Affinity Photo version 1.8 includes bug fixes and optimisation but is much more geared towards compatibility and improved functionality in certain areas. This resulted in faster operations and is an upgrade we should see in the future for the Windows version of the software, although the Windows version was claimed to have seen a boost in performance with this update.

The Affinity Photo 1.7 update was another incremental set of improvements that brought with it end-to-end Metal compute acceleration that takes advantage of Mac’s discrete GPU as well as support for multiple GPUs. The upgrade to 1.8 may not be as significant as some of the previous updates, but the updates are too numerous to list here so we’ll focus on the most significant which, on the whole, deliver welcome improvements to tools and features, as well as improved compatibility with third party file formats and plug-ins, including compatibility with the new DxO Nik Collection 2.5 plug-in suite. Since Affinity Photo is less than five years old, each update brings with it significant upgrades that speed up processes, bring new functionality and additional fixes. (Image credit: James Abbott) Key new features Amongst its many improvements, Affinity Photo 1.8 now supports manual metadata input, including copyright information, tags and descriptions.

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