I’ve been using Photoshop for over 30 years. I’ve now been using Affinity Photo for a mere 30 days. But even in that short amount of time, I’ve developed several insights into why this software exists, and who it’s for. That who might be you.

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[CHAPTERS]
00:18 Nondestructive Transformations All the Time
01:53 Applying a Filter to a Downsampled Image
02:39 Using the Develop Persona (a.k.a. Camera Raw)
05:14 Painting and Refining Masks
06:40 Saving to the Native .afphoto Format
07:05 Sliding Backward and Forward through History
07:40 Applying Liquify as an Editable Live Filter
10:37 Working with Clipped Masks and Effects
11:31 Patch and the Other Healing Functions
12:10 Meet the Powerful Blend Options
14:06 Will I Trade in Photoshop for Affinity Photo?