Where Does Affinity Photo Store Settings and Presets?
Affinity Photo 2 settings, presets and shared content folders on Windows and Mac.
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Affinity Photo 2 keeps presets, workspaces and plugins under %APPDATA%\Affinity\Photo\2.0 on Windows (Settings, user and workspaces subfolders), with brushes and assets shared across the suite in %APPDATA%\Affinity\Common\2.0. Copying the user and Settings folders migrates most of a setup.
The Mac layout follows the same idea under ~/Library/Application Support, though the exact folder shifts with the store channel: direct Serif installs differ from sandboxed Mac App Store ones, so confirm on your own machine. Either way the program binary path (including the versioned WindowsApps folder for Store installs) is never where your data lives.
Where Affinity Photo stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Affinity\Photo\2.0\
Settings/, user/ and workspaces/ inside hold presets and plugins; copy user/ plus Settings/ to migrate. Shared brushes and assets in %APPDATA%\Affinity\Common\2.0\user. Per user license defaults in %APPDATA%\Affinity\Common\2.0\Affinity2.defaults.
~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo 2/
Direct Serif store pattern (user/ presets and brushes inside). The sandboxed Mac App Store build nests under ~/Library/Containers/.../Data/Library/Application Support/ instead, so confirm on your install. Exact folder may vary by version and channel.
Frequently asked questions
How do I migrate Affinity Photo settings to a new PC?
Copy the user/ and Settings/ folders from %APPDATA%\Affinity\Photo\2.0 plus shared content from %APPDATA%\Affinity\Common\2.0\user. Reinstall first, then drop the copies in before launching.
Where are brushes shared between Photo, Designer and Publisher?
In the Common folder: %APPDATA%\Affinity\Common\2.0\user on Windows. Content placed there is visible to every Affinity v2 app, which is why a brush bought once shows up suite wide.
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