Quote from: reck on January 28, 2019, 08:52:14 AM
Quote from: WASasquatch on January 28, 2019, 01:27:03 AM
I'd say Affinity Photo has a long way to go before being anything Photoshop level. It's more like other Photoshop clones which were just as good until they were rendered inert by the giant. It somewhat reminds me of Pixelmator. It premiered with a heavy feature set rivaling Photoshop, as well as taking the GUI in a artistically-easing direction, and still hasn't gotten traction. Which is sad, I feel for all the people trying to get people to move over to it and all the talk at work.
You say Affinity has a long way to go before being at Photoshop level and i'm curious what big ticket items are missing in your opinion to make it feel so far being Photoshop? Considering the amount of years Photoshop has been around and the amount of bloat it's gained there's likely to be some things that Affinity can't do yet, but these appear to lesser used or niche features rather than core everyday functionality that people absolutely require.
I've also heard nothing but praise for Affinity and the team seem to be doing an amazing job on it, and the price is insane for what you get. They certainly seem to be heading in the right direction and the fact that it's new application written from scratch using current technology means it's pretty fast, stable and responsive and forms a good basis for future functionality.
I'm not a big user of Photoshop myself so can't comment too much on that side of the fence but I hear it has terrible colour management, no 32bit EXR or mEXR support, severe instability when working in 2K+. memory leaks and no\limited multi-threading. The latter two possibility partly down to its age and bloat?
Honestly Adobe really need some competition in this space and I think Affinity are closer than anyone currently but happy to hear from more experienced users where they feel this isn't the case.
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I never said it was getting hate? You seemed to write the entire article without really comprehending what I stated. This literally has already happened with Pixelmator 11 years ago. It too, launched just as favorably, with new technology, and better advertised features out the box.
You also make some wild claims about stability when it's known Affinity Photo is not as stable as Photoshop and has had some severe reports inhibiting photographers and artists. It's actually one of it's cons. It's still in development and relies heavily on RAM instead of safe scratch like most photo editing software that use HDD cache. Heavy RAM programs that aren't industry level with a huge development team always seem to suffer crashes it seems. Even TG. Also I seem to have no issue with 4k+ texture editing in PS, so I'm not sure what your issue is there. Maybe you're routinely launching 32bit or some other issue with the OS.
And what you think is bloat, is hardly the case... Adobe Phtooshop has hardly any bloat (only filters really). These are raw features to create most of what any image software out there can do. In fact, this is another con is Affinity Photo to most, is that AP is more geared towards preset editing, rather than raw customizable editing. It has a lot of presets out of the box for photographers and artists to use, and commonly use, but to achieve some of the more fine level and custom work, you'll run into some hiccups.
However they are remarkably similar, and is a great option to use. At the price, it's a great investment. I'm just not one to so quickly migrate to other software cause it's "cool". Because so far to pros with Affinity Photo are just preset editing, user interface, and nightlies. None of these features interest me.
As for your gripes about PS and file handling, this is exactly why they're modular based and allow plugins, for example OpenEXR. Adding 32bit EXR support native to Photoshop is counter-intuitive to it's Pixel-Based Photo Editing as that format is a standard in 3D. I'm pretty sure they have another software that is designed for this route of editing, though I have exclusively just used PS and Elements over the years.
I'll add there is no reason not to use Photoshop, still, and there isn't a replacement, yet. Not to mention there is nothing wrong with using photoshop and it's many free and paid plugins. Really, the whole issue with PS is just stigma and the industries involved and it becoming a verb. There is no real argument that can't be attributed to person style taste (GUI), easy of use (presets), and the ridiculous trend that nightly updates and weekly releases are actually generally a good thing and not just a gimmick to barely develop (seriously, this is the track record with sooo many "active development" projects...), and those developments are often moot
"We fixed this bug and that bug that should have never left nightly betas, and we added this itty-bitty-tiny new feature!" lol