In response to a changing landscape, artists are reshaping themselves by reaching out into new media, creative sectors and ...

Canva really set the cat among the pigeons in October, when it introduced a free, all-in-one version of its Affinity professional design and imaging suite alongside its established and highly popular ...

Affinity, which offers great alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, is popular for its one-time payment for a lifetime, as opposed to monthly recurring payments for Adobe ...

The popular Affinity app from Canva is now free forever, combining its photo editing, vector design and page layout tools into one powerful, professional-looking app. Announced on October 30th, 2025, ...

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After acquiring Serif last year, Canva has overhauled its Affinity design suite, consolidating three creative tools into a single free app for Mac and Windows. The newly launched Affinity by Canva ...

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Canva today unveiled the all-new Affinity, a single, high-performance creative studio combining photo editing, vector design, and page layout. For the first time, Affinity is completely free, giving ...

Canva has announced that Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher will be combined and henceforth offered for free – although with some limitations on the new AI-powered tools. The latest release ...

What’s happened? Canva just dropped a bomb on the design world: Affinity, once a paid pro design suite, is now free forever. The move marks Canva’s loudest challenge yet to Adobe, arriving alongside ...

The market for high-end graphic design software just got weirder. Several years ago, I wrote “Consider Switching from Creative Cloud to Affinity V2” (5 December 2022) to encourage those who were ...

The future of Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher, subscription-free alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud, was uncertain after the apps' developer Serif was acquired by Canva in 2024. Now, over a ...