Affinity Photo 2 for iPad

Name: Affinity Photo 2 for iPad
Rating: 2.9703 (101 reviews)

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Affinity Photo 2 for iPad

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User Reviews for Affinity Photo 2 for iPad

Powerful and the right price

I got my new iPad and went to download v1 and found it missing. That wasn’t the promise when I purchased, but it has been like 7 years, I’m not heartbroken over it, it’s downright inexpensive for what it does. Initial experience. Step one, import raw = crash. Step 2, import same raw, works. So that’s the second unimpressive experience, but that’s not missing capability, that’s just an incoming update. I can verify that Lightroom modern apps on pc have been a crashy mess in the past year, this is not uncommon in my experience. One thing I will point out is that Lightroom recovered to my last editing step when I reopened, while affinity acted like it never heard of me or my image…something for the devs to think about in crash handling. The nondestructive raw editing is the most exciting feature for me. All I really do is cropping and Lightroom-like tasks, and this enables me to accomplish that, on iPad, quickly, while mobile, effectively, for little money, with added bonuses of photoshop capabilities, but without the very very sketchy Adobe subscription practices. Try cancelling an Adobe subscription and you’ll see what I mean, you might even have to pay to cancel…low class, won’t participate in that. Thanks Affinity.

Ahlbus, Mar 11, 2023

Absolutely powerful and intuitive

I love Affinity and now version 2 (with noticeably improved items such as displacement map). I notice some persons giving it low scores because they are comparing the interface to photoshop and saying it is too different; they had gotten used to using Adobe for quite some time. If taken on it’s own, Affinity is actually quite intuitive. It isn’t necessarily fair to compare the two. Just as if someone had gotten used to another interface and switched to Adobe they would find it quite a bit of a learning curve.I see persons taking off stars because they had to pay for v2. For years Affinity v1 has given free updates and changes. Now that they have revamped significantly, it isn’t unreasonable to pay for that (an amount that still works out to less than a third of a year’s subscription of Adobe). Keep in mind that v1 still exists.What I find most impressive is have a fully functional and exceptionally powerful photo editing tool for iPad, not a pared/stripped down version. Great job Affinity!

arthands, Apr 01, 2023

Unbelievably bad UI, unusable help system.

Lots of power in this program that I may never be able to make regular use of for two reasons: 1. A crazy-quilt UI! Contextual control sliders scattered all over the screen with second functions you can’t even know until you click on the fader’s first function. A mouse-over with no click should reveal all functions of that control. I should never have to go hunting and pecking to find out. That holds me back every single time I open the app. These scattered giant sliders are not good UI design as there’s no ‘eye memory’. Once a tool is chosen, all controls should display as a unified layout lurking just offscreen with a tab at the edge that shows the whole layout, much like the options for a studio.2. The help system. The online help in the app cannot be bookmarked, and it is required to fully close it to return to work. Reopening for further help, you find your time-consuming search has been lost. Back and forth you go…. This is just plain nonsense. Sorry so negative, but the fact is, AP has designed a high level of frustration into the UI. It’s really bad.

artysan, Mar 28, 2023

Meh

𝑰❜𝒎 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Adobe 𝒕𝒐 Affinity users 𝒘𝒉𝒐❜𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒏❜𝒕 had 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝐟 𝐚 good 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 converting 𝐦𝐲 workflows at all. I’ve 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 the criticisms about the UI 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆! The help files especially are wildly, poorly designed for 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 use, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 happens 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 blessed 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 an eidetic memory. Are we peons supposed 𝒕𝒐 quickly scratch down notes on 𝒐𝒖𝒓 shopping lists‽ lol - link 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝐲 tool 𝒂𝒏𝒅 option 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆 proud❢ Masks are unintelligible messes compared 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝑺, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 yes 𝑰 know how 𝒕𝒐 ❝Solo❞ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝐚 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 alternative 𝒕𝒐 how well Adobe developed masking…𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 go on but 𝐦𝐲 wife’s calling 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 dinner, 𝐚 far better way 𝒕𝒐 spend 𝐦𝐲 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.

barnettart, May 19, 2023

Lost functionality with upgrade

it is virtually impossible to open an existing image from another application. Whether you’re sharing a file from the Safari browser, or from another app exporting to a PSD file. It shows I can open it in Publisher 2, but not in Photo 2. Which makes no sense. It’s forcing you to go into the application and go to the open section which is taking a lot of time, especially if you save the image to a photo because you have to select that you want a photo before you can even open it. They’ve made this app totally frustrating for compatibility between other applications. Maybe drag and drop works I don’t know I have over 250 applications and so they’re in different folders and it’s not very convenient to do that. I’m posting this review here because I could not find any way to contact support from within the app.

