Robert Watcher
Well-known member
I really couldn't believe the hype about speed - until I directly compared a huge 16,000 pixel layered map file that virtually comes to a standstill on my 13" Macbook Air when editing on Photoshop CS6.
I really considered that the issue had to be my underpowered computer - and so I came up with all kinds of flattening and resizing combinations of the file - so that I could get done what I needed to get done.
Well astonishment is all I can say. When I opened the file in Affinity Photo, there were no hesitations. I have no idea how this company has managed to move huge files around without hiccups - - - but they have succeeded. Hats off.
I knew nothing about the Beta version that has been available for a while now. I was doing some updates on my Macbook and when I opened the App Store, noticed the Editors choice being Affinity Photo. It is now a legit product out of Beta stage.
At $49.95, there is no way this was going to be much of a product. Well - I have to eat my words so far anyway. It does everything I have been using CS6 for and in some cases more easily.
I actually got an additional 20% off - making it a very good value. That deal remains until July 2'rd, 2015 if you want to take advantage of it.
On the Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/affinity-photo/id824183456?mt=12
Affinity Website: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
HERE IS THE VIDEO I PUT TOGETHER WITH THE SPEED COMPARISON BETWEEN AFFINITY PHOTO AND PHOTOSHOP CS6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdlXeE_S2is&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdlXeE_S2is&feature=youtu.be
I really considered that the issue had to be my underpowered computer - and so I came up with all kinds of flattening and resizing combinations of the file - so that I could get done what I needed to get done.
Well astonishment is all I can say. When I opened the file in Affinity Photo, there were no hesitations. I have no idea how this company has managed to move huge files around without hiccups - - - but they have succeeded. Hats off.
I knew nothing about the Beta version that has been available for a while now. I was doing some updates on my Macbook and when I opened the App Store, noticed the Editors choice being Affinity Photo. It is now a legit product out of Beta stage.
At $49.95, there is no way this was going to be much of a product. Well - I have to eat my words so far anyway. It does everything I have been using CS6 for and in some cases more easily.
I actually got an additional 20% off - making it a very good value. That deal remains until July 2'rd, 2015 if you want to take advantage of it.
On the Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/affinity-photo/id824183456?mt=12
Affinity Website: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/