Software

Affinity

Free (in-app purchases apply)

Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher rolled into a single app

www.affinity.studio

Rod Lawton

1 In regular editing, most of the work is carried out non-destructively with layers and masks.

2 Affinity has no AI masking tools, perspective corrections or noise reduction...

3 Adjustment layers let you adjust curves, white balance, split toning and other effects.

4 Affinity passes raw files through a Develop process, with tools similar to Camera Raw.4

5 ...but there are lens corrections, colour adjustments and basic masking tools.

6 It’s ideal for old-school photo editors, but you won’t find inspiration or one-click presets here.

System requirements

Windows

Processor: Intel, AMD or ARM64 processor (machine learning requires Windows x64 and ARM64 hardware running Windows 10 or 11)

Operating system: Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004, 20H1, build 19041) or later

RAM: 8GB recommended

Graphics: DirectX 10-compatible graphics cards and above, hardware GPU acceleration requires Direct3D level 12.0-capable card

Disk space: 1GB, more during installation

Monitor: 1280 x 768 or higher resolution

macOS

Processor: Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)