Affinity Photo is capable of opening many raster and vector file formats. Photo also imports PDF and Adobe PSD files, and exports a range of raster file formats and the PSD file format.
| File type | Open | Export |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Illustrator (AI) | x1 | |
| Adobe Freehand (10 and MX) | x2 | |
| Adobe Photoshop (PSD) | x3 | x10 |
| Adobe Photoshop (PSB) | x | |
| DNG | x9 | |
| EPS | x | x |
| GIF | x | x |
| HEIF | x4 | |
| JPEG | x | x |
| J2K,JP2 | x | |
| JPEG-XR/JXR (WDP/HDP) | x11 | |
| x1,8 | x10 | |
| PNG | x | x5 |
| RAW | x6 | |
| SVG | x | x |
| TGA | x5 | x |
| TIFF | x7 | x5 |
| WEBP | x | |
| OpenEXR | x | x |
| Radiance HDR | x | x |
| FITS | x12 |
1 Files with multiple artboards (AI) or pages (PDF) can be imported; each artboard/page will be kept as a distinct page on its own layer.
2 Multi-page Freehand files open with each page concatenated onto a single page. Add file extensions .fh10 or .fh11 in Finder to import. Text import is not supported.
2 Multi-page Freehand files open with each page concatenated onto a single page. Add file extensions .fh10 or .fh11 in Explorer to import. Text import is not supported.
3 Includes Smart Objects, loaded as editable embedded documents.
4 Includes depth map, loaded as second layer. Depth maps are upsampled.
5 Supports transparency.
6 For a comprehensive up-to-date list of RAW file support, please see the following links:
7 12 bit TIFF (RGB or Greyscale) included.
8 JBIG2 PDF encoding is supported.
9 Apple ProRAW DNG support (from Apple iPhone12 Pro) is supported.
10 Text will be rasterised on export.
11 Includes JPEG-XR 101010 (e.g. XBOX screen captures).
12 Flexible Image Transport System files commonly used in astrophotography, with a .fit or .fts file extension.