![]() ![]() ![]() Affinity costs just $54.99 USD (great value for the money, in my view). In response, many software developers created their own one-time-license programs – including the makers of Affinity Photo and Luminar.īoth programs can be bought for a one-off price. When Adobe changed Photoshop and Lightroom over to subscription-only models, they annoyed a lot of photographers. Affinity froze on me several times, and I did get the dreaded “Program not responding” message, but it was simply a case of waiting for a few moments before it started working smoothly again. Luminar froze on occasion, but was faster to load images and adjustments than Affinity Photo. I use a Windows 10 laptop that is more than capable of running both programs at once, but I trialed each program separately to see how well they performed. Both Affinity Photo and Luminar 4 are processor-intensive programs, so make sure you have enough memory available before hitting the download button. The power of your computer and graphics card make a big difference when using photo and video editing software. I used a landscape shot of the beach and sea to test the sky enhancement functions, though you should be careful when applying AI Sky Replacement to images with objects along the horizon. I’m impressed by the AI Sky Replacement (and had a lot of fun playing around with this!), plus there’s a huge range of skies to choose from, including sunsets, starry skies, and bright blue skies. At full strength, they often look a bit too strong, though you can always adjust the strength slider for a more natural look. With Luminar, it’s all about getting your editing done quickly and with minimum fuss, and the AI tools work okay, but I still have some reservations. ![]() Luminar 4 utilizes AI technology for some of its editing tools, including AI Sky Replacement and AI Augmented Sky. Which program offers superior editing capabilities? It’s a close call. Plus, Affinity Photo offers every kind of advanced editing/retouching/graphic design tool you can imagine, as well as printing options. There’s only a limited range of built-in LUTs, but you can always find more on the internet. You won’t find many presets in Affinity Photo, but you will find tools like Mesh Warp, Pen, Rectangular Marquee, and Clone Stamp. Click on your chosen Persona to see the tools you’ll need for the job for instance, in Develop, the huge plethora of tools down the left-hand side of the screen are replaced by a few editing essentials, perfect for getting basic editing processes out of the way. There’s one for Photo, Liquify, Develop, Tone Mapping, and Export. “And those are the sort of issues we are going to get.Instead of workspaces, Affinity Photo uses something called Personas. “There is an issue in Stansted with the quality of our existing mains that are failing – you only have to look at the top of Chapel Hill, outside the Quaker meeting house, where an existing pothole keeps being repaired, only for water to come through again,” said Cllr Gooding. Temporary traffic lights were knocked over by irate motorists trying to negotiate the works along the narrow route and Essex Police was called as chaos ensued.Ĭllr Gooding said that Affinity’s work was necessary to improve water supplies to the area and the company had consulted Essex Highways in advance to seek approval for its proposed closures and road restrictions, although as a utility provider it does not need the authority’s consent to carry out work. Cars queue up Grove Hill where Affinity Water placed temporary traffic lights. In November last year, Affinity Water was issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice for failing to have a ‘traffic officer’ on the site of road works along Lower Street and Grove Hill. They need to do it properly and make sure that the inconvenience to people is as little as possible, and that’s what Essex has been trying to make sure they do this time.” “The issue is if the traffic management isn’t up to scratch or causes problems. ![]()
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