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Quirino Palomo
Affinity Photo 2 is an incredibly powerful subscription-free editing program that rivals industry giants like Photoshop, with a few specific features that are music to an astrophotographer's ears. We really enjoyed using it and we think it will only improve over time.
In our original Affinity Photo review back in 2021, we thought that it was a great piece of software with a good selection of some basic editing tools and we enjoyed the tone mapping and liquifying capabilities. While it's had a bunch of updates along the way over the 8 years between V1 and V2, V2 has some whole new features which may be worth upgrading to Affinity Photo 2 for. We rated Affinity Photo 2 very well in our best photo editing apps guide, and we think it's a fantastic affordable alternative to Photoshop.
Another great feature of Affinity Photo that we love is the Macros. A bit like Photoshop's 'Actions', and not a million miles away from Lightroom presets, Macros are a feature that allows users to record a set of steps in the photo editing or manipulation process that can then be saved and applied to other photos, essentially automating your image editing workflow.
We found that we needed to take the time to make the edits to create the macro in the first place, but it saves us from needing to do a lot of the same repetitive or time-consuming tasks on multiple photos. They can also be shared with others and it's possible to import macros, too.
Version 2 came with some new live masks, one of which was the hue range mask. With this mask you can make adjustments to specific hues in an image, making them darker, brighter, or changing the color altogether (a really powerful tool if you do any product photography). This tool can also be used to manipulate the colors in those gorgeous deep sky images, and as these masks are non-destructive, you can easily go back and change them later on.
One astro-specific feature of Affinity Photo 2 that we enjoyed is the Astrophotography Stack persona. Having had issues with stacking in our Adobe Photoshop review 2023, we were intrigued to see how Affinity Photo 2 would handle an Astro image with stars and foreground.
We think Affinity Photo 2 would be a great option for Astrophotographers specifically with its dedicated Astrophotography stacking tool and the remove background tool, making image stacking a breeze. While it's not as robust as Photoshop, it can absolutely satisfy your image editing needs and provide you with some beautiful results.
Kimberley Lane is a landscape & seascape photographer living in South Wales. Originally using photography as a way to cope with health issues, she aims to portray a feeling of calm and peace through her images. Her work has been featured in a number of national photography magazines.
While less photo editing for photographers and more for graphic designers, a new live mesh warp feature lets users distort an image or file to match the surface of an underlying template. For example, you can use the non-destructive warp to make an image look natural on a warped page in a magazine or book. Texture artists will enjoy the new ability to adjust lighting information baked into normal maps.
I am with you when speaking about late purchasers.
Speaking about me I have used AP for 7 years or so, so I do not hesitate to pay full price again. More than that, I consider this full price too low, thus prohibiting affinity from more development.
Just an example: an alternative - not necessarily a copy - to LR might boost their business and serve me nicely.
Could I replace Capture One to do RAW editing with this? I need a new application but don't want to pay an arm and a leg to do my photo editing. Capture one served me well back in the day with the free versions for Sony ARW but not sure what's best to use now?
For what it's worth, I already see one fix: on my machine, V1 would often crash with 4 or more raw photos in development, if Hardware Acceleration was on. V2 isn't doing that anymore, even with 20 files (that I've tried so far).
Serif need to recognise that Photo is different to Designer and Publisher in that Photo is expected to cooperate with and support other software. Photo can often become the centre of someone's photo workfkow interfacing plugins, raw converters, photo viewers etc. Photoshops embrace of this cooperation greatly helped them to succeed. The MSIX installation debacle illustrates the importance of these aspects.
This type of functionality might be problematic with inter Serif apps but perhaps extra functionality added in Personas could sand box any issues?
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2023 was another exciting year for camera releases, with new models ranging the gamut from high-performance photo/video hybrids to dedicated monochrome bodies. Now it's time to find out what you think of the Class of '23. Click through to vote for your favorite camera of the year.
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