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Affinity Photo is a professional photo editor available as a one-time purchase for Mac, Windows, and iPad, offering a Photoshop alternative without subscriptions.

Pricing

$70 one-time

Founded

1987

Team size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Nottingham, United Kingdom

At a glance

Pricing model

Free

Try before you buy

Integrates with

PSD import/exportCanva (premium plans).Af Format For Collaboration

About Affinity Photo

Affinity Photo by Canva (formerly Serif) is a professional raster image editor that provides advanced photo editing, retouching, and compositing tools as a one-time purchase with no subscription required.

Key capabilities include full RAW processing, non-destructive editing with adjustment layers, HDR merge, focus stacking, panorama stitching, frequency separation, and batch processing. It handles files with unlimited layers and supports PSD import/export for Adobe compatibility.

Affinity Photo differentiates itself through its pricing model (one-time purchase around $70) and performance on large files. It is the first professional photo editor with full file format compatibility across Mac, Windows, and iPad using the same file format.

It is part of the Affinity suite alongside Affinity Designer (vector graphics) and Affinity Publisher (page layout), all available as one-time purchases.

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Affinity Photo banner

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Pricing model: Free

Free trial: No

Free plan: Yes

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