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  • Comparison: Affinity Photo, GIMP, and PaintShop Pro

    Posted on April 20th, 2020 at 01:05Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

    PHOTO EDITING

    By Nathan Segal

    These days, it’s likely you spend more time managing and editing digital photos than you did taking the shots.

    Getting the most out of your photos can be a complex and time-consuming task. Which means that it’s especially important that you be efficient and comfortable using your imaging application.

    In this comparison, we’ll take a quick look at the steps needed for common photo-manipulation tasks in three popular editors: Affinity Photo, Corel PaintShop Pro 2020, and GIMP. (Note: I reviewed Affinity Photo in the 2020-04-06 AskWoody Plus Newsletter.) The tasks include customizing the workspace, cropping, image straightening, using layers for blending and image effects, image retouching, adding Text, color correction, removing an image from the background, and RAW-image processing. Let’s get started.

    Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.15.0 (2020-04-20).

    SoftwareAffinity Photo, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Corel PaintShop Pro, GIMP, Photo Editing

A message from the Affinity team

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As a way to lend support to the creative community during these difficult times, we’re once again offering a 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite, for anyone who wants to use them (even those who have previously completed a free trial). We’re also bringing back the 50% discount for those who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including our iPad versions.

More info about supporting the creative community initiative

Affinity Photo Revolution Tutorials

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In other news…

our apps are fully optimized for the next generation of Mac

Affinity Revolution Downloads

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Ready to go on Apple’s Big Sur and primed to deliver superfast performance on Macs with M1 chips, recent updates to the macOS versions of our apps mean huge performance gains.

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