My question is relating to the post processing side of things. I'm not a fan of the monthly subscription of Adobe and want to try and stay clear of those programs so have been looking at Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo. Does anyone have any experiences with these? I've not used either so would like something that would be quite easy to learn and use but has enough functions to retouch/use in post production.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Both should have free trials so why not try both?

That was 7 months ago.

He probably already made his decision.

 

[bladerunner6]

Hi guys,

New to this forum, hope to have some good discussions with you in the future.

I am someone who isn't a absolute beginner but someone who has done photography as a hobby on and off for years. I am now looking to improve this significantly and doing it a lot more regularly of I can.

My question is relating to the post processing side of things. I'm not a fan of the monthly subscription of Adobe and want to try and stay clear of those programs so have been looking at Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo. Does anyone have any experiences with these? I've not used either so would like something that would be quite easy to learn and use but has enough functions to retouch/use in post production.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Both should have free trials so why not try both?

That was 7 months ago.

He probably already made his decision.

Thank you for pointing this out.

I make lots of mistakes when posting in the mywhen I am waking up or in a hurry over lunch hour.

And it certainly was a waste of my time.

 

[Chaplain Mark]

I too, failed to notice the op was months old...

:-|

 

[TL Penberthy]

I use Affinity Photo and have no complaints. It did have a steep learning curve, though. I bought the workbook and that has helped a lot.

 

[Jonsi]

1. bladerunner6 wrote:

Hi guys,

New to this forum, hope to have some good discussions with you in the future.

I am someone who isn't a absolute beginner but someone who has done photography as a hobby on and off for years. I am now looking to improve this significantly and doing it a lot more regularly of I can.

My question is relating to the post processing side of things. I'm not a fan of the monthly subscription of Adobe and want to try and stay clear of those programs so have been looking at Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo. Does anyone have any experiences with these? I've not used either so would like something that would be quite easy to learn and use but has enough functions to retouch/use in post production.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Both should have free trials so why not try both?

That was 7 months ago.

He probably already made his decision.

Thank you for pointing this out.

I make lots of mistakes when posting in the mywhen I am waking up or in a hurry over lunch hour.

And it certainly was a waste of my time.

Meh... We all do it

 

[MichaelFrederickPhoto]

I'm bothered about the learning curve of Affinity as I've heard it is more complex to learn? Does anybody have any experiences with them?

Thanks

Affinity Photo is the only image editing software program whose learning curve seemed compatable with my limited level of brain power, lol.

Tried and gave up on a few other programs, prior to success with Affinity.

Affinity's user interface just works better for me than the others, due to the program's features being laid out as separate Personas rather than dozens of menus crammed into one cluttered workspace.

I ended up getting a great steal of a deal on a Macbook Pro and I use AP as well. I think it's been a great "trainer" program to learn to edit but I am thinking in the spring to try Capture One.

One thing I have no tried, maybe you have, are you able to edit numerous pics at the same time. I just did some work on my daughters dance performance and I had to repeat the same color change on 36 different pics. Would have been nice to select them and change ALL at the same time.

-Michael

 

[Chaplain Mark]

I'm bothered about the learning curve of Affinity as I've heard it is more complex to learn? Does anybody have any experiences with them?

Thanks

Affinity Photo is the only image editing software program whose learning curve seemed compatable with my limited level of brain power, lol.

Tried and gave up on a few other programs, prior to success with Affinity.

Affinity's user interface just works better for me than the others, due to the program's features being laid out as separate Personas rather than dozens of menus crammed into one cluttered workspace.

I ended up getting a great steal of a deal on a Macbook Pro and I use AP as well. I think it's been a great "trainer" program to learn to edit but I am thinking in the spring to try Capture One.

One thing I have no tried, maybe you have, are you able to edit numerous pics at the same time. I just did some work on my daughters dance performance and I had to repeat the same color change on 36 different pics. Would have been nice to select them and change ALL at the same time.

-Michael

I don't think more than one image at a time can be open in Affinity for editing.

However, Affinity has a really cool batch editing option, and an action recording option.

You can record your editing steps on a chosen image as an action, then save that action, then apply that saved action to a batch job, the other images to edit being included in that batch job.

Affinity will then execute that editing action on all the image files in the batch, and export each file to the destination you set up earlier in setting up the batch job.

Hope this helps...!!

 

[D Cox]

It isn't a waste of time, because although the OP may have solved his problem, there are always newcomers with the same question.

 

[TL Penberthy]

You can have multiple images open in the windows version. AP also does macros, as mentioned, and I think it can do batch processing. IvI' never tried either.

 

[yerpal]

Exactly. I’m ‘reading’ proof of that right now

 

[Chaplain Mark]

Exactly. I’m ‘reading’ proof of that right now

LOL....Welcome to the Forum, and, well said..!!