The Liquify persona is exclusively dedicated to Affinity’s version of the Liquify/Mesh Warp tool, and Tone Mapping is primarily designed for creating and working with HDR images. The majority of the time, users will be on the Develop persona for working with RAW images or the Photo persona for general editing, drawing and painting. This makes it possible to keep the interface as minimal as possible while still providing all the tools necessary for a full range of editing tasks. Overall, Affinity Photo is broken down into five modules they call ‘personas’ which are accessed in the top left and focused around particular tasks: Photo, Liquify, Develop, Tone Mapping and Export. Each element of the interface can be customized to allow you to create a layout that matches your specific needs, which is a huge help for anyone who wants to optimize their workflow. It is clean, clear, and minimalist, allowing your working document to be the primary focus. The user interface of Affinity Photo follows a very similar model to that used by Photoshop, but this is a good thing. The screenshots in the following review were taken with the Windows version of the software, but the Mac version should be almost the same with only a few slight interface variations. To get a complete rundown of the features offered in Affinity Photo, you can view the full feature list here. Note: Affinity Photo is a large and complex program with a wide range of features, and we don’t have room to look at them all in this review. I’m always on the lookout for an up-and-coming program that can help improve my workflow, so I treat all my editor reviews as though I might consider using the program myself.ĭisclaimer: Serif has given me no compensation or consideration for the writing of this review, and they have had no editorial input or control over the final results.

My experience ranges from small open-source editors to industry-standard software suites, and that has given me a lot of perspective on what a good editor can accomplish – as well as how frustrating a poorly-designed one can be.ĭuring my training as a graphic designer, we spent a fair amount of time both using these software packages as well as understanding the logic that went into the design of their user interfaces, and that also helps me to separate out the good programs from the bad. Hi, my name is Thomas Boldt, and I’ve been working with image editors for many years in my career as a graphic designer and a professional photographer.

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