Affinity Photo iPad Review 2022

[@cree8ion401]

Am looking forward to your training videos...decided to purchase Affinity Photo...your review was the final nudge I needed :)

[@CreativeGoodman]

Brilliant, glad I could help, and I hope you won't be disappointed with Affinity Photo or my training! lol, thanks for your comment

[@OpticalSenasations]

2 years later, and PS iPad is still soo freaking cobbled. I had AP v1 years ago. I discovered today my upgrade universal license still applies! AP v2 blows PS out of the water in iPad, STILL! I will be looking into Darkroom, and hopefully ditch my adobe sub. I am only a hobbyist, now. So, I have been tossing money to them for years, just to use the programs from time to time. I bought and iPad Pro M2, and photoshop on it made me so livid! Thanks for the vids, mate!

[@celticed8100]

Hi Andrew, love the videos. Wondering which ipad you would recommend for affinity work? 12.9" or 11"? Thanks

[@sandygeddry724]

Excellent video with good advise. What size iPad do you use and how much memory does it have? Does Affinity take up much space? I' ll be taking your Affinity course.

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment and kind words Sandy! I own the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 with 256gb. The AP iPad app is 1.4gb. Hope to have a course in the new year but until then hope you enjoy the many AP iPad videos on my channel :)

[@millel1986]

Thanks for the video, , just a Quick question. If I buy the Mac version, do I need to buy it again for the IPad?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Unfortunately, you need to buy it on the Mac and on the iPad Luis... I started on the iPad, then after a while bought it for the Mac... at least it's only a one-time payment each time and they do sales too in the year... next one might be Black Friday (I'm guessing) :)

[@millel1986]

@@CreativeGoodman thank you, you're doing a great job (:

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks Luis! :)

[@KINGSNCROWNS]

Thanks for sharing! What version iPad are you using?

[@CreativeGoodman]

You're welcome and I use a 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 with 256gb :)

[@romeotango5597]

This is awesome. I just bought an iPad to use for running my DnD games and was hopeful I’d be able to find an app like this. I used to use photoshop on desktop for a ton of things to include making maps for my DnD games but it’s been years since I’ve had the PC and tablet to do what I did then. Hoping this app will work for what I do with it!

[@lostdreamersc]

Please do affinity designer series

[@CreativeGoodman]

That's a possibility but it would next year if it is as there are a few other apps I'd like to do first :)

[@mainsink6385]

Can you use affinity photo for drawing like many of us do in Photoshop?

[@CreativeGoodman]

You can but personally, I'll look into Procreate on iPad for this :)

[@jm31828]

I have used Luminar AI on my Mac for the last few years, the AI enhancements are fantastic starting points for me as I’m not that skilled with photo editing, and I then just tweak from there. Would Affinity Photo be a good choice for someone in my shoes- are there plenty of templates or presets that one can use to get a good head start on editing a photo? Snd what about any sort of AI/machine learning- are there any of those options in this app? As noted I love Luminar AI, but want to move to my new Ipad for photo editing so my best choices seem to be Affinity Photo or Pixelmator Photo- but Affinity does seem to be more powerful.

[@CreativeGoodman]

I've been tempted many times to get Luminar AI on the Mac must say Josh! I really hope it comes to the iPad. As for your questions, Affinity Photo is fantastic for photo editing, and IMO is better than Pixelmator, but there's not templates or presets. It's more like Photoshop i.e. you can do great things with it and remove objects and do graphic design etc. but unlike Luminar AI Affinity Photo iPad doesn't have AI/machine learning. If you like Luminar AI I would look at Darkroom for iPad, it's like Adobe Lightroom and it has presets and its more for colour grading photos. Hope this helps Josh :)

[@scottasullivan4781]

Glad I found your channel do you think it’s worth getting as I have just bought an iPad Pro 2021 and I want to get into digital art / photos /Nft’s

