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I'll definitely second Affinity. I use both Affinity Photo and Designer. I find it has all the features I would expect from something like PS or ID. The only issues I have ever had with it is relying on 20 years of Adobe muscle memory, but every time I use it I get that much more comfortable with it.

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It might be the “Adobe muscle memory” for me as well but I’ve tried daily driving Affinity for a week and I can’t get used to it. I don’t understand the UI, sometimes it’s slow and laggy (coming from PS this is huge…) and some functions don’t work as they do in PS (as in “don’t produce satisfying outcomes”). Do you do photo editing by any chance?

I used to when I was still an active photojournalist. These days I mostly use it for mocking up user interfaces, making concert flyers, and creating player aids for my TTRPG group. I just recently got back into photography after about a 13 year hiatus after leaving the media to become a developer. That's where the Adobe muscle memory is biting me. Every time I sit down to edit some photos, I swear I have to look something up in Affinity at least once per session with it.

Thanks for answering! How comfortable is dodge & burn and working with layers in Affinity and did you try out frequency separation in one way or another by any chance?

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