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Adam Engst 26 comments

Canva Acquires the Affinity Suite of Professional Design Apps

Canva specializes in easy-to-use online design tools with collaborative features, whereas the Affinity apps offer a powerful but inexpensive alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. The acquisition could bring more collaborative capabilities to the Affinity suite and give Canva more design power.

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.4

Adds Layer States feature to Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. (Various prices new, free update, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.3 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.3

Brings additions and improvements to all three Affinity graphic design apps. (Various prices new, free update, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.2.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.2.1

A fistful of bug fixes for the three Affinity graphic design apps. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.2

Brings support for macOS 14 Sonoma and various improvements to the three Affinity graphic design apps. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.1.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.1.1

Maintenance releases focused on bug fixes for the three Affinity graphic design apps. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.1

Brings hundreds of improvements and bug fixes to the three Affinity graphic design apps. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Adam Engst 63 comments

The 46 Mac Apps I Actually Use and Why

What third-party apps would you install on a clean Mac to restore your preferred working environment? Adam Engst recently had the opportunity to learn just what apps he really uses—here’s the list.

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.0.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.0.4

Maintenance updates for the three Affinity graphic design apps with a bevy of bug fixes. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.0.3 Adam Engst 4 comments

Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.0.3

The three Affinity graphic design apps fix a slew of bugs from the v2 release. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Adam Engst 65 comments

Consider Switching from Creative Cloud to Affinity V2

Serif launched the next generation of its Affinity layout, design, and photo apps in conjunction with a 40%-off sale through 14 December 2022 that drops the one-time price of all three to just $99.99, less than the cost of two months of an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Adam Engst encourages those who aren’t sure why they’re paying for Creative Cloud to give Affinity a try.