#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO PRO#
#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO SOFTWARE#
#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO PROFESSIONAL#
#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO MAC#

On1, is next to al the editing features also a DAM (like Lightroom) and nowadays you have to buy the extra plug-ins to be able to work with Apple Photo's. In my search for an alternative for Aperture I have been using On1, Luminar and Affinity Photo. If that is a prerequisite you definitely should stick with Apple Photo's, RAWPower and Pixelmator Pro.

#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO SOFTWARE#

Next to that Adobe software needs lot's of power and as I understand today you have to subscribe with monthly fees.Įasily share parts of my photo library with her and her iPhone/iPad - so I would not want to give all that up. If you like to integrated with Apple Photo's: Lightroom and photoshop simply don't do that (as far as I know), certainly not for RAW but even jpeg, I am not sure about the HEIC- format that is today the standard format for iPhone and iPad. You really need to understand how Lightroom handles it's catalogue at the back-and.or you will be lost. It struck me again how easily it is, in that environment, to lose parts or all of your libraries. Quite recently I helped out a serious photo-hobbyist and graphic designer, who has been using Lightroom and Photoshop also quite a long time, to try to restore and find his Photo's. I stopped using it as I find the Adobe software not user-friendly and in a lot of situations not logic, certainly being a 'Mac-addict', and certainly the moment 'Aperture' came. I have been using Photoshop ages ago (like you), but always on a Mac. Please visit my website if you like to know more. Considered by my friends as a 'Pro-sumer' in this field. I am like you an enthusiast Photographer and Videographer. Hello Swandy, Just stumbled over this post and like to share my view and experience: Thanks for reading this and any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO MAC#

I have more time to work on my 'digital darkroom' and would even consider taking some classes on LR/PS to re-introduce myself to the products and learn everything I never bothered to learn before moving to a Mac and Aperture years ago. But something in my mind (the part still working at almost 70) keeps saying 'But you are missing so much by not moving back to Lightroom and Photoshop!'. I also am trying out RAW Power again - an extension for Photos that was developed by people who originally worked on Aperture - to work more with my RAW files.

#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO PRO#

And my wife loves the way I can pretty easily share parts of my photo library with her and her iPhone/iPad - so I would not want to give all that up.īut am I missing a lot of capabilities using Apple Photos and Pixelmator Pro as an additional editor through Extensions in Photos. Unfortunately Apple stopped supporting it and moved lots of people to Photos (which I happen to love and it has gotten much better at post processing over the years - especially with additional programs working as extensions) because of it's integration with all the Apple products. When I moved from Windows/Lightroom to a Mac I loved Aperture. (Whew - thanks for reading a little of my background.) One also takes part in statewide (NJ Federation of Camera Clubs) and national (Photographic Society of America) competitions. All these clubs have meetings where photos are submitted and a local photographer is brought in as a judge. (And yes I do remember film - mind not that far gone yet.) I recently retired and we moved to a community that has a photography club and there are several others nearby that I wish to get active in.

#AFFINITY PHOTO VS PIXELMATOR PRO PROFESSIONAL#

I am not a professional photographer but enjoying photography very enthusiastically for over 50 years now.

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