Affinity Photo App Reviews

This is the only program that doesn’t change image size properly. Now I admit I don’t know much about this stuff but with every other program I’ve used, I choose to change the size and it increases it well with little noticeable quality loss, like pixelmatr. With Affinity photo I change the document size and which ever picture I use gets pixelated/checkered. I do the same thing choosing the same numbers in pixelmator and it does it fine. Something is clearly wrong with the Affinity. If it’s something I’m doing wrong then it shouldn’t be harder than what I’m doing. No other app I’ve tried has this problem.

Very intuitive, fast (I have early 2009 iMac), very friendly, and - what’s very important for me, as a freelancer - very cheap, but high quality product. In pair with Affinity Designer make my work very pleasurable and I do not have to take benzodiazepines to calm my nerves :)

Very promising, reasonably priced and feature-rich application, providing great performance and broad range of creative tools for image manipulation. Unfortunately, current version is still immature and requires a lot of fixes and improvements. The weakest part is RAW processing module, lagging behind in image quality and offered features, raw conversion is destructive process, you cant save your development settings. It is not "Photoshop killer" yet, at least not for serious photographers working with RAWs.

Ok the app does it job and I’ve nothing to say about it, its very cool .. but I can’t work with imperial units, please add it. Ty

I really love this app. It is very easy to use and helps me enhance photos. I would like it even more if it let me manage my photo library too.

I was hoping to get something that could edit my photos and upload the photos on my facebook account (simple). This software is not user friendly, nor can I upload photos on my facebook. I regret buying this.

Buy this so that we can all eventually cheer, “Adiobe!” The price-for-quality value here is outstanding. It’s easily worth $100+. There are a few things that I can imagine I could do in Photoshop that I cannot do with Affinity Designer, but it’s barely out of beta, people! It’s clear that they took the time to understand exactly what needed to be in a core photo application for professionals from the start and worked to refine those features. They didn’t just copy Photoshop; they asked key questions about what needed to be done better and what new features could enhance people’s work flow. I can’t wait to see what new ones get added along the way. I bought Affinity Designer as well, and you can see the two slowly merging into a suite like Adobe’s Creative Suite. I’ll be one of the first to try the Indesign killer. I take every opportunity to tell Adobe how repugnant I think their subscription model is; and it doesn’t even run well on the computers that we use it on. The fact that so many other software companies are trying the same game will only lead to fewer subscription dollars for everyone.

Great that the reviews say users can do great things with Affinity - I’m glad they are happy. But trying to figure out the simplest tasks that I do in Photoshop remains a mystery. Not sure why reviewers state that the tasks are easily sequenced and intuitive. I can’t figure the app out, Affinity is not for simple quick photo tasks. Just because the software is powerful and versatile doesn’t mean simple common editing tasks can’t be made obvious and easy to choose and follow. I intensely dislike all Adobe products so I was hoping for a more easily used photo app here. Uhh. No. Makes me wonder who exactly wrote these reviews. I am sorry I bought this. [runs screaming out of the room]

the title says it all - the crop tool rotated and clipped the image upon clicking Develop - the history (thus undo) of develop persona was cleared so the work cannot be recovered. beyond lame.

This app is fantastic just like Affinity Designer. No need to pay a monthly subscription fee either. If you are looking for a replacement for Photoshop this is the one to get. Simple to understand and great results. I have tried many other options and this is the one to use. Can’t wait to see what they come up with next! The Photos extemnsions in the latest update are fantastic! They allow you to do a lot more than the standard editing tools in Photos. Love it!

I pulled the trigger on Affinity Photo when it went on sale at $39. As far as software is concerned, what you get for the money here is an amazing deal. This is $200 software being sold for $45. Even if you don’t like it, at the price it’s worth buying and spending some time to see how good it is. I bought it hoping to replace Adobe Lightroom as my primary photo editor. I was disappointed to discover that it’s more in league with Photoshop than with Lightroom. I’m not a heavy-caliber Photoshop editor, and found that Affinity Photo was offering a far deeper editing set than I had wanted to simply spruce up photos without making them look… well… too spruced up. After a week of playing with Affinity Photo, I absolutely fell in love with it, though. I still use Lightroom as my RAW editor since Affinity’s RAW processing seems to lag behind Lightroom here. But, after doing the RAW work in Lightroom, I export my photo over to Affinity to finish the editing. What I love: Beautiful interface which is easy on the eyes. Adobe products just give me a headache to stare at. They seem disorganized and gaudy. Affinity is just relaxing to work with and hosts a solid interface that doesn’t keep making me angry for unknown reasons like Lightroom does. One Price, One Product. I have a photo editor that will continue to improve and I paid a single price for it. I have no idea what Adobe is thinking with their mocked-up rental schemes, but Affinity ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS ADOBE where product ability for price is concerened. Adobe could never make software this great for this price. Non-Destructive Edits. Sure, the layers concept isn’t new, and Lightroom has non-destructive editing too… but Affinity does it smoother and better. Improving. Affinity will get better and better. Adobe will wallow and confuse while charging a price for updates. On-line Resources: Affinity does a great series of how-to videos on their site which are designed to really get you running quickly. Zoom tool: Lightroom lets you zoom once. Affinity lets you zoom to your own desires. In-Painting: Adobe should pay attention to this. What I don’t love: RAW Editing. So close… but not quite there. Lens corrections. It could be that I haven’t figured it out entirely, but lens corrections aren’t inherent. You have to build them, it seems. Slow. I’m using a 2012 Mac Mini with 8G RAM and Affinity really drags compared to Lightroom. And honestly, Lightroom is a pig too. Affinity is worse. Underdog. Since Affinity is new and not the industry standard, there aren’t many publications or pros giving instructionals and hints. (Then again, there’s a certain pride in learning by playing around.) Plug-Ins are sparse. I really love direct to site plug-ins for Flicker, SmugMug, et al… but none exist yet for Affinity. In the end, I can sum it up with this: WHY DID APPLE KILL APERTURE? ;)

