The fact that there is a mechanism that supports plug-ins is really positive. Affinity Photo even supports Photoshop plug-ins, but from the documentation it may not work with all of them. Conclusions – preliminaryĪffinity looks like it was created by people who love photography, and want to lower the barriers to entry (cost) that keeps people from getting pro-level tools.īased on the beta, I’d say this app is pretty far along toward meeting that goal. ![]() Many iPhoneographers have ‘Photoshop Envy’ and just don’t want to enter the Adobe workflow, powerful as it is, especially with the array of tools for iOS that are now being offered. Not every feature is available in the beta, but there is enough here for people to try the app out and get a feel for how it is put together. The app has a fresh code base, so even the beta appears to be faster than Photoshop on some operations, while the king of photo editors really could use an overhaul of older code. The app supports layers, and you can open and export to Photoshop’s native format. Help is extensive, and easy to understand. The GUI is similar, but the icons are prettier and in color. When you open Affinity Photo it looks a lot like Photoshop. That’s a bundle of money saved over a Photoshop subscription, which costs at least $10.00 per month. It’s available as a free beta here, and it’s going to be a $50.00 purchase when it is officially out. So here comes something new called Affinity Photo. ![]() Photoshop is pretty much the only game in town, but Adobe has moved to a subscription service which has put some people off. ![]() The editing tools in iOS are still pretty pretty limited and advanced amateurs and pros who shoot with their iPhones still want some horsepower when they edit. Affinity Photo is a new photo editor for Mac OS that has just appeared in beta.
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