Affinity Photo for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editing app. Completely reimagined for iPad with the same power as the desktop version and with complete file format compatibility, you can work across the same document wherever you are, without any compromise.
Download a FREE Affinity Photo Quick Start Guide – made with photographers in mind. In this article, we will dig into which advanced photo editor, you should choose: Photoshop vs Affinity Photo in 2021. It is not a direct head to head comparison of the two applications though. Equirectangular images, typically 360x180 panoramas, can be mapped to a live projection in Affinity Photo and edited whilst they are being projected. This allows for instant feedback of detailed retouching, brush work and masking—all operations that would be difficult on an unmapped equirectangular image.
PSD Import/Export
PSB Import
Unlimited Layers
One of my favorite styles of image is a panoramic photo. Creating this type of image in Affinity Photo is super easy. You can take several images that are ti.
Brush Support
If you like our videos - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FOR MOR. Creating Affinity Photo panoramas: conclusion. Affinity Photo panoramas are very easy to create, especially if you’re careful to add plenty of overlap when taking your photos. If you haven’t tried creating a panorama, give it a go. Experiment with a simple series of images to start with.
PSD Smart Object Import
Customisable Keyboard Shortcuts
No subscription and 50% off
Best of all, Affinity Photo for iPad does not require any subscription, it’s simply €21.99 – and right now available with 50% off!
Dodge, burn, inpainting, sponge, blur, sharpen, healing brushes, paint mixing brush – experience the incredible power and capabilities you would on desktop, on iPad.
CMYK, RGB8, RGB16, Greyscale, LAB and even RGB32. Work in any colour space, with full confidence that any documents taken from the Windows or macOS version will always render with 100% fidelity.
Take advantage of the full suite of selection tools, including lasso, magic wand and pen tool. Use advanced selection refinement to achieve perfect selections, even down to individual strands of hair.
Work with unlimited layers, including real-time blend modes with advanced range adjustments and simple drop zones to mask, clip, reorder and group all layer types. Text, vector, pixel and image layers are all fully supported.
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Produce stunning composite images, including perfectly stitched panoramas. Use HDR merge with tone mapping for breathtaking results and even stack images with different focal lengths to create detailed macro photography.
Drag and drop stock imagery directly into your work and use the asset panel to store visualisation assets and more. All asset packs can be shared between Mac, Windows and iPad.
Edit and create brushes, with control over all dynamics supported by Apple pencil, and even import .abr brushes. Any brushes you create can be shared across desktop and iPad versions as well.
Curves, channel mixer, gradient map and more — you have a full library of 22 adjustment layers available with no compromise.
Use a huge selection of live filter layers, including blurs, lighting, distortions and deformations. You can even apply filters non-destructively, allowing you to reorder, mask and edit them at any time.
Develop RAW images in a 16-bit colour space, with lens corrections, advanced noise reduction, chromatic aberration reduction, curves adjustment, white balance adjustment, defringe and more.
Push, twirl, pinch and punch non-destructively within the Liquify Persona. Freeze areas to prevent adjustment, save meshes and reconstruct to your heart’s content. You can also apply a live liquify layer over the top of multiple layers.
Add text along a path. Explore a range of diverse typographical designs by creating a path from any line, curve or shape drawn with any of the line or shape tools.
Fully optimised for iPadOS, with the ability to drag and drop images from any location on iPad and full support for smart objects. You can even work directly on PSD files and save back to PSD.
Create your own shortcut keys using a keyboard attachment for an even more streamlined workflow.
No subscription and 50% off
Best of all, Affinity Photo for iPad does not require any subscription, it’s simply €21.99 – and right now available with 50% off!
A message from the Affinity team
As a way to lend support to the creative community during these difficult times, we’re once again offering a 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite, for anyone who wants to use them (even those who have previously completed a free trial). We’re also bringing back the 50% discount for those who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including our iPad versions.
More info about supporting the creative community initiativeIn other news…
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