Photography for the Serious Amateur
Photography for the Serious Amateur
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Recently while editing some images in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), I noticed an additional, new, “.acr” sidecar file. In the past, I’ve written about the .XMP files that are created by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera RAW when…
Today, Affinity and Canva, together announced the acquisition of Serif, the makers of the Affinity apps, by Canva. This is a significant development in the progress of the Affinity suite, and we are both excited, and hesitant at this development.
You might have seen some of my articles about Affinity Photo and how it is a wonderfully cost-effective solution for both advanced amateurs and professional photographers when it comes to retouching images. Well, if you have been holding out for…
Luminar Neo has been on my radar for quite a while. Previously, as a non-user, I had a few apprehensions about using it, but now that I’ve used it for a while I can give you a deep-dive series of…
Digital brushes are a powerful tool for digital artists, designers, and photographers. The brushes allow them to create a wide range of textures, patterns, and effects in image editing apps. Can Affinity Photo use existing Photoshop Brushes? Over the years,…
PSD files are image files that are created by Adobe Photoshop. They’re files that are fully compatible with all of Adobe Photoshop’s many features like pixel layers, vector layers, smart objects, masks, vector objects, as well as all the blending,…
Affinity Photo’s system requirements are not as high as some other photo editing and retouching applications, but it is no lightweight contender in the field of image retouching. Have no doubt that Affinity Photo is a professional photo editing software…
Can Affinity Photo open RAW files from your camera or the latest mirrorless cameras and mobile phones? Yes! Does Affinity Photo work with RAW files as well as Adobe Photoshop? Kind of… What is Develop Persona? That’s a longer answer……
If you use Affinity Photo for image editing, your work is most likely saved in files with the .afphoto extension. Saving files in Affinity Photo’s proprietary (.afphoto) file extension enables you to use the software’s various non-destructive editing features, text…
The much-awaited Affinity 2 Suite of apps for macOS, Windows, and iPad is now available for purchase to all. This includes Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher. For a few years now, Serif’s Affinity suite has provided designers, photographers,…
It’s that time of year once again… Capture One has announced that their new version for 2023 will be available with a 20% discount if you purchase the pre-upgrade package. The promotion is only valid until October 31st. So, what…
If you’ve always suspected that a slew of tools and features are hidden beneath Capture One’s sleek (but complicated) interface, you’d be correct. With his eBook, Capture One Hidden Features, Alex from AlexOnRAW is here to help . He tries…