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Probably the more similar interface to Photoshop. I personally can't stand Gimp interface.

Also commercial support.

Have you tried Gimp's single-window mode? I'm not familiar with Photoshop but I hated Gimp's old windowed interface. Single-window is what made it usable by me, and in fact I don't see how the UI could now be any better considering what it does.

As for commercial support, with the notable exceptions of Amazon and Rackspace, I cannot think of any commercial support that has been worth anything more than a good FAQ documentation would be. Can one really ask beginner questions on their commercial support, like one could do in a forum with a large user base?

Well you can use their support forum. They also have good tutorials.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/

Personally, I just bought it because I wanted to support an Adobe alternative.

I see, that looks like a good forum. Thanks.

Have you tried GimpShop[0]? It's GIMP with the UI based somewhat on Photoshop.

[0]: https://www.gimpshop.com/

According to Wikipedia, it has not been updated since 2006. Gimp has improved a lot since then.

Also, this:

>In a March 2014 discussion,[9] Moschella states:

>I originally created Gimpshop, but I'm not the jerk who owns that domain and added adware & spyware to the source. Sorry about that. I hate that this guy is out there making my fun little project into an abomination.

>I don't have a project site for it. I became discouraged after this whole ordeal and I let it slip away into obscurity. Gimpshop was a fun little 'prank' that got bigger than I ever expected. Sad what it has become, though.

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