It also works very smoothly on a slightly older machine (late 2013 iMac) with no noticeable lag or hiccup whatsoever. Affinity Photo review: should I buy it?Īffinity Photo is pretty full-featured and sports an uncluttered appearance and super-fast rendering – it handles very large files with ease, especially since its 1.10 update. In other words – it’s a non-destructive process, meaning you can keep on editing to your heart’s content without destroying the original. Again, you can isolate new adjustments and export them without committing to final changes. On selecting an adjustment form the drop down menu, you are given sliders to tweak to your liking. Adjustments options are many and include: white balance, recolour, black and white, vibrance, exposure, and shadows and highlights, for example.Īll adjustments appear as new layers, happen live, as previously said, and as new layers they are easily hidden, binned, masked or re-adjusted at any time. Selecting a layer and then the adjustments tab, you are offered an excellent selection of adjustment scenarios. Much like the streamlined and easy to navigate toolbar, the adjustment studio panels on the right are as uncluttered and accessible. Live adjustments make it easy to see changes instantly (Image credit: Ben Brady) Live preview is relevant to any change across the trinity of apps, it feels modern and responsive, and adds to the fluidity of work flow. Affinity’s live preview capability means you can adjust the text via the studio panels and watch it change as you scroll or adjust. The Artistic Text Tool is great for headings/titles, and small text elements. It's good for lifting objects and placing them into other ‘landscapes', or merely getting rid of a background.Īrtistic Text Tool - Affinity Photo is pretty good for design, too. After painting over said mark, or object, Affinity Photo collects the best pixel info from around it and replaces the object with said pixels.īrush Selection tool - Much like a Magic Wand, you can paint over an area to select it in pin point detail - though this may take a bit of adjusting, adding and removing bits as you go. Inpainting Brush Tool - A simple and effective way to remove objects and blemishes. Once familiar with the UI and layout, and you’ve explored the Personas, the tools are pretty easy to get used to, and surprisingly smart. Affinity Photo review: toolsĭevelop from RAW files (Image credit: Serif) With a full choice of export formats you can export parts, or 'slices' of your document from layers to isolate them for sharing and reviewing. With the Export Persona, continuous export means you can re-export files and layers whilst still editing an original doc. This is not my area of expertise, but it sounds very useful! The Tone Mapping Persona gives you the ability to translate high bit rate (32/16) colour depth, and range, into smaller files or jpegs, without losing too much info. You can open pixel files here too, if you just want quick intuitive adjustments with the slides provided. Open a Raw file and it will open here, so you can make initial adjustments before ‘developing’ for more involved editing. You can pull and push elements around, freeze and thaw certain areas, as a way of masking/unmasking, and generally smooth surfaces and lines to your liking.Īnyone a bit more familiar with the practice of photography will appreciate the Develop Persona. The Liquify Persona allows your image and its pixels to be distorted and edited in a liquid-esque fashion. It’s here you perform the majority of your work. The Photo Persona is for general editing, applying adjustments, layer manipulation, cropping, resizing etc. The Liquify Persona (Image credit: Serif)
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