THIS MONTH’S SOFTWARE EXTRAS

DxO’s flagship photo editor is now up to version 9. Rod Lawton explains what’s new and how it all fits in

It sounds too good to be true. Affinity is a powerful, immensely capable software for design, graphics and photography and it’s absolutely free. Will Cheung takes a close look at this potentially game-changing editor

www.snipca.com/57850 What you need: Windows 10 or 11, macOS or Linux Increasing the size and resolution of images, especially photos, reduces their quality and often makes them look blocky or blurry.

Resolving riddles and restrictions with what you want to run on your Mac

Sean McCormack merges bracketed files for better landscapes