Performance boost and free content bundles among updates.
Serif has launched the latest versions of its award-winning professional desktop apps, photo editing tool Affinity Photo and vector design app Affinity Designer.
Version 1.6 sees a big performance boost across both apps and the option of a light UI among its headline updates. New features also include brush stabilisation and enhanced document handling. (Scroll down for the full list of updates.)
Free bundles
New buyers and existing owners of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer can also claim a bundle of free creativity-boosting content, including high-res textures, brushes, overlays, icons, buttons and more. Affinity Photo comes with around £105-worth of extras, while Affinity Designer comes with around £60-worth.
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This offer closes on 16 November, so you’ll need to move quickly to get the free bundles. Simply follow the prompts in the app to claim the extra goodies.
Unlike with Adobe software, there’s no subscription needed for Serif's Affinity apps. They're a one-off purchase of £48.99 / $49.99 / €54.99 (subject to regional currency variations), and according to Serif, “the free content alone would cost more than the app, if bought separately.”
Free trials are also available from the website – including for users who have trialled the apps before and were previously unable to download a second trial.
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New features in the Affinity apps v1.6 update
New light user interface option
New stroke stabiliser for all pencil and brush tools
New "Edit In" integration with Apple Photos (Affinity Photo only)
Improved view pan/zoom performance
Improved performance with large documents
New font chooser dropdown with recents, used fonts and favourites
New Glyph browser
Align to key items
Text frame vertical alignment options
Fit frame to text
Custom brush wet edges (Affinity Photo only)
Outlier stacking mode (Affinity Photo only)
Improved Photoshop Plugin support (Affinity Photo only)
Improved Live Filters performance (Affinity Photo only)
Many PDF export improvements including vector export of multi-stop gradients
Julia is editor-in-chief, retail at Future Ltd, where she works in e-commerce across a number of consumer lifestyle brands. A former editor of design website Creative Bloq, she’s also worked on a variety of print titles, and was part of the team that launched consumer tech website TechRadar. She's been writing about art, design and technology for over 15 years.
