Affinity Photo 2 for iPad2.6.4 - App Store

The next generation of the iPad App of the Year, Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editor used by photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and other creators around the world. Wielding tons of incredible new features, hundreds of enhancements and a completely redesigned UI, the award-winning photo editing app has everything you need to edit images, retouch photos, create multi-layered art, beautiful raster paintings, designs, and so much more - no matter where you are.

OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD
. Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow
. iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents
. Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil
. Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers
. Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands
. Full iCloud drive integration for seamless file management, storage, and sharing
. External display support with separate configuration options

POWERFUL TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY
. Non-destructive RAW development of linked/embedded RAW images
. Non-destructive Live Mesh Warp filter and other live effect layers
. Luminosity, hue range, and band pass live masks
. Compound masks
. Multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per object
. Normals adjustment for editing normal maps from material and texturing workflows
. JPEG XL file import and export
. OCIO v2 support - particularly useful for video editors, VFX, film, and 3D artists

PERFORMANCE & POWER
. Massive image support (100+ Megapixels)
. Pan and zoom at maximum refresh rate
. Open, edit, and save Adobe Photoshop (R) PSD/PSB files
. RGB, CMYK, Greyscale and LAB color spaces
. Full 16-bit and linear unbounded 32-bit per channel editing
. Work with all standard formats like PNG, TIFF, JPG, JPEG XL, GIF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR, and PDF

UNSURPASSED PRODUCTIVITY
. Full support for unlimited layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, filter layers, and masks
. Edit live filters, adjustments, effects, blend modes, and masks non-destructively
. Remove objects or erase backgrounds with magic eraser tool, blur photos, add filters for pictures, cut, crop, and more with ease
. Savable history with alternate futures
. Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu
. Isolate, edit, and duplicate spare channels with a simple touch
. Link layers to edit simultaneously
. Stitch picture-perfect panoramas on location

PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING
. Open RAW in a dedicated 16-bit development workspace and edit straight from your camera
. Adjust exposure, blackpoint, clarity, vibrance, white balance, shadows, highlights, etc.
. Advanced lens corrections including chromatic aberration, defringe, vignette, and noise reduction
. Paint areas or use fully customizable gradients to mask adjustments
. View histograms, blown highlights, shadows, and tones as well as detailed EXIF information
. Focus Merge, HDR Merge, and Tone Mapping for advanced image processing

QUALITY RETOUCHING & CORRECTION TOOLS
. Intuitive selection brush and refinement for precise selections like strands of hair
. Dodge, burn, clone, patch, blemish, red eye, advanced inpainting, and object removal
. Smooth and retouch skin with built-in frequency separation
. Dedicated Liquify persona gives freehand control over warps, twirls, pinch, punch, and turbulence

ADVANCED BRUSH ENGINE
. Huge library of painting, drawing, textures, and professional DAUB(R) Brushes included
. Create custom brushes and nozzles with full control over advanced dynamics

FAST, CUSTOMIZABLE EFFECTS
. Massive collection of effects available, including blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows, lighting, and many more
. Swipe-able split or mirrored screen always available for before and after views
. Path text capabilities

Version History - Bug fixes and stability improvements.
More info in the 'News and Information' section of the Support Forums,
access forums via the Help menu. 2.6.4 09/23/2025 - Bug fixes and stability improvements.
More info in the 'News and Information' section of the Support Forums,
access forums via the Help menu. 2.6.3 05/14/2025 Free for all V2 customers, 2.6 brings some very exciting updates to Affinity Photo, including our very first Machine Learning features.
• Select Subject – this new Machine Learning feature analyses your image and selects what it considers to be the main subject of the scene
• Object Selection – speed up your editing process by using this new Machine Learning tool that automatically selects objects of your choosing in an image
• Updated Camera SerifLabs RAW Support – the SerifLabs RAW engine has now been updated to include additional RAW formats
• Updated Lens Correction – new cameras and lenses are now recognized by the Lens Recognition database
• Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well
• Many more improvements and bug fixes
Please note: The Machine Learning features are optional and require downloading of the relevant models to work. It’s installed as a pre-trained model and doesn’t use any of your own data for further training / none of your data leaves your device at any time. 2.6.2 04/02/2025 Free for all V2 customers, 2.6 brings some very exciting updates to Affinity Photo, including our very first Machine Learning features.
• Select Subject – this new Machine Learning feature analyses your image and selects what it considers to be the main subject of the scene
• Object Selection – speed up your editing process by using this new Machine Learning tool that automatically selects objects of your choosing in an image
• Updated Camera SerifLabs RAW Support – the SerifLabs RAW engine has now been updated to include additional RAW formats
• Updated Lens Correction – new cameras and lenses are now recognized by the Lens Recognition database
• Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well
• Many more improvements and bug fixes
Please note: The Machine Learning features are optional and require downloading of the relevant models to work. It’s installed as a pre-trained model and doesn’t use any of your own data for further training / none of your data leaves your device at any time. 2.6.1 02/27/2025 Free for all V2 customers, 2.6 brings some very exciting updates to Affinity Photo, including our very first Machine Learning features.
• Select Subject – this new Machine Learning feature analyses your image and selects what it considers to be the main subject of the scene
• Object Selection – speed up your editing process by using this new Machine Learning tool that automatically selects objects of your choosing in an image
• Updated Camera SerifLabs RAW Support – the SerifLabs RAW engine has now been updated to include additional RAW formats
• Updated Lens Correction – new cameras and lenses are now recognized by the Lens Recognition database
• Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well
• Many more improvements and bug fixes
Please note: The Machine Learning features are optional and require downloading of the relevant models to work. It’s installed as a pre-trained model and doesn’t use any of your own data for further training / none of your data leaves your device at any time. 2.6.0 02/19/2025 Bug fixes and stability improvements, including fixes for iPadOS 18.
For more information, please see the announcement on the Affinity forum. 2.5.7 12/11/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements, including fixes for iPadOS 18.
For more information, please see the announcement on the Affinity forum. 2.5.6 11/27/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.5 09/02/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.4 07/16/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.3 06/24/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements to 2.5.

Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Photo is sure to improve your workflow. Here’s what’s new:

• Variable font support – allows you to work with fonts that provide fine-grained control of aspects of their appearance
• QR Code Tool – makes it easy to add QR codes to documents, which can be scanned to perform actions such as visiting a web page of your choice
• New cameras added to LibRAW, including FujiFilm X100VI, Leica SL3, Pentax KF (Ricoh), Samsung Galaxy S23+, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Sony ILCE-9M3 (A9 III) [improved]
• Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.5.2 06/04/2024 2.5 is live! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Photo is sure to improve your workflow. Here’s what’s new:

• Variable font support – allows you to work with fonts that provide fine-grained control of aspects of their appearance
• QR Code Tool – makes it easy to add QR codes to documents, which can be scanned to perform actions such as visiting a web page of your choice
• New cameras added to LibRAW, including FujiFilm X100VI, Leica SL3, Pentax KF (Ricoh), Samsung Galaxy S23+, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Sony ILCE-9M3 (A9 III) [improved]
• Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.5 05/23/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.4.2 04/08/2024 Compatibility and stability improvements. 2.4.1 03/26/2024 2.4 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Photo brings some key new features and improvements, including:

• Improved SerifLabs RAW processing and support for 50+ new camera models
• Set selection box – choose default selection box from the ‘cycle selection box’ choices
• Double-tap an object while in Node Tool to switch to the Move Tool
• Ability to lock ‘Behind’, ‘Inside’ and ‘On Top’ insertion targets
• Spacebar modifier allows you to toggle ‘Lock Children’ behavior on/off while moving an object
• Space Horizontal / Vertical now considers key object – using even space distribution on a multiple selection will now behave differently if you have a key object nominated
• Size / Rotate objects to same – three new choices have been added in Alignment Options to make all items in your current selection adopt the same width, height or rotation
• 32-bit HDR PNG support added
• Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.4 02/28/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.3.1 01/08/2024 Affinity Photo 2.3 introduces some great new capabilities and improvements, including:

• Spiral Tool – embellish your designs with different types of spirals, including Linear, Decaying, Semi-circular, Fibonacci, and Plotted
• Pixel grid – expose a pixel grid when editing zoomed-in images to help you visualize its pixels
• Create and place password-protected PDFs
• Ability to change Asset Panel background color
• Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.3.0 11/30/2023 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.2.1 10/19/2023 Always evolving, always improving – Affinity Photo 2.2 includes many new features, fixes, and improvements. Here’s what’s new in the award-winning app’s latest free update:

• OCIO v2 config file support added
• Additional keyboard shortcuts for pixel brush tools, including:
-Shift + number key changes flow percentage
-Shift + square brackets now changes hardness in 10% increments
-Number key in Paint Mixer and Smudge Brush now adjusts strength percentage
• Guides can now be changed to any color
• Long press tool shortcuts – holding onto any tool shortcut will now just put you in that tool temporarily until you release, at which point you will return to your previous tool
• Decimal place accuracy preferences
• ‘Prefer to keep selection’ preference 2.2.0 09/19/2023 [Fixed] - PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF.
[Fixed] - Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts.Help updates.
[Fixed] - Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build.
[Fixed] - Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

