Out of those three, I only have experience with DxO Photolab. A little practice re-enforces the tutorials. They have good online tutorials that explain how AP operates. If you're familiar with PS, then AP will be 95%+ the same in function and usage. A search here on 'Affinity' will help you find the solutions others like. There are folks here who don't get on with AP and have found other software that meets their needs better. In my case it's used for photo adjustments only. I'm a Widows user, so may have a bit more time than Mac folks.Īs far as Affinity Photo (AP) goes, I find it to be a fine alternative to PhotoShop (PS).

I'm taking a big gulp of air and hoping good DAM & print SW becomes available before my version of LR doesn't work. I still use perpetual licenced LR for DAM purposes and to generate prints. The only program of that group I can comment on with experience is Affinity Photo. Affinity is like PS if that is what you are looking for. I read about people who say ACDSee's DAM is pretty good. No DAM and not even a temporary history stack to show your edits. I got it for mostly for Prime NR but I don't use it as much as I thought I would. You just won't be able to re-install it if your OS is Catalina.

There is tons of info online but as usual there are pretty strong opinions about one product or the other. Appreciate any inputs to help me make a decision. My time with LR 6 is going to run out in future when the application stops working with newer versions of MacOSX and I am not willing to go for monthly perpetual payment for Adobe CC. DxO PhotoLab2, Affinity Photo, ACDSee Photo StudioĪnybody using either or all of these.

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