{"id":538123,"date":"2025-10-30T18:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/538123\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:12:14","slug":"affinitys-new-design-platform-combines-everything-into-one-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/538123\/","title":{"rendered":"Affinity\u2019s new design platform combines everything into one app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/26\/24112277\/canva-affinity-acquisition-design-software-suite-adobe-rival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquiring Serif last year<\/a>, Canva is now relaunching its Adobe-rivalling Affinity creative suite as a new all-in-one app for photo editing, vector illustration, and page layouts. Unlike Affinity\u2019s previous Designer, Photo, and Publisher software, which were a one-time $70 purchase, Canva\u2019s announcement stresses that the new Affinity app is \u201cfree forever\u201d and won\u2019t require a subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s currently available on Windows and Mac, and will be coming to iPad at some point in the future. Affinity now uses \u201cone universal file type\u201d according to Canva, and includes integrations that allow users to quickly export designs to their Canva account. Canva Premium subscribers will also be able to use AI-powered Canva editing tools like image generation, photo cleanup, and instant copy directly within the Affinity app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The older versions of standalone Affinity apps will still work for anyone who has previously purchased them, and those users won\u2019t be forcibly moved to the new platform. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/9\/23448945\/affinity-version-2-adobe-creative-app-features-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">V2 editions of Designer, Photo, and Publisher<\/a> were all pulled from the Affinity website several weeks ago, however, and Canva hasn\u2019t mentioned if existing users will continue receiving support updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Affinity\u2019s one-time-purchase model was one of the most appealing things about its older software offerings, standing in stark contrast to Adobe\u2019s controversial subscription-based creative suite. While Canva\u2019s own design platform can be used for free, it also locks most of its capabilities behind subscription paywalls, which raised concerns that Affinity would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/26\/24112585\/it-didnt-take-long-for-canvas-affinity-acquisition-to-feel-ominous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopt Canva\u2019s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/27\/24113423\/affinity-canva-acquisition-pledge-license-price-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscription-based approach<\/a> following the acquisition. The company is trying to put those fears to rest for good by repeatedly mentioning how \u201cfree\u201d the new Affinity app is, but the AI integrations will likely be met with some resistance by creatives who oppose the technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After acquiring Serif last year, Canva is now relaunching its Adobe-rivalling Affinity creative suite as a new all-in-one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4022,12,326,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-538123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-design","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-tech","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115464473507886744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}