Affinity Photo 1.9 and Luminar 4 have different perspectives on photo editing. The first (Affinity Photo) aims to provide advanced tools for adjusting and fine-tuning each aspect of your photos. Luminar embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI) and aims to provide automatic tools for fast and efficient editing without too much human intervention. The fastest, smoothest and most precise image editing software around, this essential app will revolutionise the way you work, whether you’re editing and retouching images, creating full-blown multi-layered compositions or making beautiful raster paintings. The Topaz AI Products. I tested the following Topaz Products against: Gigapixel AI vs Photoshop and Affinity Photo. DeNoise AI vs Photoshop, DXO Photo Lab 3, Photo Ninja, Exposure X5, Luminar 4 and Nik Define. Sharpen AI vs Unsharp Mask (Photoshop/Affinity Photo), DXO Photo Lab 3, Photo Ninja, Focus Magic and Focalbade. Luminar vs Capture One. It is difficult to name an absolute winner in the Luminar vs Capture One stand-off. Luminar is in high demand among people looking for a budget-friendly image editing program that comes with a set of powerful tools. Capture One exceeds at photo cataloging, editing RAW files and working with tethered photography.
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A message from the Affinity team
As a way to lend support to the creative community during these difficult times, we’re once again offering a 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite, for anyone who wants to use them (even those who have previously completed a free trial). We’re also bringing back the 50% discount for those who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including our iPad versions.
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our apps are fully optimized for the next generation of Mac
Ready to go on Apple’s Big Sur and primed to deliver superfast performance on Macs with M1 chips, recent updates to the macOS versions of our apps mean huge performance gains.
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Charlie Pep in The Spirit of Not (2011)
(in the reflection of spacesuit: Marian Xiao, Forough Amirshahi, Jeni and Naomi Wright, Anita Carbajal as the five Spirits of Not)
Digital 3D art, C-print on paper, Cinema4D, 4DPublish, zBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
© Elise Tak, 2018
Elise Tak is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. In her art she blends day-to-day reality with cinematographic fiction. She uses the imagery of film and popular culture to create a rich fictional and visionary world, while at the same time discussing contemporary, socio-political issues. It is an intricate play between reality and fiction, between life and art, because whereas in the movies, real living actors create a false existence, in Tak's work even these actors are pure fiction. Elise Tak works in both traditional and modern, digital (3D) media.
More info and full artist statement: click bio & statement
Learn more about Elise Tak's character actors: click character lounge
Current and recent shows and events: click news
New work and work in progress: 4D Paint tools (page dedicated to new works which have been textured using the 4D Paint tools from Plugins 4D).
PAGING DOCTOR FAUSTUS (a staged reading)
A nightmare cabaret set in the psych ward of a VA Hospital
FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
April 11, 2019, at 7pm
A collaborative project by: Paul Genega (writer), Patricia Lee Stotter (writer/composer), Mary Chang Creates (director), Elise Tak (imagery), Mark Pinto (imagery), Donald M Rebic (composer). With the actors: Dion Graham, Anne O'Sullivan, Ilene Kristen, Carol Jacobanis, Gregory G. Schott, Deborah Unger.
TRANSGRESSION (Irreverent, unsettling contemporary art)
Curated by: Jim Furlong and Rick Krieger
Hudson Guild Gallery, 441 W. 26th Street, New York, NY
March 7 - April 17, 2019
Opening: March 7, 6.00 - 7.30 pm
LATEST WORK
Forough Amirshahi, 2018
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, 4DPublish, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
Edition 10 + 1AP, © Elise Tak, 2018 - see more on Forough Amirshahi page
Thomas Kirby for 'The Ghost of Beestenwood' (Jeni Wright, 2015) screen test #1
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, 4DPublish, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
Edition 10 + 1AP, © Elise Tak, 2018 - see more on Thomas Kirby page
Affinity Photo Oder Luminar 4
Jeni and Naomi Wright, Pete Banich, Charlie Pep and Forough Amirshahi in 'The Ghost of Beestenwood' (Jeni Wright, 2015)
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Arnold for Cinema4D, Photoshop, 13x19' / 33x48cm, 2017
Edition 3 (+ 1AP) © Elise Tak, 2017