![]() ![]() What it does offer is an extremely powerful non-destructive workflow, sophisticated layer and masking controls and the ability to carry out focus stacking (focus merge), HDR merge and tone mapping and HDR merge, and all without additional plug-ins or paid-for ‘extensions’. This is an old-school photo editor, Photoshop style, but without the cash outlay or the subscription.Īffinity does not have a cloud-based ecosystem like Adobe’s Creative Cloud, and while there is an iPad version of Affinity Photo (which is extremely good, by the way), there’s no equivalent of Adobe’s cloud based image library, as used by Lightroom. There are no cataloguing and browsing features and it doesn’t offer one-click insta-ready ‘looks’ for your social channels. Indeed, since the launch of v2, there has been a free v2.1 update.Īffinity Photo is not really designed for beginners. And Adobe refugees will be delighted to learn that not only are there no subscription plans, and that until version 2, every single update since launch had been free. The price of Affinity Photo 2 is slightly higher than the original Affinity Photo, but still low for software of this calibre – low enough to be mistaken for a budget photo editor for novices, though nothing could be further from the truth. Here, though, we look specifically is Affinity Photo 2’s potential as a photo editor – and it has plenty.Īffinity Photo supports any number of adjustment layers, image layers, Live Filter layers and masks, to allow highly sophisticated editing steps. Affinity Photo supports vector graphics for creating illustrations and type layers for adding text. In this respect it’s a lot like Photoshop while both are about the most powerful in-depth photo manipulation tools around, they can do more. Keep in mind that Affinity Photo is an all-round design tool, not just a photo editor. Like Photoshop, it’s designed for sophisticated, detailed and advanced image editing, though can also be used for quick and simple image enhancements too. Affinity Photo works perfectly on its own, however, and is just about the closest direct alternative to Photoshop on the market. Powerful layers, masking and retouchingĪffinity Photo 2 is one of three professional creative applications from Affinity and works alongside Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher as part of a tightly bound creative suite. ![]()
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