How to Enhance an image

Add extensions

After installing Affinity Photo, head to Apple Menu > System Preferences. Click the Extensions icon and select Photos Editing on the left. Fill the checkboxes next to the various Affinity Photo extensions to activate them.

Access an extension

In the Photos app, double-click on an image’s thumbnail, then click Edit at the top right. Click the Extensions icon and choose Affinity Haze Removal. This will open the photo in the Affinity Haze Removal workspace.

Remove haze

The tool’s Distance slider enables you to target and tweak the contrast of distant hazy midtones without adjusting foreground contrast. The Strength slider enables you to fine-tune this. When done, click Save Changes.

Enhance color

Click on the Extensions button and choose Affinity Develop. Drag Vibrance right to selectively boost weaker colors. Increase Saturation, too. Drag Temperature right to warm up the colors for a ‘golden hour’ look.

Boost clarity

To make delicate details stand out, drag the Clarity slider right to increase midtone contrast. Click Save Changes. Click the Extensions icon and choose Affinity Miniature. By default, the Elliptical blur tools are visible.

Tilt-shift effect

Click on the Tilt button. Drag the Strength slider right to add blur to the top and bottom of the frame. Drag the blue control handles to create a narrower band of focus. Click Save Changes once you’re done.