Description:
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AFFINITY Features [affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/]
Power, performance and compatibility:
* Optimized for:* Direct3D
* 64-bit engine
* Hardware GPU acceleration (OpenCL) for integrated, discrete and external GPUs
* Create massive gigapixel-sized documents
* 16-bits per channel editing
* Sub-pixel accuracy
* 64-bit plug-in support
* Photoshop plugin support (includes DxO Nik Collection 2 plugins)
* Embedded Photoshop PSD Smart Objects retain editability
* Up to date Tablet support
* Multi-touch support
* Surface Studio with Surface Pen and Surface Dial support
* End-to-end EXIF preservation
* Benchmark testing
Raw development:
* SerifLabs Raw Engine
* GPU-accelerated raw development
* Remove automatic tone curve and apply your own
* Automatic (and manual) lens correction and noise reduction
* Develop assistant for setting default tone, lens correction, noise reduction, and exposure control behavior
* Dedicated tones, lens, noise reduction and sharpening panels
* Support for the latest cameras
* Split view with syncing
* Solid and gradient overlays for restricting adjustments
* Show clipped highlights, shadows, and tones (in output color space)
* Hot pixel removal (SerifLabs RAW Engine only)
* Update to supported Raw Camera list (SerifLabs RAW Engine)
* Apple ProRAW DNG support (iPhone12 Pro)
Professional color support:
* CMYK, Lab, Grayscale and RGB color modes
* Color panel (RGB, HSL, LAB, CMYK, Grayscale)
* Swatches panel
* Generate palette from image
* Global colors
* Color tints
* Color Picker Tool (color mode aware, pick from anywhere on screen, color averaging, layer selection)
* Color Replacement Brush
* Paint Mixer Brush
* Gradient tool (Linear, Elliptical, Radial, Conical, Bitmap)
* Professional color support
* Spot colors and overprint
* PANTONE® color support
* ICC color profiling
* Import Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) color palettes (including spot colors)
* Drag-and-drop colors from Chroma app (SoftPress)
Solid photo-editing power:
* Sizing and transforming:* Resize images and canvas
* Crop to original/custom ratios, absolute dimensions or print sizes
* Straighten photos
* Mesh Warp Tool
* Non-destructive perspective filter
* Liquify tools in dedicated Persona workspace
* Pixel art resizing
* Channels:* View and isolate color channels
* Work on channels for document, layer, adjustment, filter, selection or mask
* Save pixel selections as spare channels
* Isolate and edit spare channels as layers
* Duplicate spare channel for backup
* HDR/32-bit* Merge bracketed exposures together to create 32-bit images
* Unique Persona for Advanced Tone Mapping
* Edit effortlessly in 32-bit unbounded color format
* Maintain a true 32-bit lossless workflow and preview full tonal range
* Multichannel OpenEXR and Radiance import and export
* Full OpenColorIO Integration
* Color managed workflow: choose between display transform, linear light and OpenColorIO transforms
* HDR and EDR display support (for 32-bit unbounded HDR documents)
* Panorama Persona for powerful auto-stitched panoramas
* Live projections (equirectangular and perspective)
* Stacking* For noise reduction
* For exposure merging
* For moving object removal
* Auto-alignment
* Non-destructive behavior
* Focus merging with source cloning
* Selection tools:* Shaped selections
* Elliptical Marquee Tool draws from center
* Intelligent Selection Brush Tool
* Freehand Selection Tool with Polygonal and Magnetic modes
* Refine selections to capture fine detail
* Store and save selections
* Quick masks
* Comprehensive metadata editing
Powerful layer management:
* Drag-and-drop layers
* Non-destructive adjustment layers with clipping previews
* Precise node control in Curves adjustment
* Shareable LUTs
* Non-destructive Live Filter layers with 'live' before/after split views
* Non-destructive Live Liquify filter layers
* More filters work on masks, adjustments and spare channels
* Apply adjustments, filters and blend modes at the stack, layer, group, selection or object level
* Use global colours in Gradient Map adjustments
* Fill layers
* Linking layers
* Pattern layers
* High-quality layer effects
* Layer effects work with global colors
* Clipping within layers
* Blend modes
* Blend modes work on 'alpha only' layers (masks, adjustments, live filters)
* Divide blend mode
* Blend ranges (linear and non-linear) and blend gamma control
* Per-object hierarchical antialiasing
* Lock child layer positions
* Layer masks (brush-based and gradient)
* Colored layer entry tagging for easy identification
* Image control:* Place images on dedicated layers
* Resampling: Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear, Bicubic and Lanczos 3 pixel scaling
External resource management
* Linked resources
* Set embedded/linked resource policy on new document creation
* Resource Manager
* Collect linked resources for project portability
Brushes:
* Painting:* High-quality brush galleries
* Change brush size, hardness, and opacity on the fly
* Undo Brush with 'paintback' to saved snapshot
* Import/export brushes, including ABR file import
* Custom brushes (including image-based brushes)
* Create image brushes from any pixel selection
* Create intensity brushes from any mask's pixel selection
* Assign tools to brushes selectively
* Optimized for graphics tablets
* Multi-controller support including pressure and velocity
* Controller-specific brush dynamics
* Customizable controller ramps
* Wet Edges support with customizable ramps
* Sub-brushes (combined brushes)
* Brush symmetry and mirroring
* Choice of brush and nozzle controllers/ramps
* Stroke stabilization for smooth strokes
* Nozzle rotation using left and right arrow keys
* Retouching:* Retouching tools:* Red-eye removal
* Inpainting for object removal
* Clone Brush/Healing Brush
* Blemish Removal/Patching
* Retouching brushes:* Dodge, Burn and Sponge brushes
* Blur, Sharpen, Median and Smudge brushes
Macros and batch processing:
* Record and save actions as macros
* Edit individual recorded steps and their parameters
* Customize macro settings post recording
* Import, export, and maintain a macro library
* Run batch jobs for bulk processing and conversion of images
* Apply macros in batch jobs for a seamless custom workflow
Supporting vector design tools and concepts:
* Precise Pen tool
* Precision straight line length and rotation angle via Transform panel
* Intuitive Move tool (moves, scales and transforms)
* Rotate from movable origin
* Customizable nudge distances
* Node tool for fine tuning vectors
* Customizable geometric shapes
* Full range of non-destructive Boolean geometry operations
* Duplicate and transform objects with precision
* Add noise to fills and strokes as a solid or graduated attribute
* Customizable stroke styles
* Styles presets with import/export
* Artistic and frame text
* Text on a path
* Character and Paragraph panels
* Advanced typography including ligatures* Flowing text
* Spellchecking
* OpenType font features
* Convert shapes and text to fully editable curves
* Save and synchronize defaults
* Expressions
User interface:
* Persona task-orientated workspaces
* Customizable tabbed workspace
* High DPI (retina) support
* Multiple document views
* Docked or floating panels
* Comprehensive keyboard shortcuts and modifiers
* Customizable keyboard shortcuts
* Customizable toolbars
* Saveable Studio panel presets
Design Aids:
* Rotate document view
* Rotate document view (canvas) with mouse scroll wheel
* Incredible zoom range
* Intuitive panning
* Saveable zoom viewpoints
* Powerful snapping control
* Snap to pixel selection bounds
* Dynamic snapping guides
* Pixel-accurate alignment for web graphics and website mockups
* Managers for Brushes, Grids, Snapping and other operations
* Automatic, fixed and projection grids
* Context toolbar and hintline
* Fluid document History
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