20 Tips to Edit Photos in Affinity – Free Photoshop Alternative
Affinity is a powerful photo editing program and one of Photoshop’s longtime competitors. Now it’s completely free for everyone, thanks to Canva, which bought it and made it available — a huge deal for photographers, because this is truly a professional tool.
I’ve been using Affinity since its very start in 2015, and today we’ll dive in to see how to start editing right away. Is there a catch with “free”? Not at all! Canva subscribers only get access to advanced AI features, but even without that, Affinity gives you everything you need for professional-level editing.
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Czech version of the video: • 20 tipů pro úpravu fotek v Affinity, alter...
Video Chapters:
00:36 – Quick Orientation – Key Parts
00:58 – 1. Panel Setup
01:35 – 2. Resetting Panels
02:07 – 3. Quick Adjustments
02:30 – 4. Essential Feature: Layers
03:30 – 5. Adjustments
04:18 – 6. Duplicating a Layer: Ctrl + J / Cmd + J
04:27 – 7. Creating Black & White Photos
05:04 – 8. Adjustments – The Second Way
05:53 – 9. Adjustments – Presets
06:24 – 10. Quick White Balance Adjustments
06:43 – 11. History
07:12 – 12. Quick Tip: Moving Panels
07:29 – 13. The Help Chatbot Really Works!
08:09 – 14. Adjustment Brush Tool
09:26 – 15. Inpainting Brush Tool
10:14 – 16. Blemish Removal Tool
10:34 – Inpainting Brush Tool in Action
11:08 – 17. Lighting Filter
12:10 – 18. RAW Editing
12:52 – 19. Mask Gradient Tool
13:26 – 20. Exporting Photos to Various Formats
About the author: Jan Rybář is the editor-in-chief of Fotoguru.cz and a photography courses instructor. He once won the main prize in the Czech Press Photo competition and has written a few books. He enjoys combining the "old good" world of photography with modern technology. He lives in Prague, the Czech Republic.