Photography for the Serious Amateur
Photography for the Serious Amateur
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Affinity 3.2 landed on April 16, 2026, just one month after the 3.1 update. Canva’s development pace seems to have picked up since making Affinity free, and this release is the most substantial one yet for photographers. Most of the…
Ever since the initial Affinity launch announcement on October 30th, this question has been circulating the web. How is affinity free? And how can Canva afford to make affinity free for everyone? Well, somebody had to explain it, so that…
The all-new Affinity by Canva (v3.0) was launched on October 30th, 2025. It combines all of the functionality of the three Affinity apps into one unified interface. For this reason, we expect that Affinity system requirements for v3 (including the…
On October 30th, Canva announced that the three Affinity Design Suite apps, Photo, Designer, and Publisher were being replaced by one single app that does it all. Most significantly, they announced that this new app, simply called “Affinity”, would be…
Back in March 2024 Canva bought Serif, the company that makes Affinity Photo. At the time, there were concerns about whether that meant that meant that the perpetual licensing model was about to go away, but the Canva and Affinity…
Recently while editing some images in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), I noticed an additional, new, “.acr” sidecar file. In the past, I’ve written about the .XMP files that are created by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera RAW when…
Today, Affinity and Canva, together announced the acquisition of Serif, the makers of the Affinity apps, by Canva. This is a significant development in the progress of the Affinity suite, and we are both excited, and hesitant at this development.
You might have seen some of my articles about Affinity Photo and how it is a wonderfully cost-effective solution for both advanced amateurs and professional photographers when it comes to retouching images. Well, if you have been holding out for…
Luminar Neo has been on my radar for quite a while. Previously, as a non-user, I had a few apprehensions about using it, but now that I’ve used it for a while I can give you a deep-dive series of…
Digital brushes are a powerful tool for digital artists, designers, and photographers. The brushes allow them to create a wide range of textures, patterns, and effects in image editing apps. Can Affinity Photo use existing Photoshop Brushes? Over the years,…
PSD files are image files that are created by Adobe Photoshop. They’re files that are fully compatible with all of Adobe Photoshop’s many features like pixel layers, vector layers, smart objects, masks, vector objects, as well as all the blending,…
NOTE: All-New Affinity by Canva (v3) System Requirements are posted here. Affinity Photo’s system requirements are not as high as some other photo editing and retouching applications, but it is no lightweight contender in the field of image retouching. Have…