

However, we found that the adjustment tools didn’t allow us to rearrange them, nor are they arranged alphabetically. Tools can be made visible or hidden, and moved about. We liked the way that the interface layout could be customised to suit the user.

On opening Affinity, the user interface looked a little different to the previous version, but very similar to most image-processing software. Updates were prompted, downloaded and installed without issues. If you already own the older version of Affinity Photo, installing Affinity Photo 2 won’t overwrite it. The software downloaded easily, flawlessly installing on the PC and Mac computers we tried. To try out the software before buying, Serif offers a 30-day trial. There are licences for PC, Mac and iPad, plus a Universal Licence that allows the full Affinity Suite to be installed on multiple machines with different operating systems. We liked Affinity Photo 2’s one-off payment user licence model, not locking you into paying a long-term, monthly subscription.

User interface Purchasing Serif Affinity Photo 2
