Affinity Photo delivers faster, more stable, and more efficient performance, pushing the boundaries of professional photo editing. Whether you’re editing, retouching, or creating full-scale, multi-layered compositions, this app has the power and performance you need to achieve any goal, with a comprehensive set of tools specifically designed for creative professionals and photography experts.

High performance and functionality:

• dynamic real-time editing

• support for large images (more than 100 megapixels)

• pan and zoom at a constant 60 frames per second

• open, edit and save Photoshop® files (PSD format)

• RGB, CMYK, LAB and Grayscale color spaces

• full-featured editing of 16• and 32-bit images on each channel

• works with all standard formats: PNG, TIFF, JPG, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR and PDF

Unrivaled performance:

• full range of capabilities for working with an unlimited number of layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers and masks

• non-destructive editing of dynamic filters, adjustments, effects, blending modes and masks

• saving the history along with the document, so changes can be undone at any time;

• Record and play macros for unmatched productivity

Professional image processing:

• open RAW and other images in a workspace designed specifically for pre-processing files

• adjust exposure, black point, clarity, color, white balance, shadows, highlights and more

• Advanced lens distortion correction capabilities including chromatic aberration removal, fringing removal, vignetting and best-in-class noise reduction

• solid fill areas or fully customizable gradients for applying adjustment masks

• view histograms, highlights, shadows, tones, and EXIF ​​information

• Focus stacking, HDR image merging and tone mapping for the highest professional level of image processing

Availability of tools for effective retouching and adjustments:

• Simplify the process of creating selections, including even selecting strands of hair, with intuitive brush selection and refinement tools

• Instantly remove unwanted objects with the highly-improved Sketch Brush

• lightening, burning, cloning, patching, removing spots and red-eye;

• Built-in frequency separation function for skin smoothing and retouching

• manual control of deformation, twisting, pressing, extrusion and turbulence effects in the special “Plastic Deformation” mode

Improved brush module:

• a huge library of tools for simulating pencil and paint drawing, as well as textured and professional DAUB® brushes

• Ability to create custom brushes and tips with full control over advanced dynamic features

• combine several brushes into one and stroke with all brushes at once;

• full support for Wacom and other graphics tablets, including pressure, tilt and hotkey buttons

• Live preview of your brush tip – you can see exactly what you are drawing or erasing before you start

Quick customizable effects:

• an impressive range of available effects, including blur, distortion, tilt-shift, shadows, glow, lighting and many others

• the ability to select a non-destructive mode for dynamic effect layers, allowing you to erase or mask effects after they have been applied