Help updates. 2.1.1 06/20/2023 • Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool
• Show or hide special characters
• Crop Tool improvements
- Now initializes to current pixel selection (crop to selection)
- Remembers the last setting globally
- Resize by dragging anywhere on bounding box edges (rather than just handles)
- Escape resets current crop
- Cmd and Shift modifiers added to constrain resize (in unconstrained mode)
- When rotating/straightening, Crop Tool automatically adjusts box to fit opaque area
• Auto-clean option added to Paint Mixer Brush context options
• Brush Panel improvements
- Option to show brush names in panel
- Option-drag now duplicates a brush
- Panel always highlights current raster brush; if you have changed brush, highlight switches from blue to red
- Option to auto-scroll panel to the category and brush currently associated with the selected tool
• WebP and JPEG XL now available in batch export
• Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain)
• ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R)
• Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option
• Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option
• New left-swipe options on Layers Panel
- Change compound type
- Lock/Unlock
- Added ‘rename…’ option
• Blend mode and opacity now available at top of Layers Panel to avoid needing to dig into More menu
• Redesigned Edit menu now includes icons for insertion targets and isometric options
• ‘Add from Photos’ now uses iPadOS photo app browser
• ‘Show in Files’ available from Live Document burger menu – this will take you to the location of the file in question
• Style Picker Tool (nested within the Color Picker) – quickly copy style attributes from one object to another
• Various new keyboard shortcut options added, including zoom options (e.g., Cmd+0 for zoom to fit), show guides and grids, select next, previous, top and bottom (you can edit shortcuts from within Settings)
• Pencil double-tap can now be configured to open quick menu in Settings
• Long press a geometry operation (add, subtract, divide, etc.) to create a live compound
• Advanced PDF import options (e.g., to control text grouping, DPI, etc.)
• Main view rulers now available (from view menu – rulers)
• Balance dashed lines for better results in corners
• New ‘Clear Arrowhead’ button added to Stroke Flyout
• Assign shortcuts to blend modes
• Guides improvements
- Delta (difference from current position) is now shown in readout when you drag to move guides
- Holding Shift when dragging now snaps to ruler units
- Shift-Option when dragging now snaps the delta based on ruler units
- Option-drag to create a copy of a guide
- Dragging a new guide from rulers automatically turns guide visibility on
- Option-click guide to delete
- Double-click guide to open guide settings
• New search bar added to ‘My Add-ons’ in your account
• Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools
• Choose to hide layer type icon from Layer burger menu
• Reset view rotation in navigator with double-tap 2.1 05/18/2023 - Develop Persona: Enabling White Balance on non RAW files crashes Affinity Photo or was not functioning correctly.
- Fixed sliders allowing values over 100% when it doesn’t make sense (e.g. opacity)
- Fixed Register your licence prompt appearing on every run up
- Can reset stroke pressure easily again (using long press or tap)
- Tint value in CR3 files very different between since 1.10.x
- Improved timezone handling in Metadata panel
- Fixed only non-Affinity LUT files being offered for import via the new batch Import Content feature
- Added tab/enter support to sign-in fields during license flow
- Fixed non-ASCII characters not being accepted in license usernames
- Fix New Document sometimes showing Letter* instead of A4
- Saving files may reduce file size in some circumstances
- Some image resources are being replaced by others from the same document when copy/paste was used to insert them.
- Assorted stability fixes
- Help and Localisation updates.
- Assorted other Licensing and Registration improvements 2.0.4 01/27/2023 - Trash added bottom left for quick delete (command controller toggle now moved to burger menu)
- Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside
- New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable
- Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances
- Update for HEIF importer
- Export Panel UI fixes
- Pen tool tweaks and fixes
- Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect
- Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
- OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
- Resource Manager updates
- Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files
- Fixed crash on Replace Image
- Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images
- Command Controller positioning improvements
- Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed
- Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
- Status bar layout / clipping fixes
- Document grid fixes
- Context menu fixes
- Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover
- Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas
- Fixed XMP sidecar import
- Fixed exclusion blend mode in 16bit RGB
- Fixed outline later effect
- RAW loading speed improvements
- Assorted assets panel fixes
- Assorted other fixes
- Localisation updates 2.0.3 12/19/2022 • Refined and redesigned UI
• Non-destructive RAW develop – develop RAW files non-destructively and choose to embed into a document file or link externally
• Live masks – build useful, non-destructive workflows by masking layers with parametric controls such as Hue Range (colors), Luminosity (intensity), and Band-Pass (frequency)
• Live Mesh Warp – apply a non-destructive warp to distort an image or file to match the surface of an underlying template, and go back to edit whenever you like
• Compound masks – easily combine multiple mask layers together non-destructively using add, intersect, subtract and XOR operations
• Brush engine improvements
• Normals Adjustment – adjust lighting information baked into existing normal maps
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Show pixel grid for improved editing accuracy
• JPEG XL import/export
• Force scale everything
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar 2.0.2 11/18/2022 • Refined and redesigned UI
• Non-destructive RAW develop – develop RAW files non-destructively and choose to embed into a document file or link externally
• Live masks – build useful, non-destructive workflows by masking layers with parametric controls such as Hue Range (colors), Luminosity (intensity), and Band-Pass (frequency)
• Live Mesh Warp – apply a non-destructive warp to distort an image or file to match the surface of an underlying template, and go back to edit whenever you like
• Compound masks – easily combine multiple mask layers together non-destructively using add, intersect, subtract and XOR operations
• Brush engine improvements
• Normals Adjustment – adjust lighting information baked into existing normal maps
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Show pixel grid for improved editing accuracy
• JPEG XL import/export
• Force scale everything
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar 2.0.1 11/09/2022