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Affinity Photo is a New Pro Photoshop Alternative for Mac Users: Get It for Free
PETAPIXEL ^
| 02/09/15
| Michael Zhang
Posted on 02/09/2015 6:28:27 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Affinity Photo is a new program that was launched today by the England-based software company Serif. It’s designed to be a powerful alternative to Adobe Photoshop for professional photographers and retouchers who work on a Mac.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Computers/Internet; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: affinity; mac; photoshop; serif
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I've used Serif products before, good stuff!
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I've always found The Gimp to be pretty good (also free)
To: martin_fierro
I’ve used PS for years, so I find Gimp very clunky. I’m sure it’s because it’s not PS.
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:41:55 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:43:37 PM PST
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Oh, those who buy overpriced stuff (i.e. Apple products) cannot afford Photoshop? What are they they doing? Spending all their money on Mac products and Starbucks latte?
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:45:25 PM PST
by
sagar
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Thanks for posting. I’m going to get right on that!
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:45:58 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: sagar
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:46:45 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: demshateGod
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:50:16 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I somehow missed the “free” because it costs according to the page I saw.
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:53:52 PM PST
by
Shimmer1
(Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. MLK)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Didn’t read far enough down. Just ignore me!!!
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:55:08 PM PST
by
Shimmer1
(Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. MLK)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Plus,
Apple Photos is coming. Will replace iPhoto & Aperture.
To: Shimmer1
Ignore you? You’re the life of the party, LOL!
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posted on
02/09/2015 7:32:58 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
02/09/2015 7:43:28 PM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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posted on
02/09/2015 7:48:46 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(The enemy's gate is down....and to the left.)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
02/09/2015 8:17:02 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Thanks. Looks fantastic. I’ve been using Aperture and Pixelmator ($30) for very casual editing, enhancement, and cleanup. I see Serif is free for the beta version, but will cost $50 upon release. Still an incredible bargain.
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posted on
02/09/2015 8:23:57 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
02/09/2015 8:42:51 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER; martin_fierro; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; ...
Affinity Photo, now free, is a new application to substitute for Photoshop on Macs — PING!
Apple Graphics and Photo Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
02/09/2015 8:48:41 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: sagar
Oh, those who buy overpriced stuff (i.e. Apple products) cannot afford Photoshop? What are they they doing? Spending all their money on Mac products and Starbucks latte? Photoshop, which I used to upgrade every other release, has gone to a "rental" model, where you need to pay Adobe every month. To hell with that!
The market will jump on a good alternative, provided it still has the power of Photoshop (which is considerable).
By the way, I hang on to my Macs for years, as they seem to last about 50% longer or more than equivalent PCs. So the Total Cost of Ownership works out to be not too bad at all. (But thanks for the snide insult, anyways.)
To: martin_fierro
I ran a catalog department for 5-1/2 years. Print and web content. Maintained a 3,000 page catalog, indexes and supplement, created monthly and seasonal promotions (some were 1,000 pages+), created/maintained all the images for 47,000 items.
I had Adobe Creative Suite and I preferred to use Gimp.
1 application could open any document, not need for the bloated “bridge” software.
I grew to love Image Magic for sizing the images. Powerful command line tool. I used it to size 80,000+ images for the initial print to web conversion. Started the program after 5:00 PM and when I came to work in the morning, it was done.
I am primarily a Linux computer user now. First used that OS in 1984-85. I seldom fire up a Windows machine any more.
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posted on
02/09/2015 10:28:18 PM PST
by
Texas Fossil
(Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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