For less than £20 pounds direct from the Apple App Store it looked to be a bit of a bargain to me. So when Serif had a sale for the iPad version, in my mind I now had the graphics tablet and software combined in one neat package, so I took the plunge. I have been using the desktop version of AP for a few years to edit my motorsports photography combined with a graphics tablet. From time to time it’s worth evaluating other options especially when it comes to imaging software as the big brands are always improving their products. Just like your choice of camera, most photographers will pick a brand due to loyalty which isn’t a bad thing but can get you in a rut. All of the pictures seen here have been edited with AP Desktop and iPad versions. For this report we will just look at AP and specifically the iPad version and how the sports photographer shooting. There are other packages available including the free tool sets that came with your camera. Though either way, I bought it.In this report we are going to look at one of the leading photographic software packages for manipulating your images, Affinity Photo (AP). And of course this raises the question… how long will V2 be supported and are they maybe holding some things back to try and sell us a V3 sooner rather than later? Considering they supported V1 for a whopping 7 years, hopefully not… but I guess only time will tell. Some cool new stuff, though I’m not sure it’s juicy enough for most people to want to upgrade and still leaves stuff to be desired compared to Photoshop.

They go over the new features of each app individually on their Youtube channel, here’s the one for the desktop version of Photo: Buying the apps individually only gets you the Windows and Mac versions though.

They’re doing a limited time 40% off sale at launch (though I couldn’t find any fine print specifying exactly how long this sale will be going for), including a $100 universal bundle that gets you all three apps for Windows, Mac, AND iPad. It was only a matter of time until they’d want existing users to pay for an upgrade, since new sales have probably trailed off… still, very much preferable to the subscription model since you can choose to continue using the old apps until the wheels fall off. I figured something was up since there’s been a dry spell of Affinity Photo updates lately.

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