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks Scott! It's definitely worth getting, although you need to have the Apple pencil too IMO, which is pricey but worth it, especially if you're looking into doing digital art / photos /Nft’s

[@scottasullivan4781]

@@CreativeGoodman to be honest I’ve just applied for a refund this app is was to complicated

[@CreativeGoodman]

initially there is a bit of a learning curve, stick with it tho :)

[@scottasullivan4781]

@@CreativeGoodman think I’m going to go with procreat

[@CreativeGoodman]

@@scottasullivan4781 Procreate is another amazing app, brilliant for drawing etc

[@StudioSam]

I would love to ditch Adobe and use Affinity photo on the iPad, but I'm hesitant to give up all the 'actions' I use and love in Photoshop. Can you get filters or presets for Affinity photo? When I'm editing on my iPad I would love to have some easy to use effects and colours.

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi Sam, I know exactly what you mean and currently to be honest, I still use PS on my Mac from time to time. So I completely understand where you're coming from. AP does have actions (they call them macros), but currently, you can only make macros/actions for the desktop version of AP for Mac/pc, and then you have to import them into AP iPad. So that means having AP for desktop and AP for iPad. AP iPad does have filters and presets too. Custom/user presets would need to be made via macros/actions I believe. I'll be making videos on all of these things down the line :) Hope this helps.

[@robbieodowd3373]

Great review Mr Goodman, was thinking photoshop was only one around of high standard, watched your vid on using it on iPad and thanks , you saved me disappointment of buying it, was thinking to get it on laptop till I saw this vid, thanks for your help, will be watching all your tutorials

[@Iightooo]

For drawing do you also recommend it?

[@CreativeGoodman]

You can and people do but personally I use Procreate for drawing every time, I think Procreate is amazing for drawing :)

[@hedgecomber]

Hey Andrew, would Affinity be a good swap for Lightroom? I’m so over the monthly fee, but not sure this would be appropriate for my only photo editor?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi, you could use it instead of Lightroom but to be honest, I wouldn't… I’d check out Darkroom if I were you, I use it (I also still use Lightroom too) but Darkroom is very, very impressive and can be a one-off payment and it's much more like Lightroom. Using AP and Darkroom together is a very powerful combo IMO, hope that helps :)

[@miguelnunez2415]

@@CreativeGoodman yeah all this apps are great but using Lightroom cc is just the best photo editing 😭leaving beside photoshop

[@derekbarkham2314]

Thanks for the informative video. Can you edit Raw photo files on Affinity Photo for iPad?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment Derek and yes you can edit Raw photos on AP iPad. I hope to make a video about this soon :)

[@tintin69rr]

Cool nice one I’ve been using lightroom on iPad past couple a years so be nice to see how infinity compares to that with just one payment rather than the subscription

[@CreativeGoodman]

Yes I know what you mean... if not using Lightroom on iPad I would touch up a photo in AP iPad (if needed) then change the colour etc in Darkroom which isn't a subscription. You can do this in AP iPad too but I like Darkroom for this part. I hope to make a Darkroom review soon :)

[@mashley444]

The thing that would really make affinity photo great would be the ability to work on a project on your iPad and finish on your computer.

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi Ashley, as long as you have AP for both the iPad and computer you can do that :)

[@CreativeGoodman]

You’re 100% right Bernard, iPad is amazing when travelling, gone are the days when I bring my laptop! iPad Air 2022 with M1 seems amazing.

[@Daniverse96]

The only thing that make me not leaving adobe subscription is Lightroom tbh. can't find a replacement for this one as AP is for Photoshop. :(

[@CreativeGoodman]

I get a lot of comments like this and on the iPad I use 'Darkroom' which is like Lightroom... not as good IMO but still very, very good, I'll be doing a review on Darkroom in the next month or 2 :)

[@Renuewspa]

I’ve been wanting to learn a photo editing software but always felt intimidated🤪. Thank you for this review. You’re helping this sub-novice make a decision. I look forward to following your series.

