SWITCH FROM AFFINITY PHOTO
Affinity Photo to Calisto Foto
Edit your photos in one tap or by hand, take them into layers, share a Gallery for your client's picks, and send the finished photos to a design, a website or a listing.
Feature by feature
Calisto Foto beside Affinity Photo
- 17 In both
- 3 Only in Affinity Photo
| 20 features | Calisto Foto | Affinity Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Editing | ||
| Camera RAW EditingCalisto: a camera RAW opens in Adjust with lens correction, noise reduction, tone and detail, and the original is never changed.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| HDR MergeCalisto: Merge fuses bracketed exposures into one photo, lined up even when taken by hand.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Focus MergeCalisto: Focus Stack takes each part of the photo from the frame that is sharp there.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Astrophotography StackingCalisto: Astro Stack aligns night-sky frames on their stars and stacks them, with dark frames taken off.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Generative ExpandAffinity extends the picture past its edges to reframe it.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | No | Yes |
| UpscalingAffinity enlarges an image and adds detail with Super Resolve.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | No | Yes |
| ColorizeAffinity adds color to a black and white image.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Portrait BlurCalisto: Portrait Blur finds the background and blurs it as a lens would, keeping the subject sharp.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Layers | ||
| Layers and GroupsCalisto: a layered Photo holds photo, pixels, adjustment, text and shape layers, grouped, shown, hidden, locked and moved in one layer tree.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Adjustment LayersCalisto: an adjustment layer is Adjust's look controls over everything below it.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Blend Modes and MasksCalisto: each layer has its own opacity and blend, a layer mask from the selection and a shape mask, each enabled, inverted, feathered or applied.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Smart SelectionsCalisto: Select Subject and Select Sky use the subject or sky Adjust found, refined to the photo's edges.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Refine EdgesCalisto: the Select menu refines, feathers, expands, contracts and smooths a selection, and turns it into a mask.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Retouching | ||
| Healing, Inpainting and CloneCalisto: Heal, Clone and Fill are tools of their own in Layers, and Remove and Repair takes them into Adjust.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Dodge and BurnCalisto: Dodge and Burn are tools of their own in Layers.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Liquify and Mesh WarpCalisto: Warp pushes, shrinks, grows and restores, with areas you protect, beside Warp Grid and Warp Perspective.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Frequency SeparationCalisto: Frequency Separation retouches the tone and the texture of what you paint, each with its own slider.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Files | ||
| Open Photoshop FilesCalisto: Studio opens a layered Photoshop file as a design (with Studio); Foto saves a layered Photo as a layered PSD for Photoshop.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Automation | ||
| Batch ProcessingCalisto: Bulk Auto gives each photo of a selection its own Auto, then the look you choose, and makes the exports on the server.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| MacrosCalisto: Record Action keeps a run of steps and plays it back on one photo or many.Checked 1 Nov 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Affinity Photo
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Affinity Photo and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Affinity Photo can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Affinity Photo
Questions about switching
Do my Affinity files open in Foto?
No. Foto has no import for Affinity's own files. Export the finished picture, or the layers you need as images, and add them to a layered Photo.
Can I work with Photoshop files?
Foto saves a layered Photo as a layered PSD that keeps its layers, masks, blends, groups, text, adjustments and styles, and says in plain words what the file could not hold. Opening a PSD is Studio's: it opens as a design. Foto has no PSD import of its own.
Does Foto record and replay steps?
No. Foto has no macros. Bulk Auto gives each photo of a set its own Auto and then a look, which covers repeating a look across many photos.
Do I need the layers tools for everyday edits?
No. Adjust is everyone's: Auto, Looks, Light, Color, Crop and every fix to part of a photo. The Layers workspace is Foto Pro's.