Affinity Photo

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    I tried the Affinity designer windows beta. I was pleasantly surprised. I think I could actually switch my workflow to it rather than Illustrator, as they've really managed to get pretty good feature parity with Illustrator, including the keyboard shortcuts. And then there's also a raster layer system that lets you work as though you're in photoshop while in the same document. It's actually a step ahead of Illustrator in that regard, and made me realize a previously unnoticed bugaboo of mine about needing to switch between apps.

    I haven't spent too much time with it, but I'll be playing with it more to see what it can do and if there are any deal breakers, but first impressions have been really positive.

    I'd encourage others to give it a shot. New tools can yield new results.

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    • i keep finding less and less reason to use illy. affinity designer very well thought out and fast compared to adobe products. will try affinity photo next.umbee54
    • Photo is great as well. Very much a photography tool like PS+lightroom in one. Really easy to pick up.Text tool kinda sucks. I wouldn't recommend for UImonNom
    • For UI you should use Designer, not Photo.ESKEMA
    • I agree. Just wanted to make the point that it's not a quite a replacement for Photoshop, in that regardmonNom
    • Right, but if we're honest, PS's text tool has never been *that* great, either, especially compared to Illustrator's or InDesign's.Continuity
    • It only started improving with CC last year.Continuity
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