I had given it one star, but after time you begin to figure out how it works. Its not intuitive, and there’s no way to figure it out, other than trial and error. But there seems to be a way...

Affinity Photo & Affinity Designer have completely demolished my need for Adobe Photoshop & Adobe inDesign respectively. The software is powerful, the UI is beautiful, and the fact that I don’t have to pay for a subscription model in itself is priceless. Adobe’s chains on my wrists are broken. Now Affinity, I know you are busy perfecting these products, but someday in the future, please give thought to creating a replacement for Adobe Lightroom. Because Adobe’s subscription model is unworkable and Apple’s Photos app is a joke. I’d pay good money for your product. I appreciate your time and efforts.

I have been using PS for years on a non-professional, but serious amateur level. I don’t have the budget for the cloud version of that editor, so I am using old software. I decided to try Photo. WOW! I will be shifting to this as my photo editor. Bye bye PS and the worry over what program to use instead of that. This is a great program! It was fairly simple transition. I’m still learning some features, but it is definitely worth the money!

Affinity Photo is awesome. The application is smooth, powerful (definitly faster than PS), and has a great UI. If you’re thinking about kicking PS to the curb, heres your opportunity. Great Product.

Latest version keeps crashing when trying to save pngs

I wanted to use this for photo editing and retouching, but it’s just not working for my uses. The big problem is that it has a scheme that scales all your images to an older, arbitrary factor if you use a retina iMac (not sure if that occurs on other retina Macs). If you choose 100%, or “pixel size,” or “actual” none show your image at pixel for pixel, or 1:1. By contrast, if I take the same image and view it in Photos at 100%, one pixel in the image is one pixel on the screen. Same for Lightroom. Same for Aperture. Same for Mylio. Same for Photoshop. I could go on, but you see the point. The image is doubled in Affinity Photos, as if I was using an old 2.5k iMac. I realize some designers, especially those working on small icons, web graphics, etc prefer to work scaled since the objects are small on 4k or 5k monitors, but I just couldn’t get it to work properly without zooming/scaling, and there isn’t even a 50% in the view menu. I complained on the forum, and was told that this was deliberately how AP was designed. Since I paid good cash for a retina display, and need to see stuff 1:1, this application is a fail for me, at least until they get it to work like the other applications I’ve listed.

I use to use Sketch until they did an update and raised their price to $99. This app, in my opinion, makes Sketch look like a toy. Affinity does so much compared to any other app I have used. Affinity is kinda like Sketch and Pixelmator combined only much, much, more. I would very highly, recommend this app.

This app does everythring I need and I don’t have to pay monthly like I did with Adobe Photoshop. Wonderful program!

The team at Affinity are amazing. Not only does every release of an update include new and amazing capabilities, to an already amazing application. But they always have tutorials they post at their site to help everyone out. Their site also has a forum, which always has actual Affinity designers and programmers participating and helping. I have wrestled with the power of Adobe products for years. And there is no doubt they are powerful, but are they intuitive? For me the answer is no. Once I got into the flow of an Affinity work flow, I found that in most cases if I felt stuck, or wanted a certain look or style. If I just tried to start working the issue one step at a time, in Affinity the next step is usually right there at my fingertips. Now that’s what I call intuitive. But you have to shed the Adobe ways. The best part is that the Affinity line not only has photo, but designer. And the capability of keeping a single workflow throughout all Affinity products is just amazing. You can open a raw picture file, manipulate that, send it into Photo to do amazing things, the options are almost limitless. But then when you find you want to enhance you project with some really amazing vector drawings. There are some in Photo, but not a full spectrum of capabilities. Fear not, a press of the button and your work automatically folds around Designer and you continue on your project. Bounce back and forth with no effort to leverage the full capabilities of all Affinity programs in a single workflow. Amazing. Intuitive. Creative. The only drawback I have found, is when I try to compare a method from an Adobe product to Affinity. Shed off the old (Adobe) ways. Focus on what you want accomplished, and with Affinity I find once I start, the next step is usually right at my fingertips in Affinity.