First real alternative to Photoshop launched... and it's free

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A high-end rival to Photoshop for Mac users, Affinity Photo launches today in free beta. Will this become your new favourite graphic design tool?

How to get it

If you don't use a Mac, though, you'll have to wait a while to try Affinity Photo. While the development team do want to build a Windows version, there's no firm date for that, and it will probably be a long time coming.

That's because Serif is currently focusing on building a third tool, an InDesign alternative called Affinity Publisher, to be released later this year. Following that, their next priority will be building iOS versions of all three Affinity tools. And to complicate matters, Serif is continuing to produce its older budget tools for the PC market.

Let us know what you think of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer in the comments below.

Words: Tom May

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