I’ve been using affinity photo since 2016 and to this day, this is still the best software purchase I’ve ever made. I’ve been able to create professional level work for many clients through out the years using affinity photo. When I tell photoshop users that in fact have never used photoshop, they don’t believe me until I show them my workflow. The affinity apps/software is/are truly amazing and a no brained especial I todays subscription service era.
I’ve been using PS a long time for work & personal use, and I know my way around the interface. I needed an image manipulation program for my iPad, and work wasn’t footing the bill. VERY PLEASED with Affinity. In many ways, it’s MORE intuitive than PS - not nearly the initial learning curve. Most users would get all the features they need in Affinity for a fraction of the cost. And - equally as important - you don’t have to deal with the constant irritation of signing into your online subscription account. Purchase. Create (online or offline). Print or export. Done. Easy-peasy, how software should be.
I’ve honestly loved using this app. It’s coming in handy so many times over the obvious competition. The UI might be something to get used to but with an open mind, it’s refreshing and offers us so much more to utilize. I’m switching over on PC as well over and I’m canceling those subscriptions. I trust the people at Affinity keep their users in mind. Runs perfectly too well on the iPad Pro M1. After going back-and-forth, I think I have discovered what could possibly be, the cherry on top; A more seamless way to add Multiple photos into New Projects. Without diving into the cloud stuff, Like LumaFusion, you can create a link to (supported formats) or folder external Drive. If the drive is not plugged in, it shows as missing. Just a thought. Great work!! Can’t wait to see what’s to come.
I got Affinity Photo because I wanted to edit my photos with better effects and less destructive processes than was available to me using the free program G.I.M.P.. I like the quality of life updates and the work flow that in some areas is not just comparable to Adobe Photoshop but excels beyond the more limited interface of photoshop. I think that Affinity Photo is very competitive and listens to its user base. I think that Affinity is in some ways better and is going to continue to bring quality updates especially because it is a smaller company with something to prove. I really wish the program would work on my windows 11 computer. I was very happy when the license I bought for windows also allowed me to download and use the program on IPad Pro. I think this is a very quality program and a very conscious and progressive company that I hope continues to support and listen to their users.
It’s taken me a long time to decide how I feel about Photo 2 after using the first version. The giant change between the two is that it is now a near-exact replica of the desktop app; they replaced dialog boxes with a UI system that suits the iPad better (it would have been a travesty if they hadn’t), and you still have to think a bit laterally to figure out where to find features. But that’s not new.
What held me up for a long time was the Command Controller. That’s the thing that substitutes for the keyboard: command, control, option, shift keys. The desktop version can’t work without them, and neither can this. That means my habit of holding the iPad in one hand and drawing with the other keeps tripping and falling down. It’s most annoying when it _almost_ works, then hits a snag.
So I regret the loss of some workarounds that they’ve removed, like the ability to select multiple layers by tapping one then sliding on the others.
Constant annoyance: to get to Help, you have to exit the current document, find it on the main menu, then close it and go back to the document.
Despite complaints, one huge accolade: this is an iPad app that does almost everything its desktop cousin does, and its cousin is first rate.
This is a copy-and-paste of what I just said about Designer 2, since all of it—including, or especially the accolade—apply equally.
I own the original Affinity photo for iPad. I loved the program until it recently started crashing when using the clone tool. I would spend a lot of time cloning out blank borders, created from a panorama, only to have the program crash about two dozen times before I was able to save my work. I am using an iPad Pro 12.9 sixth generation.
Today I began the trial for version two of Affinity photo for iPad. It crashes the same way that version one does. Before I’m able to save my work, the program crashes, and all of the work, including hours worth are lost. I should not lose the ability to use version 1 for iPad, but I was willing to pay again, if version 2 would work. Sadly, it does not, so I may not continue the seven day trial.
This Affinity app and the Designer and Publisher do NOT support external monitor support as of January 2024.
The actual file will not display. A blank screen. The UI works at startup butvthats it and the when you open a file the screen goes blank. My other apps and the ipad display on the external monitor.
I Insist you WARN customers about this limitation to your software.
Neglecting this feature is consumer fraud in the United States....
I had to reinstall this app and had a problem which was resolved in just a few minutes by "Steven S" on their support desk. In this day and age of nonexistent tech support Serif and Steven should be commended on a job well done. As a user of both Affinity Photo for Mac and iPad I have no problem recommending their products.
please fix this problems.
1- if you make group and use perspective filter to that, you have a problem to rendering screen.
2- some times if you have some effects and you want to export file for print or … your export file has bad quality and it’s blur!
3- if you use some effects like perspective filter or depth of field blur and some other effects you cant export psd with any preset ( editable , final cut & …)! and process stop on %0 or app crashed.
4- we can import file with two or more canvas from affinity designer to photos app but if you want to export file, you must export every canvas one by one!
5- you can export large file with real size. I try export my design (6*1.5 m & 72 dpi) for billboard print but I could to do it and my file exported in very try smaller than real size! that is very bad for professional software and make to expensive problem for designers.
6- This app use to much storage. you can’t clean document & data in storage setting. some times my app takes more than 10 gb space and I must delete app and reinstall it.
7- app don’t support RTL text. please add this feature to serif apps.
I think we find more problem if we use more than this app. this app is good for start but for professional user that isn't enough yet.
I use the Affinity apps every day on my Mac and iPad. They are truly fantastic. Powerful and reasonably priced. It literally does 98-99% of what Adobe can do. It’s baffling to me why people would leave anything but glowing reviews. I switched from Adobe and outrageous subscription costs in 2020, and I remember wondering if I was making a mistake, but I have only been happy with Affinity. Kudos to the creators. Thank you for a flipping awesome app!
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