The Photo persona is the main editing interface, with adjustments, layers, masks, and the like. These personas include: Photo, Develop, Tone Mapping and Export. Working modes, aka 'Personas'Īffinity Photo is built around four working modes, referred to as “personas,” each of which contains its own specialized tools. If photo editing beyond the basics is new to you, it’s easy to pick up. That said, if you’re already familiar with Adobe’s flagship, it won’t take long to orient yourself in Affinity Photo. How does it perform for photographers? Does it get in the way when handling familiar operations? Does it improve the editing experience? Comparisons to Photoshop inevitably come up, and I’ll refer to them when needed, but this isn’t specifically a comparative review between Affinity Photo and Photoshop. Software should be evaluated on its own merits, and for the most part I’m looking at Affinity Photo through that lens. Getting StartedĪffinity Photo's personas break up the editing experience into five main categories. You won’t find some of the specialized features Photoshop includes, such as its 3D tools, but most everything else is there – sometimes to Affinity Photo’s detriment. We’re beyond the point where photographers will put up with limited software to save a few bucks, and with Affinity Photo, we don’t have to.

However, simply offering a less expensive image editor isn’t enough. If you’re already familiar with Adobe’s flagship, it won’t take long to orient yourself in Affinity Photo.

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