![]() ![]() I've not used Picktorial yet but after watching a video of they approach they have to adjustments, I thought it made a ton of sense. ![]() Also have Affinity, which I especially love on the iPad (I have both Mac and iPad versions). For 40 bucks (on sale), I don't see how I can miss, with Picktorial. If I were going that route, I'd more likely choose GIMP, or just go ahead and proceed down the Adobe rabbit hole. It is, essentially, a Photoshop emulator. Affinity, while obviously very powerful, gives me more tools than I need, and an overly-complex interface & workflow. I really like Luminar too, and would prefer it over Affinity, were Picktorial not a choice. And I feel that for Fuji RAW processing, it is the superior choice. It's fast, and holds exactly the right balance, for me, of simplicity and power. Somewhat to my own surprise, I believe I've settled on Picktorial as my preference for editor. (Which, incidentally, also means that my process right now also includes choosing from various sorting/management/viewing (DAM) options - with Lyn and Adobe Bridge being the two I've got it narrowed down to). I'd rather have things de-coupled, such that I can be more agile with how I want my workflow, from storage, management, viewing, sharing, and editing. Which is, similarly, why I've gotten away from Apple Photos altogether. I excluded the Adobe route pretty early-on, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the cost and being tied to a subscription & all-in-one type of solution. I have been evaluating all the various editing options for Mac & Fuji X - with Affinity, Picktorial, Luminar, Lightroom, Polarr and a few others on my list. So beware about buying more and more plugins all the time, perhaps try to get the most out of what you have already first. However, I do find it can get a bit silly with how much you can spend on stuff you don't end up really using - I bought AfterShot 3 Pro on a whim, having managed to upgrade from a bundle purchase, but to be frank, it was a total waste of cash, the app is not a patch on its competitors. I also have a bunch of Extensions, and really like Luminar - I have the set of MacPhun Creative apps, but find I use Luminar and Noiseless the most. I also moved to Photos for my DAM and basic editing (as it happens I find I can get very pleasing results much more easily than with LR). Likewise, I dumped LR, although I still have my library installed on a separate drive. I only wish Smart Albums would sync with IOS devices. its working better than I thought it would. I might pickup Affinity for advanced pixel editing when I need it. I am getting very close to dumping Lr and PS. I think I will have both thank you very much!!!! Might have a look myself, it looks promising. But just yesterday tried a trial of Picktorial 3 and I must say, I am quite impressed. ![]()
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