
You could wait years for 2.0 and be missing out on some great software in the meantime. If 1.9.x does all that you need then why pay to upgrade?
#Affinity photo cartoon filter upgrade#
The 50% discount is still running and you don’t have to pay for an upgrade to 2.0 if you don’t want the new features so, if you have the spare cash, getting 1.9.x now and using it may tell you whether you need any new features. The earliest we will find out is probably when Serif drop the first beta on us but they don’t tell us their plans any more (for various good reasons).

Often a combination of filters creates the best effects. Depending on what you imagine as 'Cartoon' you could alternatively try filters like e.G.

But there is a Cartoon Effect filter (category Artistic) that might do what you want. Maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe five years time, we just don’t know. the very cool filter Graphic Novel is missing. I know G’MIC has some filters that may be useful in this area but I can’t vouch for whether you will be able to get it running properly with Photo.Īs for 2.0, we users have no idea when that will happen. For example, if the shape has a border created with the Shape tool in Photoshop, that shape will likely be rasterized in Affinity Photo. Some shapes may be rasterized, but many will be converted into a vector shape with a path. You should be aware that this macro may not look great on every single photo, mostly based on the overall complexity of the photo and the number of different colors in the original. You could try using an add-on (plugin) but I can’t recommend one as I don’t use them and, from what I have read in the forums, Photo’s ability to use some of them can be dependant on your individual machine set-up. Thats because the way Affinity Photo handles Smart Objects fundamentally differs from Photoshop. I’ve attached two images below, showing the original photo, the Cartoon Effect settings used, and the cartoon result obtained.

I haven’t watched all of the video but I don’t think you can easily achieve the same result in Photo as that which is in the video as Photo doesn’t have all of the tools/filters/effects used (Poster Edges, Oil Paint, etc.).
