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Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by rchaud »

I have Affinity Designer and Publisher, which I've used to design and publish a music fanzine: https://www.glidermag.com

This is slightly worrying news as Canva is the opposite of the Affinity suite: cloud-only and subscription-based. I could purchase brush sets on Affinity for a fixed price, and many were made available on the user messageboard for free.

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Post by aikinai »

throwaway2990 wrote: post #119
timeon wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And bloatware. Affinity runs smoother on Mac.

This is true. I bought it because photoshop kept crashing on Mac. And I got tired of watching filters take effect in Lightroom.

I switched to Capture One years ago, but recently switched back to Lightroom. It’s much much faster now and they also recently launched advanced color editing, AI masks, and true HDR support which pushed me over the edge.

Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by agotterer »

jwells89 wrote: post #148

Disappointing, because this likely spells the end of one-time-purchase Affinity products, and as mentioned in the article up until now that has been a big selling point for them. I hope I’m wrong, but if I’m not it doesn’t fare well for Affinity’s future growth and popularity. People are likely to go back to Adobe because there’s no point giving up the compatibility, instructional material, etc that comes with Adobe…

I hope you’re wrong as well! As a casual creative with the occasional need for photo editing and vector design tools, I could never justify the price for an Adobe subscription. But I’ve happily bought Affinity Photo and Design. They aren’t as polished as their Adobe counterparts, but the price was just right. I wouldn’t sign up for a monthly subscription.

Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by justaman »

jwells89 wrote: post #148

Disappointing, because this likely spells the end of one-time-purchase Affinity products, and as mentioned in the article up until now that has been a big selling point for them. I hope I’m wrong, but if I’m not it doesn’t fare well for Affinity’s future growth and popularity. People are likely to go back to Adobe because there’s no point giving up the compatibility, instructional material, etc that comes with Adobe…

I just heard about this software today. Seeing that it was a one time purchase, I almost got out my wallet right then and there. Making it a subscription model would immediately turn me off.

Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by DavidGetchel »

jwells89 wrote: post #148

Disappointing, because this likely spells the end of one-time-purchase Affinity products, and as mentioned in the article up until now that has been a big selling point for them. I hope I’m wrong, but if I’m not it doesn’t fare well for Affinity’s future growth and popularity. People are likely to go back to Adobe because there’s no point giving up the compatibility, instructional material, etc that comes with Adobe…

I agree. I've been using their programs since they came out and the one-time-purchase helped me get away from adobes clutches.

Another good thing likely bites the dust.

Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by pelagicAustral »

I've been using Affinity products forever, in fact since before the Affinity era, then they were branded Serif (DrawPlus, PhotoPlus, etc)... They have been incredibly consistent over the years with the quality of their products, which is why I have purchased many licenses over the years and always recommended people to look into their software... Like others in the thread, I really do hope they don't change to subscription-based pricing, but I assume the worst.

Re: Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe

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Post by optymizer »

I like Affinity products. They replaced all my photoshop/illustrator needs for webdev and it was so easy to switch. The fixed license cost was great too. Now I'm worried that the typical scenario is going to unfold where Canva makes sweeping changes, replaces product vision and licensing model.

I guess I can keep using the current versions for a while, until they stop the updates.

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