Photography for the Serious Amateur
Photography for the Serious Amateur
Affinity Photo is a mature image editing software tool, like Adobe Photoshop. With tools like RAW image processing, retouching, and painting tools that allow for ease of use and professional output, Affinity Photo shows that it is very capable of taking on the industry leader at its own game. Affinity Suite is currently owned by Canva.
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Can Affinity Photo open RAW files from your camera or the latest mirrorless cameras and mobile phones? Yes! Does Affinity Photo work with RAW files as well as Adobe Photoshop? Kind of… What is Develop Persona? That’s a longer answer……
If you use Affinity Photo for image editing, your work is most likely saved in files with the .afphoto extension. Saving files in Affinity Photo’s proprietary (.afphoto) file extension enables you to use the software’s various non-destructive editing features, text…
The much-awaited Affinity 2 Suite of apps for macOS, Windows, and iPad is now available for purchase to all. This includes Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher. For a few years now, Serif’s Affinity suite has provided designers, photographers,…