You can’t have multiple floating windows open though: click on another tool and the parameters you previously selected are replaced by the new ones.Īlthough this saves you from a proliferation of endless popup windows, it would be good to have access to multiple tools in one go, rather than having to constantly click on thumbnails to reveal them. In order to apply the change, you must click on a thumbnail, which reveals the values you can alter in a floating window, and depending on the thumbnail you clicked on, applies some changes automatically as well. Your tools are still there, but rather than seeing any sliders or changeable parameters, you’re presented with multiple thumbnails of your current photo. Last time we explored Affinity Photo, they were all presented in a long scrollable list on the right. More annoying though was the Studio itself. It can sometimes be frustrating when you need to access parameters from the Studio, as a pop-up window appears (Image credit: Serif) Going back to software that still has pretty coloured icons felt odd to us. Many competitors have long migrated to a monochrome style, to limit any distractions to the image you’re working on, and its own colour spectrum. One minor gripe is that the toolbar is too colourful. This is actually all very reminiscent of Adobe Photoshop, and if you’re comfortable with that behemoth, it won’t take you long to feel right at home with Affinity Photo.īut it’s not all perfect (which software is?). Other tools and information about your current image file are along the top, with a detailed inspector to the right, known as the Studio, leaving the bulk of the interface to your canvas. Just like many other applications of this type, mouse over one to reveal a tooltip giving its title, and any tool with a small triangle lower right of it indicates additional yet similar tools are but a click away.

You’ll find it to the left as a series of small icons.

Nice and clean, packed with features, but with some design annoyancesĪffinity Photo’s interface is designed to be quite minimalist, while still presenting you with all the features you would need at any time.

You’ll find toolbars on the top, left and right of the interface, leaving the rest of the screen real estate for your image (Image credit: Serif)

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