


The right edge displays a series of “Studios”. So in Photo, that’s where you’ll find crop, move, brush tools and more. Various tools, specific to each persona, populate the left edge of the screen.

These are essentially workspaces and include Photo, Selections, Liquify, Develop, and Tone Mapping. There is very little compromise between the desktop version and the iPad version, making is the most sophisticated iOS application currently on the market.Īffinity Photo starts with an elegant user interface, that’s broken down into five “personas”. There have been a number of graphic and design apps available for iOS for some time, including Adobe Photoshop Express (PS Express), but none is as full-featured as Affinity Photo.

As newer iPads become more powerful – starting with the Air 2 and moving into the present with two Pro models – iOS app developers are taking notice. Newest of these is Affinity Photo for the iPad. There's even a way to stitch multiple documents into a single book, although that's only available in desktop versions for now.UK developer Serif has been busy creating a number of Mac, Windows, and now iOS applications that challenge Adobe’s stranglehold on the imaging industry. You can also create automatically repeating layouts and use a style picker. Affinity Publisher 2 now helps you add academia-friendly footnotes, endnotes and sidenotes. Affinity Designer 2, meanwhile, adds non-destructive vector warping, a "knife" cutting tool, a shape builder and even tools for measuring lengths and areas. Affinity Photo 2 now includes non-destructive RAW development, saved layer states, compound masks (that is, joining multiple masks together), live warping and live masks for elements like hue and luminosity ranges. Regardless of platform, you should see some meaningful upgrades. You now have all of the Affinity bundle on your tablet, and won't have to split your attention between your computer and iPad when it's time to design a page layout. The developer has released Affinity Version 2 apps that not only include major new features (more on those shortly), but the first edition of Publisher for the iPad. Serif is determined to make its Affinity suite a more practical alternative for creatives who'd rather not pay for an Adobe subscription - or use a conventional PC, for that matter.
