Amateur Photographer – 30 August 2019

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Adobe alternatives

Adobemaydominatethephoto-editingsoftware

market,buttherearemany moreoptionsavailable.

James Abbott looks at free and low-cost alternatives

Transferable

skills

Movingtonewsoftwarecan

bedauntingbutsomeoptions

in thisround-upusethe

samekeyboardshortcuts

asPhotoshop.

Creativefilters

ManyAdobealternatives

featureone-clickadjustments

thatallowyoutoeffectivelyedit

atthetouchofa buttonwith

roomforcustomisation.

Powerful

features

Someoftheoptionsare

comparabletotheirAdobe

counterparts,andsome

offerevenmorein the

wayoffeatures.

Professional

quality

Adobemaybetheindustry

standardbutmany

professionalsareswitchingto

thelikesofSkylumLuminar

andAffinityPhoto.

Subscription-free

Editingsolutionsthatcost

nomoneyorareavailablewith

a perpetuallicencerather

thana subscription.

Rawprocessing Layers

16-bit

images

Desktop,

phoneorweb Operatingsystem Systemrequirements Price

Snapseed Yes No,butadjustments

canbestacked

No Phone Android and iOS Android 4.4 and above/iOS 9.0 and above Free

Pixlr No Yes No Web, phone Browser-based editing Windows7 andabove/Mac OS 10.9 or later/Linux/latest

versionof browser

Free

VSCO Yes No,butfilterscan

bestacked

No Phone Android and iOS Android 4.4 and above/iOS 11.0 and above Freeto £18.49

peryear

GIMP No,butworkswith

Darktable and RawTherapee

Yes Yes Desktop Linux,MacOS

andWindows

Linux/Mac OS 10.9 and above/Windows 7 and above Free

Serif Affinity Photo Yes Yes Yes Desktop Mac OS and Windows MacOS10.9andabove/Intel64-bitCore2 Duoor betterand

2GBRAM/Windows7 SP1andabove,64-bitOSand2GBRAM

£48.99

Skylum Luminar 3 Yes Yes Yes Desktop Mac OS and Windows MacOS10.10.5andabove,Intel64-bitCore2 Duoor better

and 8GB RAM/Windows 7 64-bit and above and 8GB RAM

£65

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Testbench ROUND-UP