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, ...

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 ...

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Serif’s Affinity suite was already an audacious land-grab. It challenged Adobe’s increasingly spendy Creative Cloud subscription by making pro-grade photo editing and design tools more accessible ...

Last year Canva reworked its user experience and tools in a full-frontal attack on the productivity and enterprise markets now dominated by Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Now the Australian ...

In a busy week for design software news, Affinity looks to take on Adobe, which has itself announced a raft of new AI tools. Canva is making its professional design tool Affinity “free forever” in a ...

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Affinity Photo 2, Publisher 2 and Designer 2 can be yours for nothing right now – but there might be a catch. It's possible the Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2 and Affinity Designer 2 apps ...

Affinity’s professional graphic design applications are now available for permanent free download on the Apple App Store for iPad. The suite includes Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher and Affinity ...

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