Originally posted by BSULMON Personnaly, i found that the problem with Affinity is the too long time it takes to charge a RAW picture.
For me, it's much much too long even if i use a Icore 7 processor with 32GB of RAM or a HP_Z620 with 2x ZEON processors (32 cores) + 64 GB RAM ....
I have already tested ON1, LUMINAR 2018, AFFINITY .... and i continue to use PHOTOSHOP (old CS5 version). But, i will not buy further version or photoshop (i dislike to have to pay each month).
I agree with you regarding RAW processing with Affinity Photo, however, they have a beta v.1.7 out now which has improved that significantly. They claim to have re-written the RAW processor, as well as a lot of the adjustment algorithms. I don't see a difference in the U.I., but I can tell it is different under the hood, and I think 1.7 is a really solid program now. Affinity's biggest gaffe IMO is lack of any semblance of a file/asset manager. They have something in the works, but aren't saying when it will see the light of day. But if you use Luminar (or ON1, or DXO, etc.) for file management and RAW editing and still want to have a Photoshop-type program available (without paying Adobe), I think AP fills that role very well.