HisWorkmanship, Mar 04, 2023

M1 Ipad App crashes when selecting "merge down"

I’m using Photo to draw my vector graphics; I think the app is fantastic the way i use it for drawing high DPI clip art. I noticed today that i couldn’t merge a layer down to the one below. As soon as i tried to the app would crash freezing the whole interface. Happened on an M1 12.9 in AP2. Thanks for a great app and for fixing this issue. I can’t wait til you create a bitmap trace tool inside of Designer so i can make my vectors in one place. I won’t have to head over to Inkscape. Keep crushing it over there at Serif! I love the Affinity2 suite

justinrain, Feb 26, 2023

The main reason I got an iPad

I’ve been using affinity photo since the original version years ago. It is a fantastic photoshop alternative, especially without a subscription plan. I’ve used it on windows tablets, but the interface was always made for a mouse, and not set up for a stylus. I tried a friends iPad, and even though he didn’t have a pencil, editing with fingers alone on the iPad is such a smoother experience on the iPad than on windows. It won me over. Even though I was never an Apple fan by any means, I edit enough to make the switch worth it.Only problem I’ve encountered is the sharpening creates strong black lines and artifacts in the iPad version that never show up in the windows version.

Luke GPhoto, Sep 13, 2023

2.0.4 Improvements on the surface, More problems below the curtains

Even after the 2.0.4 update, the app still does not recognize automatic lens profile for my tamron 24-70 f2.8 from the develop module. Non destructive raw which is the most enticing feature crashes a lot, and i wish to return to work on the file the app stops working. When i compare working on both versions, the 1st version does not crash compared to the 2nd version. Filters on the 2nd version sometimes are reset for a reason i m still trying to figure. I cancelled all of the apple pencil shortcut for that. Panorama stitching work less on the 2nd version than on the 1sr as if the latter is smarter. The 2nd version also crashes more often when working on hdr and when wishing to return to develop module. I really wish these problems would be fixed soon because i really love this app and the changes are welcomed in my opinion. However, with that much of crashes and bugs, this version is unproductive

mhamadhaifa, Jan 31, 2023

Not bad, but not great…

Overall it’s a moderately decent knockoff photoshop. Major bonus is no monthly subscription fee. Most of the content you’ll see online is for the v1 iPad app, so it will take some time finding where all necessary tools are. My biggest complaint, above all else… you cannot see the outline of the brush when you’re using a brush or eraser. This makes everything kind of a gamble if you’ll erase too much or too little. That is a VERY basic feature that appears in every other raster or vector editor I’ve ever seen. Without this, workflow is severely hindered. I’ve searched everywhere for a solution, but there isn’t one. They just left it out for some reason. People have been asking for this feature on the forums for over two years, even for the original affinity photo. Why this wouldn’t be added makes zero sense to me. As a result, I find myself having to rely on photoshop and procreate for important projects much more than Affinity Photo.

RySkream, Jun 20, 2023

Latest Version FIXED

I bought this app around November 2022 and at first really enjoyed it. However, when I started doing more things on it (more specifically, editing RAW photos from my iPhone) it turned out that it was very unstable and would oftentimes crash when doing the most basic things like adjusting color temperature. I stopped using the app because of the issues and waited for an update. IT FINALLY CAME! The latest version of the app has fixed all of the issues I was having and I can happily say that it continues to be my favorite photo editing app on iPad!!

Sendeky, Jan 28, 2023

Description

**Try for free for 30 days, no sign-up required** Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription. The next generation of the iPad App of the Year, Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editing app. Wielding tons of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements, and a completely redesigned UI, it has everything you need to edit and retouch images, create multi-layered compositions, beautiful raster paintings and so much more, wherever you are.

OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD • Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons for a more familiar, touch-focused experience • Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow • iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents. • Sensitive to pressure, tilt and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil • Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers • Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands • Full iCloud drive integration allows for seamless file management, storage, and sharing • External display support with separate configuration options POWERFUL NEW TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY • Non-destructive RAW development of linked/embedded RAW images • Non-destructive Live Mesh Warp filter • Luminosity, hue range and band pass live masks • Compound masks • Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object • Normals adjustment for editing normal maps from material and texturing workflows • JPEG XL file import and export PERFORMANCE & POWER • Massive image support (100+ Megapixels) • Pan and zoom at maximum refresh rate • Open, edit and save Photoshop® PSD files • RGB, CMYK, Greyscale and LAB color spaces • Full 16-bit and linear unbounded 32-bit per channel editing • Work with all standard formats like PNG, TIFF, JPG, JPEG XL, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR and PDF UNSURPASSED PRODUCTIVITY • Full support for unlimited layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers and masks • Edit live filters, adjustments, effects, blend modes and masks non-destructively • Savable history with alternate futures • Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu • Isolate, edit, and duplicate spare channels with a simple touch • Link layers to edit simultaneously PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING • Open RAW and in a dedicated 16-bit development workspace • Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights and much more • Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette and noise reduction • Paint areas or use fully customizable 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 & CORRECTION TOOLS • Intuitive selection brush and refinement makes selections simple, even down to strands of hair • Dodge, burn, clone, patch, blemish, red eye and advanced inpainting for retouching • Smooth and retouch skin with built-in frequency separation • 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 FAST, CUSTOMIZABLE EFFECTS • Massive collection of effects available, including blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows, lighting, and many more • Swipeable 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’ve been applied • Path text capabilities • Path text capabilities