There's Affinity Photo / Designer that is pretty similar to Photoshop (UI & functionality) and cost around $50. No subscription, no bullshit. That's (kinda) affordable, right?
Affinity Photo / Designer are very very far from Photoshop. Affinity Photo is a replacement for Lightroom (raw photo editors), and Affinity Designer is a replacement for Adobe Illustrator (vector graphics).
Although you can do vectors and photo editing in Photoshop, the main purpose of PS is raster painting, which neither Affinity Photo nor Designer are remotely good at.
As such, neither of them could replace GIMP or Photoshop.
Affinity Photo is very different from Lightroom and it is very good for general purpose raster editing including illustration.
I've used GIMP a lot and finally switched to Affinity Photo+Designer. It is, I must admit, much better for almost everything, the only thing GIMP still handles the best is selection and cropping.
Affinity Photo even supports Photoshop plugins (although I have not tried that).
Affinity designer is illustrator first + photoshop pixel support
I prefer using AffinityDesigner and AffinityPhoto, fast development, loads quicker, the export tool is way better than adobe products, just all around easier to use.
SSLy|7 years ago
rootlocus|7 years ago
Although you can do vectors and photo editing in Photoshop, the main purpose of PS is raster painting, which neither Affinity Photo nor Designer are remotely good at.
As such, neither of them could replace GIMP or Photoshop.
yoz-y|7 years ago
I've used GIMP a lot and finally switched to Affinity Photo+Designer. It is, I must admit, much better for almost everything, the only thing GIMP still handles the best is selection and cropping.
Affinity Photo even supports Photoshop plugins (although I have not tried that).
ino|7 years ago
I find it better than both for doing web design and game graphics.
swaggyBoatswain|7 years ago
Affinity designer is illustrator first + photoshop pixel support
I prefer using AffinityDesigner and AffinityPhoto, fast development, loads quicker, the export tool is way better than adobe products, just all around easier to use.