Canva has been hitting the headlines of late, with a stream of updates - including the launch of its Creative Operating System and, more eye-catchingly, the big news that one of my favorite pro-grade ...

We tend to assume that it’s fashion designers who keep the tyranny of the size-6 silhouette alive: the rail-thin runway model, small sample sizes and the implied suggestion that women must shrink ...

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 ...

Canva has decided to make its Affinity photo editing software a free download, and has also overhauled its content creation tools to include a new Video 2.0 NLE. Canva says its new Creative Operating ...

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 ...

And Canva really, really wants you to know that it’s completely free. And Canva really, really wants you to know that it’s completely free. is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing ...

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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