Affinity acquired by Canva

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 16:08 by Elja Trum | 2,678 views | 0 comments

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The Photoshop and Illustrator alternative Affinity from Serif Labs has been acquired by Canva. Affinity was a good alternative to Photoshop for photographers. It remains to be seen whether this is good news or bad news.

The 90 employees on Affinity's team will move to Canva. For now, the plan is for the apps to continue being developed separately. There are some small integrations planned, so the programmes can work well together.

Nothing seems to be changing in the short term, but of course there is a good chance that things will change in the future. Affinity Photo is popular because it is a one-off purchase. Canva, however, charges for annual use.

If you still want to try Affinity Photo, it is currently available with a 30 per cent discount in their 'spring sale'.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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