Affinity Photo vs. Topaz Gigapixel AI

For single-person teams or very small teams, I think Affinity Photo is great as it has a one-off cost and no ongoing subscriptions. If people are familiar with the Adobe products it might take a period of adjusting to Affinity Photo. It might also be overkill for some people's needs. But it does offer everything and room to grow. So weighing up what you need to do with photos and seeing if it fits is important.

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If you have high resolution images, it does a remarkably good job at resizing and resampling. It has to have something to work with, so I recommend it only be used on good quality images. On four to five megapixel images, I don't think it works as well as on my 20+ megapixel photos.

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• It integrates with the other Affinity products really well.
• Able to edit files that have been made in photoshop.
• Good range of tools to touch up photos when needed.

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• Upscale images for incredibly well
• Cleverly fills in lost detail
• There’s some control or you can also have it fully automated
• Quick to use

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• Performance was a bit slow. But this seems to have been improved with updates.
• More video tutorials would be great.

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• Currently, it doesn't support RAW images. I'd like to see that.
• It can be slow on older systems. I recommend newer hardware.

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Topaz always responds to my questions in a few hours or a day at most. They've been able to explain their answers and give detail I needed to complete my work. Their instructions are quite clear and easy to use. I haven't had to reference any third-party support sources to get answers.

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I think Affinity Photo is on par with Adobe PhotoShop. They are very similar products with both bringing many features users need. The main reason I picked Affinity Photo was its pricing of it. I didn't require Adobe products all the time. And felt they weren't offering me as much value.

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Since they aren't direct competitors I don't expect PaintShop to hold up to a specialized piece of software. PaintShop allows you to resize but it's not intended to resample as well as Gigapixel AI.

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• It's been great knowing I have a tool ready to do intensive work if required on photos.
• Gives me the ability to be more creative with my photos.

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• Saved time and money when clients have a limited budget for imagery and supply their own images for use
• Saves time in choosing alternative images especially if there’s a perfect one to use but the resolution is sufficiently high enough

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