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Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor... by tambourine_man on Saturday June 22, 2019 @09:01AM (#20249385)
Unfortunately, there’s no match for Photoshop for serious image editing.
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Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor... by jdietrich on Saturday June 22, 2019 @10:08AM (#20249617)
Affinity Photo isn't a match for Photoshop, but it's remarkably close at a fraction of the cost.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/

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Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor... by unicornfinder on Saturday June 22, 2019 @10:38AM (#20249815)
Indeed. I was pretty well versed in Photoshop but switched to Affinity some years ago and I'm genuinely very, very happy with Affinity Photo. I wouldn't switch back even if Photoshop was free.
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