Affinity Photo Mac

About Affinity Photo

Faster, smoother and more powerful than ever, Affinity Photo continues to push the boundaries for professional photo editing software. With a huge toolset specifically engineered for creative and photography professionals, whether you are editing and retouching images, or creating full-blown multi-layered compositions, it has all the power and performance you will ever need. Engineered for Professionals: Open, edit and save Photoshop PSD files RGB, CMYK, Greyscale and LAB color spaces End-to-end CMYK workflow with ICC color management Full 16 and 32-bit per channel editing Work with all standard formats like PNG, TIFF, JPG, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR and PDF Panning and zooming is always live at 60fps with live previews, live tools and real-time editing Open and edit massive images without compromising performance or running out of memory Unsurpassed productivity: Full support for unlimited layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers and masks Resize layers without any loss of quality. Lock, hide, duplicate and merge layers easily Edit live filters, adjustments, effects, blend modes and masks non-destructively Undo history can be saved with the document so you can always undo your changes Task-focused workspaces for developing, post-processing, liquify and export Work in windowed, full screen, or separated modes with fully customisable toolbars and drag and drop panels Comprehensive vector drawing and text editing tools Advanced snapping system with pixel perfect alignment when required Export @1x, @2x, @3x from layers, slices or whole documents – continuously as you work! Record and Play macros for ultimate productivity Professional image processing: Open RAW and other images in a dedicated pre-processing workspace Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights and much more Recover detail thought to be lost by editing in an unbounded linear color space Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette and best-in-class noise reduction Paint areas or use fully customisable 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 and correction tools: Intuitive selection brush and refinement makes selections simple, even down to strands of hair Instantly remove unwanted objects with an incredibly advanced Inpainting brush Dodge, burn, clone, patch, blemish and red eye tools Smooth and retouch skin with built-in frequency separation Apply high quality single-plane and dual-plane perspective correction as well as fully customisable mesh warps – all in real time 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 Full support for Wacom and other graphics tablets, including pressure, tilt and shortcut buttons Real-time preview of your nozzle – see what you are about to paint or erase before you do it Fast, customisable 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 Choose to apply effects non-destructively with live effect layers, enabling you to erase away or mask effects after they have been applied

How to Run Affinity Photo on Mac

Mac Version Available

Option 1: Use Parallels

Parallels is the fastest, easiest, and most powerful option to run Windows on your Mac. Data can be shared between Mac and Windows and switching between the two is as simple as switching screens. Run it On Mac recommends Parallels as the #1 best way to run Affinity Photo on your Mac desktop or laptop.

Pros: Very Cost-Effective; Easily transfer files; Easily switch between Windows & Mac.

Cons: May see a slight decrease in performance; Cost varies from $50-80 for a personal license.

Option 2: Use Bootcamp

Boot Camp is a boot utility included with most Apple desktop and laptop products that allows users to install a Windows operating system alongside the native macOS/OS X operating system. Using Bootcamp is a relatively technical process and should probably only be undertaken by someone who understands the process.

Pros: Free; Good option if you need high performance or are using an older machine.

Cons: Switching between operating systems requires a restart; difficult, technical installation process.

Affinity Photo System Requirements

Windows 10/Mobile Also Available for Windows 10 (x64)

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