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment and kind words, I really appreciate it! Hope you learn a lot and get stuck into it :)

[@cityboylego9905]

How to change the words on screen on preference bigger.its so small to read

[@guidinchyfoto4166]

Hi. I’m new in affinity photo on iPad, I don’t get how batch processing works, for example I got 20 raw photos I need develop , crop and export all 20 are same session. So if I develop and crop one the same settings will be applied . But. I don’t know how

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi Guidinchy and thanks for your comment and question, am sure a few people might want to know that too. I've added it to my list of videos to make and hopefully won't be too long before I get to it :)

[@rijutawadekar8132]

Can you please tell me how to crop individual images on affinity photo? It is so basic but I'm not able to do it as the tool crops the whole canvas ..but I want to crop only the images ..how to do it?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment and question Rijuta. In my next video (out this Sunday) I cover cropping a little... watch it and lmk if it helps you or not :)

[@rijutawadekar8132]

@@CreativeGoodman looking forward to it 👍

[@darkphoenix9289]

Subscribe done, I’m interesting and hopefully this content channel can make from zero to ten😊 thank you Mr. Andrew Goodman or Good Man😊😊God Blessed you

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for subbing, your kind words and for the encouragement, as I really appreciate it! I hope you'll be a wizz and 10 out of 10 with AP iPad in no time! :)

[@buzby303]

Cool video - no overcomplicated crap Feeling disappointment with the new Photoshop for iPad I bn searching when they may be releasing updates & came across this Might have to give Affinity photo a go Thank you ! 👍🏼

[@CreativeGoodman]

I know what you mean about Photoshop, when I first got the iPad I was searching too for updates for it, and after a while that's when I decided to try Affinity. Thanks for your comment and encouragement

[@sitifarhanafajrinadnan]

Thank you. I love procreate & afinity. Keep up the Good work & looking forward for a new content. Cheers

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thank you so much for your comment and kind words Siti! I really appreciate it... I love Procreate too, hope to do some Procreate tutorials down the line :)

[@gerardkirkpatricksanchez2121]

I found an updated tutorial for affinity photo ipad! Thank you!!

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment, and glad you found my channel, I hope you will find it helpful :)

[@scottasullivan4781]

Can’t wait for your next update

[@nawraammaralabiba8970]

I hope there are no viruses in this file

[@CreativeGoodman]

There are definitely no viruses in AP iPad app Nawra :)

[@ak3shaynigam]

Can this app export in SVG photo?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi, yes you can export as SVG :)

[@snoopycharlie8718]

Is there a pen tool to make savable paths to use as selections at any time like in PS?

[@CreativeGoodman]

Kind of... although there's no saveable paths panel like in PS, but you can make a pen tool path and use it anytime in that project, and you can go into another project and copy an existing pen tool path and paste it into another AP iPad project too. Hope that makes sense :)

[@snoopycharlie8718]

@@CreativeGoodman Okay, I think I get what you mean. Thanks for the info! Is it possible to select multiple paths at once? As in, if I had created 3 paths but only want to colour two of them, with one brush, but leave the 3rd path unaffected...

[@CreativeGoodman]

Yes, this is possible as the paths are on individual layers, so you'd select the 2 paths/layers and colour them with no probs at all :)

[@snoopycharlie8718]

@@CreativeGoodman Ah, I see, very good. Thanks again for the advice! I need it for rendering/ digital painting of products, so paths are necessary for crisp edges and creases in surfaces etc. So I will give it a go! Take care : )

[@CreativeGoodman]

@@snoopycharlie8718 'Rendering/Digital Painting of Products' sounds very cool! lmk how you get on, and if you've any issues please lmk, might make a good tutorial that stuff too! lol :)

[@rakadg897]

GOD!!!My broo

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thank you :)

[@GameIsland63]

This is I like!, I am looking for a video for photo manipulation in iPad! Looking forward for more tutorial in photo manipulation!

