Windows users were not forgotten, though, and Serif is working on hardware acceleration for its Windows version too, although that will be delivered in a future update. We’re pleased to say that for Affinity customers on Mac the future is now here.” GPU compute acceleration is something we have worked tirelessly on for the last couple of years as it is certainly the future in achieving phenomenal speeds, even when working on massive, deep-colour projects.

Serif Managing Director Ashley Hewson says: “It’s really important that we are leading the way in exploiting the latest technologies available to us and our customers. Additionally, the apps now support multiple GPUs-whether internal or with external units connected-multiplying the performance gains further.” Affinity on Windows is 3 a 4x faster now With the new upgrade Mac users can enjoy, as Serif states, “end-to-end Metal compute acceleration to take full advantage of the Mac’s discrete GPU, making all raster layer and brush operations up to 10 times faster than ever before. It’s the same approach that made Affinity apps the first fully-featured creative desktop apps to make the leap to iPad.Īlthough the new version is available for both Mac and Windows, Mac users gain some extra speed. The latest versions underline Serif’s commitment to pushing the limits of performance that users can expect from their hardware. GPU compute acceleration, HDR monitor support and a new memory management system ensure the Affinity suite continues to be at the cutting edge of modern creative software, with version 1.7 update, now available, being the biggest-ever Affinity update to both apps.

The Mac versions are up to 10x faster, while Windows users will have to wait a bit more. The biggest ever updates to Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer bring power and extensive new features.

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