Photography for the Serious Amateur
Photography for the Serious Amateur
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…
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,…
Your Affinity Photo license allows you to use it on multiple computers: but just how many? The Affinity suite has very generous licensing terms, so if you have more than one computer, or if you use multiple operating systems, you’re…
Affinity Photo is part of a suite of three apps: Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher. This versatile suite of apps is made by Serif Europe Ltd. Each app serves a different purpose, and combined, they offer a rather…
Affinity Suite v1.10 has been released today and it comes with significant improvements in performance across the board. All three apps that are designed and built by Affinity will see improvements in some form or the other. Users of Affinity…
Affinity Photo keeps crashing? The likely culprit is some other software that's installed. Strange but true.