![]() I’m a writer, and I develop my own books, and I wanted a tool that could help me make them without a costly subscription. To echo what I wrote in the pros section of my review for Affinity Designer, the main reason I bought this was for its integration with Affinity Publisher. Love this app, love this brand, and I happily support any product they make, including and especially Affinity Photo. But with as much as I use Affinity Photo these days, I’m starting to wonder if that statement is still true. ![]() ![]() But to expand on my glowification of this software and this brand, I love having access to a competent photo design tool that gives me unlimited use of layers, effects, fancy brushes, useful warping tools, filters, filters, and more filters, connections to free stock photo sites (even if they did end integration with Unsplash to save on costs), and even smart images for mock-up designs, all without having to pay for it twice, three times, four times, or whatever the going price is for other premium design tools made by companies that start with the letter A. While not a direct competitor to Photoshop, Affinity Photos is an incredibly capable photo editor that comes at a price that just can't be argued with.I’ve already said plenty in my review for Affinity Designer that I’d repeat here, and to clarify, I have many good things to say. ![]() You'll need to register online though, as even the trial needs a serial code, which you can do here. Ordinarily, there is a trial available that last just 10 days, but at time of writing this has been extended to 90 days. The range of features and tools included really is far too extensive to go into in detail, but it's suffice to say that this is one of a very small number of photo editors that can genuinely make a claim to be a rival to Photoshop. These are different views and modes that are activated when you're performing different tasks such as editing HDR or processing RAW files. One slightly unusual quirk is Serif's use of "personas". The interface for the software is uncomplicated, but it would be fair to say that there is something of a learning curve that you'll have to endure. You'll also find dodge, burn, clone, patch and blemish removal tools as well as handy extras such as warp mesh, perspective correction and lens correction - certainly not tools you would ordinarily expect to find at this price.Īffinity Photo boasts a huge number of filters and effects, but this can be extended further through the use of plugins, and there's support for the DxO Nik Collection 2.5 plug-in suite. There is, of course, support for layer, layer masks, adjustment masks, image stitching and CMYK/RGB editing. Support for RAW editing and the ability to work with Photoshop's PSD and PSB formats will be welcomed by many, as will the presence of non-destructive live filters. ![]() But just what does the program have to offer?įrom the very start, Affinity Photos makes it clear that it is a serious tool designed with professional photographers - or anyone who demands a lot of their image editor. Not only is Affinity Photo a fraction of the cost of Photoshop, you need only make a one-time purchase of a license: there's no need to worry about an on-going subscription. The vast majority of editors fall well short of Photoshop in any one of a number of areas, but with Affinity Photo, Serif seems to have been able to strike an amazing balance between offering professional-level editing tools and producing a piece of software that it not only approachable in terms of ease of use, but also in terms of price. It is natural for any photo editing program to be compared with Photoshop Adobe's stalwart is the benchmark by which other tools are measured. ![]()
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