The Serif Lavs studio announced last week that the major overhaul of its Affinity creative suite is available today in version 2.0.
With a completely redesigned user interface and hundreds of performance and workflow improvements, Affinity 2.0 claims to be “everything you want in a creative suite”. And the height of happiness for graphic designers, there is no economic model by subscription, but a single purchase for all platforms Mac, PC and iPad.
Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2
Serif Labs So launches the Affinity redesign today for desktop and iPad, with classic pricing for home and business. Indeed, the publisher offers universal packs of Affinity applications for desktop and iPad at a single price, while selling them individually.
For a limited time, Affinity is 40% off to celebrate the launch of V2. The price of the desktop and iPad bundle is therefore €119.99 (normally €199.99).
Affinity V2 desktop apps are priced at €84.99 per unit, but €48.99 at launch. And the iPad V2 applications are sold for €23.99 and €14.99 at launch.
The first choice of millions of creative professionals around the world, Affinity Photo has set a new standard for quality and value in the world of image editing.
Ultra-powerful, Affinity Photo 2 takes the experience to a whole new level, with the addition of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements and a completely redesigned UI for an improved workflow.
Here are the main new features of Affinity 2.
Affinity Designer 2
- Nondestructive Vector Warp Editing
- Shape builder
- Knife Tool
- Measure tool/area tool
- X-ray view
- DXF/DWG import
Affinity Photo 2
- Non-destructive RAW development
- Live masks with hue range, bandwidth, brightness
- Compound masks
- Live Mesh Deformation
- Brush engine improvements
Affinity Publisher 2
- Now available for iPad as well as desktop
- Books with footnotes, endnotes, and sidenotes
- Automatic place feed
- Changing the Visibility of Linked File Layers
- Style selection tool
Desktop apps now have new/recent documents functionality, revamped layers panel, new box color wheel, and more.
The apps for iPad feature almost all the PC upgrades, plus a new quick menu, command controller, compact mode, all-new context bar, new sliders, and more.
Watch the video below which highlights some of the biggest changes:
This is a serious competitor to Pixelmator and Photoshop.
Download the free app Affinity Photo 2 on Mac
Download the free app Affinity Photo 2 for iPad