
Hue Range allows editors to create a mask based on a specific color in an image, which they can apply adjustments, effects, or just paint on the automatically generated mask for their chosen hue.įinally, Affinity Photo 2 now supports JPEG XL, which lets editors export to a format that is growing in support - particularly on web browsers - for wide color gamut and HDR images. It allows editors to build multiple non-destructive workflows which update automatically based on the properties of the underlying image. Much of what Serif has added to Affinity Photo 2 is based on the idea of non-destructive edits, and Live Masks continues that. The company says it is great as a standalone feature for texture artists, but also allows the editing of lighting layers generated from 3D rendering software. While this feature might not be particularly useful to photographers, Affinity Photo 2 has added what Serif calls Normals Adjustment, which allows editors to change lighting information that exists on existing normal maps.

Serif says it is highly effective for mock-up work, where users might place document files and composite them onto surfaces such as book or magazine pages. Live Mesh Warp allows editors to apply a non-destructive warp to an image or file so that it can be distorted to match the surface of an underlying template.
