
Furthermore, images shot at higher ISOs were much cleaner with Affinity than LR, even if I reduced Lightroom’s sharpening down to zero. This is good news, as it means less image development and editing time. I opened the same raw file in both Affinity Photo and Lightroom (LR), and the initial results in Affinity were far closer to the image on the rear screen of my camera, which I have set to closely match what my eyes see. The most important thing to me about any software is the results, and the Develop Persona does deliver. The different functions of the software are split between what Affinity calls “Personas.” The one I spent the most time in was Develop. It's not without a couple of shortcomings, but what software isn't? I am pleased that this has been addressed with Affinity Photo 2, and after hours of fun trying out the features, I found it stable and running smoothly on the computers I tried it on. That was mainly because an annoying glitch ruined my raw developments. I’ll have to start by admitting that I was not a fan of the first version of Affinity Photo. So I don't need Affinity Photo for drawing either.I’m hyper-critical of raw development tools, as that’s where most of my work is carried out. I don't need Corel Painter 2021 because I already have Clip Studio Paint Pro and tend to prefer anime-style drawing. And for the PaintShop bundle, it also has AfterShot Pro 3 so I guess maybe it's better in terms of photo editing and management. I've already decided to buy Affinity Designer so I think Affinity Photo would better integrate with Designer. I don't need to edit photos that much but I see there is a technique called photobashing maybe I can leverage. I imagine I'll be more likely to draw vector-based art so actually, I'm not sure to what extent pixel-based software will help. I just started to make simple art so I don't really know what I'll need in the near future. And my goal isn't to be a game artist but a game designer. I'm not a professional but just a student of design major.

My use case I think will be mainly for game art, especially for game UI. Affinity Photo is on the Black Friday sale and Corel PaintShop Pro 2021 is on Humble Bundles for $30 including Corel Painter 2021, AfterShot Pro 3, and so on.
