Affinity Photo 2 for iPad vs Final Cut Pro

The next generation of the iPad App of the Year, Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editor used by photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and other creators around the world. Wielding tons of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements and a completely redesigned UI, the award-winning photo editing app has everything you need to edit images, retouch photos, create multi-layered art, beautiful raster paintings, designs, and so much more – no matter where you are. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD • Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow • iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents • Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil • Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers • Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands • Full iCloud drive integration for seamless file management, storage, and sharing • External display support with separate configuration options POWERFUL TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY • Non-destructive RAW development of linked/embedded RAW images • Non-destructive Live Mesh Warp filter and other live effect layers • Luminosity, hue range, and band pass live masks • Compound masks • Multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per object • Normals adjustment for editing normal maps from material and texturing workflows • JPEG XL file import and export • OCIO v2 support – particularly useful for video editors, VFX, film, and 3D artists PERFORMANCE & POWER • Massive image support (100+ Megapixels) • Pan and zoom at maximum refresh rate • Open, edit, and save Adobe Photoshop ® PSD/PSB files • RGB, CMYK, Greyscale and LAB color spaces • Full 16-bit and linear unbounded 32-bit per channel editing • Work with all standard formats like PNG, TIFF, JPG, JPEG XL, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR, and PDF UNSURPASSED PRODUCTIVITY • Full support for unlimited layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers, and masks • Edit live filters, adjustments, effects, blend modes, and masks non-destructively • Remove objects or erase backgrounds with magic eraser tool, blur photos, add filters for pictures, cut, crop, and more with ease • Savable history with alternate futures • Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu • Isolate, edit, and duplicate spare channels with a simple touch • Link layers to edit simultaneously • Stitch picture-perfect panoramas on location PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING • Open RAW in a dedicated 16-bit development workspace and edit straight from your camera • Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights, etc. • Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette, and noise reduction • Paint areas or use fully customizable gradients to mask adjustments • View histograms, blown highlights, shadows, and tones as well as detailed EXIF information • Focus Merge, HDR Merge, and Tone Mapping for advanced image processing QUALITY RETOUCHING & CORRECTION TOOLS • Intuitive selection brush and refinement for precise selections like strands of hair • Dodge, burn, clone, patch, blemish, red eye, advanced inpainting, and object removal • Smooth and retouch skin with built-in frequency separation • Dedicated Liquify persona gives freehand control over warps, twirls, pinch, punch, and turbulence ADVANCED BRUSH ENGINE • Huge library of painting, drawing, textures, and professional DAUB® Brushes included • Create custom brushes and nozzles with full control over advanced dynamics FAST, CUSTOMIZABLE EFFECTS • Massive collection of effects available, including blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows, lighting, and many more • Swipe-able split or mirrored screen always available for before and after views • Path text capabilities

Final Cut Pro is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform, all in one simple plan. Final Cut Pro reimagines video creation for iPad with a touch-first interface for creators, professionals, and students. Capture with the built-in pro camera using manual controls to dial in your shot or seamlessly connect, record, and sync up to four iPhones or iPads with Live Multicam. Navigate complex projects with Multi-Touch and edit with precision using the jog wheel and Magnetic Timeline. Add a personal touch with Live Drawing to create handwritten animations directly on top of your footage. Choose from a vast library of graphics, effects, and music to polish your projects. Final Cut Pro for iPad puts the power of a production studio at your fingertips. Creative Interface Optimized for iPad • Navigate the Magnetic Timeline and complex projects with intuitive Multi-Touch gestures • View, edit, and move your media with frame accuracy using the jog wheel • Draw, highlight, and write directly on top of your footage with Live Drawing using Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro • Skim your footage without ever touching the screen with Apple Pencil hover* • Create stunning videos with an HDR workflow on the Liquid Retina XDR or Ultra Retina XDR display** • Connect a keyboard to access powerful key commands and make precise edits with Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro Live Multicam • Quickly start a Live Multicam session and connect up to four iPhones or iPads running the Final Cut Camera app • Remotely preview and initiate recording on all your connected devices right in Final Cut Pro for iPad • Dial in each angle’s ISO, shutter speed, white balance, manual focus, and more directly on iPad • Monitor your video with focus peaking, audio meters, and zebras to ensure your multicam clips look and sound great • Instantly edit your multicam clips with preview media that is automatically synced in the media browser • Save time in post with background media transfer that seamlessly replaces preview media with originals as you work Powerful Intelligence • Quickly find the perfect soundbite or visual with intelligent search tools • Analyze any song to reveal its bars and beats using Beat Detection and easily snap your edits to the music’s rhythm • Effortlessly create visual highlights videos set to your music with Montage Maker • Automatically improve the color and brightness of your videos with Enhance Light and Color • Intelligently analyze and adjust footage for vertical, square, and other aspect ratios with Auto Crop Spectacular Pro Content • Customize your video with dynamic titles, lower thirds, bumpers, and transitions • Apply beautiful color presets to dial in the perfect look • Score your videos with soundtracks that dynamically adjust to the length of your edit Take Projects to the Next Level • Send your project to Final Cut Pro for Mac for additional tools including Magnetic Mask, advanced color correction, and third-party content options*** • Import projects created in iMovie for iOS to take advantage of the advanced editing tools in Final Cut Pro for iPad**** Upgrading to the latest iPadOS is recommended * Requires iPad models with M2 chip or later, or iPad mini (A17 Pro) ** Requires iPad Pro (M5), iPad Pro (M4), or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation or later) *** Requires Final Cut Pro 12.0 or later **** Requires iMovie for iOS 3.0 or later