Category:	Photography
Price:	Medium
Popularity:	High
Version String:	2.4.2 (2371)
Release Date:	2024-04-03
Architecture:	Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS:	macOS 10.15
Vendor Name:	Serif (Europe) Ltd.
Homepage:	affinity.serif.com

Description:

Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription.

The first choice of millions of creative professionals around the world, the award-winning Affinity Photo set a new standard for quality and value in the world of image editing.
The ultra-powerful Affinity Photo 2 takes the experience to a whole new level, thanks to the addition of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements, and a completely redesigned UI for an improved workflow.


REFINED & REDESIGNED WITH POWERFUL NEW FEATURES
• Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons
• Completely revamped Layers Panel
• Non-destructive RAW develop
• Luminosity, hue range and band pass live masks
• Compound masks
• Non-destructive Live Mesh Warp filter
• Smart layer states to experiment with design options and versions
• Drag / drop bitmap texture fills
• JPEG XL file import and export
• Force scale everything
• Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
• Massive image support (100+ Megapixels)
• Pan and zoom at maximum refresh rate, with ProMotion support on latest Apple displays
• Open, edit and save Photoshop PSD files
• RGB, CMYK, Greyscale and LAB color spaces
• Full 16-bit and linear unbounded 32-bit per channel editing
• Work with all standard formats like PNG, TIFF, JPG, JPEG XL, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR and PDF

UNSURPASSED PRODUCTIVITY
• Full support for unlimited layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers and masks
• Edit live filters, adjustments, effects, blend modes and masks non-destructively
• Savable undo history
• Record and play macros
• Isolate, edit, and duplicate spare channels with a simple click
• Savable workspace presets for multiple UI layouts
• PDF passthrough, import, edit and export
• Link layers to edit simultaneously

PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING
• Open RAW and other images in a 16-bit development workspace
• Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights and more
• Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette, noise reduction
• Paint areas or use fully customisable gradients to mask adjustments
• View histograms, blown highlights, shadows and tones as well as detailed EXIF information
• Focus Merge, HDR Merge and Tone mapping for advanced image processing

QUALITY RETOUCHING & CORRECTION TOOLS
• Intuitive selection brush makes selections simple, even down to strands of hair
• Dodge, burn, clone, patch, blemish, red eye and advanced inpainting for retouching
• Smooth and retouch skin with built-in frequency separation
• Dedicated Liquify persona and non-destructive filter version gives freehand control over warps, twirls, pinch, punch, and turbulence

ADVANCED BRUSH ENGINE
• Huge library of painting, drawing, textures, and professional DAUB Brushes included
• Create custom brushes and nozzles with full control over advanced dynamics
• Combine multiple brushes together and paint in a single stroke
• Full support for Wacom and other graphics tablets, including pressure, tilt, and shortcut buttons
• Real-time preview of your brush nozzle

FAST, customisable EFFECTS
• Massive collection of effects available, including blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows, lighting, and many more
• Apply effects non-destructively with live effect layers
• Path text capabilities
• Add and edit pattern layers non-destructively
• Add and edit pattern layers non-destructively