Affinity Studio now free • Hacker News Board

aquir wrote: post #6

I'm confused...this is not the same as Affinity Studio from Serif? Or it is? Their website shows something new: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

OK, there is a link to the Affinity Serif product on the Canva website as Affinity V2. Looks like an acquisition

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by doubled112 » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

TechSquidTV wrote: post #5

sergiotapia wrote: post #3

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OH. I was very confused. Ya that is maybe a lawsuit.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/canva-press-...

Canva bought Affinity.

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #3

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Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by sergiotapia » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

aquir wrote: post #14

aquir wrote: post #6

I'm confused...this is not the same as Affinity Studio from Serif? Or it is? Their website shows something new: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

OK, there is a link to the Affinity Serif product on the Canva website as Affinity V2. Looks like an acquisition

Holy shit good for them in that case! Affinity was always a great company with a great product.

Re: Affinity Studio now free

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Post by vorpalhex » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #3

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Canva bought Affinity

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-canvas-affinity-takeover...

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Post by xswhiskey » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:09 PM UTC

yoz-y wrote: post #8

sergiotapia wrote: post #3

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But Canva has bought Serif and their products some time ago. I though this was the result of the acquisition?

Yes, this is it.

Affinity is a series of products by Serif Labs; which were acquired by Canva about a year ago.

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Post by turnsout » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 4:09 PM UTC

As an Affinity user, I'm interested to try this out (just downloaded). I'm surprised they tried to put it all in one app. Affinity Publisher is quite different from Affinity Photo for example.

Edit: Just checked out the app. They essentially put Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher together in one app, switchable from a tab. Honestly, it's executed well. I hope it stays free—these apps are legitimately useful replacements for their Adobe equivalents.