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Enhance your photography with this easy-to-use photo editor

Sharpen your images – and your memories – with Affinity Photo, the most user-friendly photo-editing software

5 mins read time  |  Written by Kayleigh Giles

Whether you’re trying to capture the perfect sunset, extraordinary wildlife moments or a verdant panoramic shot worthy of a spot above the mantlepiece, you can capture your greatest images yet with Affinity Photo.

As perfect for beginners as it is professionals, this fast and powerful photo-editing software makes it easier than ever to bring your stunning photos to life. While many programmes of its kind expect you to pay a monthly subscription, Affinity Photo is available for a one-off purchase price and is the only photo editor that’s fully featured on Windows PC, Mac and even your iPad.

Read on to discover just some of the ways this innovative software can help elevate your photography...

Flawless retouching

Ever taken a photo you’re proud of, only to realise, upon later inspection, it wasn’t quite the masterpiece you thought it was? With Affinity Photo, your images can reach their full potential thank to its clever set of retouching tools and dedicated features. Remove unwanted objects with the magical inpainting brush or correct colour casts, enhance infrared imagery and augment live filters with its new divide blend mode.

Perfect panorama

From rugged coastal views that comprise jagged clifftops and azure seas, to beautiful rolling hills that resemble the most intricate patchwork blanket, sometimes only a panoramic shot can do your landscape justice. Of course, sometimes incoherent lighting or a wobbly hand can make taking a wide-shot snap a little tricky – but not when you’ve got Affinity Photo’s advanced stitching algorithm. Its automatic image alignment feature means you can seamlessly merge several shots to create the ultimate panorama, while full perspective corrections ensure your image looks as coherent as it would if you’d just taken the one shot.

Focus merge

Alternatively, you may lean more towards macro photography – capturing close-up shots of smaller subjects, such as insects or flowers. While this can be one of the most rewarding types of photography, it isn’t the easiest. The good news is, Affinity Photo’s Focus Merge feature allows you to expertly merge multiple images taken at different focal distances, so you can achieve more detailed results. It also takes care of the alignment and completes a deep analysis to determine the best areas of each image to use.

Refined selections

If you like to get a little more artsy with your shots, you’ll love Affinity Photo’s innovative refinement settings. With functions that include a selection brush and magic wand, marquee and lasso tools and more, you can cut out objects, create masks or selectively apply adjustments. You can even get as detailed as individual strands of hair or blades of grass with ease.