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What’s the best alternative to PaintShop Pro?
Q Many of the features I used to like in PaintShop Pro have vanished. I have loads of older photos I want to copy to my PC and improve. Is there any other similar program I can buy? I can afford a one-offpayment, but not a yearly subscription.
Ann Casey
A
We’re big fans of Serif’s Affinity Photo 2 (
www.snipca.com/53855
), which is packed with professional image-editing tools and costs a very reasonable £68 for Windows or Mac, or £18 for iPad. You can combine it with Designer (a
vector-graphics
editor) and Publisher (for laying out documents) for £160. All updates to the version 2 programs are free, so you won’t need to spend anything extra unless you decide to upgrade to version 3.