While it might be a pain to add another monthly bill to the pile, you do have the advantage of always using the latest version of the software, which includes all new features and upgrades. If this doesn’t float your boat, then we do list some alternative software options a little later in this article. This means you can’t pick up boxed copies for a one-off fee anymore.

How much does Adobe Illustrator cost?Īdobe switched to a subscription-only model for its software a while back. You’ll need to create or sign into a free Adobe account to be able to use the software, but once that’s set up, you’ll be good to go. And if you're more of a desktop editor sort of person, don't forget to check out our review of Affinity Photo 1.5.2 posted this week!įull Review: Affinity Photo 1.5.To give the suite a spin, go to the Adobe Illustrator page (here’s the UK page) and select the Free Trial option. Learn more about Affinity Photo for iPad by clicking here. This represents a big step in that direction. And if you ever receive images, or even PSD files, via email, you can now open and edit that file – with all layers intact – by simply dragging it in.Īffinity Photo made a big splash with their iPad release, calling it 'the first full blown, truly professional photo editing tool to make its way onto the Apple tablet.' As Serif builds more and more functionality into the app, they're hoping to close the gap between mobile and desktop editing. This is tremendously useful when working with HDR merge, image stacking and panoramas and will provide an instant boost to your workflow. Thanks to iOS 11’s new Files app you can now drag and drop multiple images straight into Affinity Photo for iPad and start editing. Here's the description direct from Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo: What's more, you can drag multiple files in at once for HDR merging, panorama creation, and focus stacking. No need to get the image onto your iPad in some other, more convoluted way-as long as it's accessible from your Files app (read: in a cloud-connected folder on your Apple computer) you can drag it into the app.

Now, if you want to edit a photograph in the Affinity Photo app, all you have to do is drag it from the files app into Affinity. And popular photo editor Affinity Photo has already updated its iPad app to take advantage of this really handy feature. One of the useful features added to the iPad with the update to iOS 11 this week was drag-and-drop between the operating system's 'Files' app and other applications on the tablet.

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