GIMP vs Affinity Photo: Comparing Top Photoshop Alternatives

Thanks for the comparison! I have all three Affinity programs, and have purchased them as soon as they came out! I also have Gimp, and Krita, but have not used it much, but I intend to since your videos!

I have not yeat used affinity phohto as deisgner does nearly everything photo does

Affinity has Lab color capability which is very important for color work. Unfortunately Affinity does not "remember" (stick, freeze, etc) certain user settings; most notably it always defaults to eye dropper sample size of 1 pixel, which is stupid, and user changing to 5 or 9 pixel samples just resets to default '1' at next program use.

Inkscape may be better than Affinity Designer and Adobe Illustrator. But GIMP and Krita are unfortunately nowhere near as good as Affinity Photo. Mainly because Affinity allows you to mix vector and raster and non-destructive editing in the same app, which really makes things fast and easy.

Good idea, but is there a good Lightroom alternative without paying an arm and a leg?

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Nice job comparing the two. I've used both, but find that my productivity grinds to a crawl using GIMP because of its very dated UI. I also appreciate that Affinity Photo shares the same keyboard combinations as Photoshop which for a power user I find convenient. The $49 one time price for Affinity Photo is an excellent value and they constantly make incremental updates to the app.

i wish gimp would get the little preview that afinity has

any tips for GIMP and simple features like drop shadows? I frustrates me that applying that filter turns it into a raster layer...

Really good comparison but I think it's important to point out that you might want to lean more towards Affinity if you're frequently flicking between raster, vector, and publication/layout software. This is by far the most attractive thing about using Affinity over GIMP+Inkscape+Scribus for me. And also why I find it nicer to use than the Adobe suite.

I still dont understand the subscription based distribution of Adobe. If PS doesn't give me back anything through my work it doesn't pay to use it. That leaves only the professionals and Corporates using it. If they don't expand their user base then there will come a time when the base saturates and then possibly they may have to rethink.

ngl I really want to like gimp but it is stil too confusing and its PSD support isn't good enough, which isn't good when working with other artists who work on photoshop

how much they charge for upgrades?

GIMP is great for making gifs. Add Animstacks and GAP and you have a nifty way of immediately adding clips, splitting it into frames and editing it.

I like gimp. I use it for video game cover art.

Since I am on Linux, then Affinity is no competition at all

Gimp runs on Linux, Affinity photo does not.. Gimp wins

Gimp has a really good edge detection filter, that's about it. They should really also change the workflow for selections and layer copying. There are multiple steps to transforming a selection to a "floating" layer blah blah, this function is much quicker and easier in all the other programmes, that could be streamlined a bit, AND lack of multilayer exr support that millions are now using will make them stay away. Those things could be fixed and of course it is totally free. Its easy for the general public to criticize, and not see how much hard work goes into it. If the features were there I would have continued to use it. love free software. I did buy Affinity for only 32 quid and that was a good move. Opens up a multilayer exr in no time and PS cant even do it without a plugin.

My opinion , my brain just dont understand gimp at all i tried, the interface and all is bad

Thank you, Mr Davies-Media-Design.
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