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for your comment and suggestion. I hope to make many photo manipulation tutorials with AP iPad and they will be coming down the line after I cover the basics. :)

[@funnypaperz]

Thank you!

[@picturef8]

That's great ! Subbed

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks for the sub Pieter! Much appreciated :)

[@jimfarrow3036]

Looking forward to the tutorials 😄

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks Jim. More videos coming out this week :)

[@cjsSeidel.and.art.]

I'm looking forward to it

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks! The first 2 Affinity training videos will be out soon! :)

[@farishilmiy6901]

Great!!!

[@CreativeGoodman]

Thanks Faris! :)

[@danymirabal]

Thank you ! 👍🏼

[@CreativeGoodman]

You’re welcome :)

[@winter_metal]

I got issue with AP on Ipad (mine Air 3 2019) everytime I draw with brush the line always get blurry and when I lift off my pen it gets back to normal... Anyone having this issue?

[@CreativeGoodman]

I haven't had or seen this issue myself, sorry. Does it happen only on an existing project with lots of layers or when you start a new project? Or both?

[@tranlenhattan]

Does anyone have code voucher for purchase this software? thanks

[@CreativeGoodman]

Am not sure you can get a voucher code for AP on the iPad, I might be wrong tho!

[@tranlenhattan]

@@CreativeGoodman no, i find code voucher for AP on the pc. some website provide it bt cant use it :'(

[@private7195]

@@tranlenhattan its on sale right now if you still havent purcahsed it

[@masterdocc2627]

@@private7195 is it still discounted?

[@private7195]

@@masterdocc2627 not atm. i think black fridays next sale

[@datboygeezy34]

My affinity keeps exporting the same photos over over .. even when I change the pic

[@CreativeGoodman]

I've not come across this issue myself with AP but try making a new document, import the photo into this document and then exporting it from this new document, hopefully that will work :)

[@realdreamfootage]

I had this issue in Designer. I had to close the document, app, clear it from recents, and re-open. Not sure why, but it happens pretty frequently, and closing just the document didn't always do the trick on its own.

[@ace1rtp]

Hey Andrew. Liking the videos. Was just curious to yours thoughts on the comparison between affinity photo and procreate.🤷‍♂️ I myself like you have used Photoshop for many years but I’ve just made the transition from Windows to iPad Pro 5 gen and having watched various KZbin videos, Photoshop doesn’t come across very well thought of. Let me know your opinions please. Rob 🫤

[@CreativeGoodman]

Hi Rob and thanks for your comment and question. I use AP iPad for all my photo & graphic work, much like how I use PS. (I have a review of PS iPad so watch it for my views on it). I do use another App to colour grad/correct the photos on iPad. It's called 'Darkroom' and I hope to make a video on it soonish. To me Procreate is a drawing/illustration app and it is amazing! I can't say enough good things about for drawing/illustration on the iPad. I hope this helps, if not lmk :)

[@ace1rtp]

@@CreativeGoodman thanks the msg. So after lots of various KZbin videos I’ve watched and also the inspiration you’ve given, I was hugely interested in purchasing affinity photo and I’m so glad I did. I’ve got to say though after watching various tutorials on the app, it’s mindbending as to the capabilities of all of it, and what its able to do, very much looking forward to getting into within the next few weeks. One quick question though, can I make animated gifs and logos? I’ve not really searched for it as of yet so just throwing it out there, and curious if you know? 🤔

[@CreativeGoodman]

Good choice Rob IMO! And you're right, it's amazing the things you can do in it. You can def make logos in AP iPad but unfort not yet. If I've had to make animated gifs on the iPad I've used Procreate. Not what's it's meant for but it does the job, I did the artwork for the gifs in AP iPad and then imported the artwork to Procreate... there might be better ways/apps for this but that's just what I did :)