There are now also frequently used and favorites lists to allow you to find frequently used lenses quickly. This has the benefit of allowing the user to select a lens if the software doesn’t pick up the lens data from the EXIF for a number of reasons. (Image credit: James Abbott)įor photographers, there have been improvements in lens corrections that now make it possible to apply corrections manually rather than having them applied automatically as was the case previously. Another important upgrade was HDR / EDR monitor support.ĭigital lens corrections are becoming increasingly important for photographers, and in Affinity Photo 1.8 it's now possible to choose correction profiles manually. Affinity Photo version 1.8 includes bug fixes and optimisation but is much more geared towards compatibility and improved functionality in certain areas.

This resulted in faster operations and is an upgrade we should see in the future for the Windows version of the software, although the Windows version was claimed to have seen a boost in performance with this update. The Affinity Photo 1.7 update was another incremental set of improvements that brought with it end-to-end Metal compute acceleration that takes advantage of Mac’s discrete GPU as well as support for multiple GPUs. The upgrade to 1.8 may not be as significant as some of the previous updates, but the updates are too numerous to list here so we’ll focus on the most significant which, on the whole, deliver welcome improvements to tools and features, as well as improved compatibility with third party file formats and plug-ins, including compatibility with the new DxO Nik Collection 2.5 (opens in new tab) plug-in suite.

Since Affinity Photo is less than five years old, each update brings with it significant upgrades that speed up processes, bring new functionality and additional fixes. (Image credit: James Abbott) (opens in new tab) Key new features Amongst its many improvements, Affinity Photo 1.8 now supports manual metadata input, including copyright information, tags and descriptions.

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