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Comparison: Affinity Photo, GIMP, and PaintShop Pro
Posted on April 20th, 2020 at 01:05Comment on the AskWoody LoungePHOTO 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
- Affinity Photo’s super smooth brush engine and advanced dynamics offers the most fluid and natural painting experience available. + Huge library of brushes included + Create custom brushes with advanced dynamics + Combine multiple brushes together in a single stroke + Full support for Wacom and other graphics tablets.
- Real photo editing for iPad Affinity Photo for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editing app. Completely reimagined for iPad with the same power as the desktop version and with complete file format compatibility, you can work across the same document wherever you are, without any compromise.
- Real photo editing for iPad Affinity Photo for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editing app. Completely reimagined for iPad with the same power as the desktop version and with complete file format compatibility, you can work across the same document wherever you are, without any compromise.
Painting In Affinity Photo Ipad
The Paint Brush Tool and the default Watercolour brush category found in both Affinity Photo and Designer (Desktop and iPad). If you’re working in Designer you will be working solely in the Pixel Persona with the Paint Brush Tool. Note that the Displace filter in the ‘Finishing Touches’ section will only work in Photo.