--- title: I left Adobe behind and don't miss it, except for this... description: A photo editor shares their experience switching from Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom to Affinity for daily image editing work. Affinity covers nearly all needs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-left-adobe-behind-and-don-t-miss-it-except-for-this-one-feature-nobody-can-match-jogizif4f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I left Adobe behind and don't miss it, except for this one feature nobody can match | daily.dev og:description: A photo editor shares their experience switching from Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom to Affinity for daily image editing work. Affinity covers nearly all needs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-left-adobe-behind-and-don-t-miss-it-except-for-this-one-feature-nobody-can-match-jogizif4f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/joGIzIf4f.png og:image:alt: I left Adobe behind and don't miss it, except for this one feature nobody can match og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I left Adobe behind and don't miss it, except for this one feature nobody can match **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A photo editor shares their experience switching from Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom to Affinity for daily image editing work. Affinity covers nearly all needs with an intuitive interface and preset support, making the transition smooth. The one remaining gap is AI-powered noise reduction: Lightroom's machine-learning denoising produces uniquely sharp, clean results that no competitor — including Affinity, RapidRAW, and Darktable — can match. Despite this limitation, the author has no plans to return to Adobe, citing subscription costs and unwanted cloud pressure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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