Another is the side-by-side and split views to show your image before and after edits, accessible from clear buttons atop the program window. One Affinity Photo interface feature I approve of is that double-clicking a control slider sets it back to its original state. You can customize the interface, including by detaching panels, and Serif has now added the ability to save custom layouts, as you can in Adobe Photoshop.Ĭtrl-mouse wheel lets you zoom, and double-clicking switches you back to Fit view. A simple reset option under the main View or Window menu would be preferable. I finally discovered a reset option in the Window > Studio menu, but all the original tools didn't reappear. I had a hard time resetting the interface to the default appearance after removing some panels. Panorama is another Persona, but it's only visible when you're stitching multiple images. The default Personas are Photo, Liquefy, Develop (for working with raw camera files), Tone Mapping, and Export. As with Photoshop, the interface shows a toolbar across the left and an info panel to the right for things like Layers, Histogram, Swatches, Adjustment, Transform-25 modules in all, any of which you can undock.Ībove the main image view are buttons for five Personas, or what other programs call modes or workspaces.

The interface uses the industry standard dark gray theme, but its many colorful icons are less understated than most of the photo editing apps of today. You do get a generous selection of sizes, though not fleshed-out content templates like those Photoshop and CyberLink PhotoDirector offer to get you started creating your image. Serif doesn't include an automated tour of the interface like those offered by competing photo apps, including Corel PaintShop Pro, Lightroom, and Skylum Luminar.

From there you can also get overlay packs such as Fog, Snow, and Rainbow effects by registering your product.Ī New Document link opens a dialog box where you set image properties like size and type. When you first run the program, you see a Welcome panel that offers sample images, tutorials, and links to Twitter and Facebook content. By comparison, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop (both PCMag Editors' Choice winners) each take up 2GB. Affinity Photo takes up 1.3GB of disk space after installation on my test PC. Making desktop software available via app stores, as Serif has done with Affinity, simplifies the installation and update process across multiple computers. It used to be 90 days, but that was before Adobe reduced its free Creative Cloud trial to seven days. Serif Photo offers a 30-day free trial for the price of an email address you must confirm. There’s no discount pricing for upgrades, but you can install the software on as many computers as you have, whereas Adobe limits Creative Cloud (such as Lightroom and Photoshop) applications to two computers. How Much Does Affinity Photo Cost and Where Can You Get It?Īffinity Photo is available on the Mac App Store, from the Microsoft Store in Windows, and as a website download, for a one-time price of $69.99 (discounted to $52.99 at the time of writing). The program is powerful and packed with features, but some operations are slow, and the interface lacks the friendliness and state-of-the-art tools found in Adobe Photoshop, our Editors' Choice winner for image editing applications. Version 2 of Affinity Photo adds nondestructive raw editing, more masking options, mesh warp, layer-state saves, and JPEG XL support. One factor in Serif’s favor is the low, one-time price for its photo editing software.

British firm Serif has tried for decades to make inroads on Adobe's firm grip on the media and design software industry with its Affinity line of software, of which Affinity Photo is the Photoshop competitor.

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