Affinity Photo 2 - App

• Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool • Show or hide special characters • Crop Tool improvements - Now initializes to current pixel selection (crop to selection) - Remembers the last setting globally - Resize by dragging anywhere on bounding box edges (rather than just handles) - Escape resets current crop - Cmd and Shift modifiers added to constrain resize (in unconstrained mode) - When rotating/straightening, Crop Tool automatically adjusts box to fit opaque area • Auto-clean option added to Paint Mixer Brush context options • Brush Panel improvements - Option to show brush names in panel - Option-drag now duplicates a brush - Panel always highlights current raster brush; if you have changed brush, highlight switches from blue to red - Option to auto-scroll panel to the category and brush currently associated with the selected tool • WebP and JPEG XL now available in batch export • Place Tool now available as customization option (View->Customize tools…) • Measure and Area tools now available (Find in View->Customize tools…) • Context toolbar options now included in Zoom Tool in Develop Persona • Balance dashed lines for better results in corners • Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain) • New ‘Clear Arrowhead’ button added to Stroke Flyout • Assign shortcuts to blend modes • Guides improvements - Delta (difference from current position) is now shown in readout when you drag to move guides - Holding Shift when dragging now snaps to ruler units - Shift-Option when dragging now snaps the delta based on ruler units - Option-drag to create a copy of a guide - Dragging a new guide from rulers automatically turns guide visibility on - Option-click guide to delete - Double-click guide to open guide settings • New search bar added to ‘My Add-ons’ in your account • Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools • ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R) • Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option • Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option • ‘Close All’ added to File menu • Asset Panel re-ordering improvements – you can now drag to re-order subcategories and also collapse/expand all from burger menu • After renaming a layer in the Layers Panel, you can now use Tab to shift focus to rename the next layer or Shift-Tab for previous layer • ‘Mask to below’ added to Layer Shortcuts menu, allowing shortcut to be assigned if desired • Drag/Drop bitmap fill from assets, stock or files anywhere on Color Panel to create texture fill

**Try for free for 30 days, no sign-up required** Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription. The first choice of millions of creative professionals around the world, the award-winning Affinity Photo set a new standard for quality and value in the world of image editing. The ultra-powerful Affinity Photo 2 takes the experience to a whole new level, thanks to the addition of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements, and a completely redesigned UI for an improved workflow. REFINED & REDESIGNED WITH POWERFUL NEW FEATURES • Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons • Completely revamped Layers Panel • Non-destructive RAW develop • Luminosity, hue range and band pass live masks • Compound masks • Non-destructive Live Mesh Warp filter • Smart layer states to experiment with design options and versions • Drag / drop bitmap texture fills • JPEG XL file import and export • Force scale everything • Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE • Massive image support (100+ Megapixels) • Pan and zoom at maximum refresh rate, with ProMotion support on latest Apple displays • 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 undo history • Record and play macros • Isolate, edit, and duplicate spare channels with a simple click • Savable workspace presets for multiple UI layouts • PDF passthrough, import, edit and export • Link layers to edit simultaneously PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING • Open RAW and other images in a 16-bit development workspace • Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights and more • Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette, 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 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 and non-destructive filter version 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 • Combine multiple brushes together and paint in a single stroke • Full support for Wacom and other graphics tablets, including pressure, tilt, and shortcut buttons • Real-time preview of your brush nozzle FAST, CUSTOMIZABLE EFFECTS • Massive collection of effects available, including blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows, lighting, and many more • Apply effects non-destructively with live effect layers • Path text capabilities • Add and edit pattern layers non-destructively • Add and edit pattern layers non-destructively