For those of you who detest subscription models like I do and refuse to pay Adobe random money to use Photoshop every month or else it stops working... there is now a significant competitor that has come to the rescue.
Serif's Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer are Photoshop and Illustrator competitors that, until now, were only available on the Mac. Serif started their advertising campaign by declaring that they will never "rent" their software. You own it forever. They were clearly talking to the Adobe haters and I own both Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for the Mac ($49 USD each) and they are very much high quality competition for Adobe. I've stopped using Adobe CS6 completely now and thanks to Affinity, my workflow is "Adobe free".
Well... Serif is bringing their Affinity products to Windows. Anyone who wants a Photoshop equivalent for $49 USD (assuming they keep the same pricing as the Mac version) should sign up for the beta of Affinity Photo for Windows:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/windows/
I have no affiliation with this company. I just own, and use, and love their products. I feel it's wrong that Adobe is abusing their power position in the market by forcing customers into a financial model that benefits only Adobe and I applaud companies that stand up to the big guys and give us little guys a chance to control our own business budgets.
Read more about it here: Affinity is coming to Windows
~jr
Serif's Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer are Photoshop and Illustrator competitors that, until now, were only available on the Mac. Serif started their advertising campaign by declaring that they will never "rent" their software. You own it forever. They were clearly talking to the Adobe haters and I own both Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for the Mac ($49 USD each) and they are very much high quality competition for Adobe. I've stopped using Adobe CS6 completely now and thanks to Affinity, my workflow is "Adobe free".
Well... Serif is bringing their Affinity products to Windows. Anyone who wants a Photoshop equivalent for $49 USD (assuming they keep the same pricing as the Mac version) should sign up for the beta of Affinity Photo for Windows:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/windows/
I have no affiliation with this company. I just own, and use, and love their products. I feel it's wrong that Adobe is abusing their power position in the market by forcing customers into a financial model that benefits only Adobe and I applaud companies that stand up to the big guys and give us little guys a chance to control our own business budgets.
Read more about it here: Affinity is coming to Windows
~jr