Canva Acquires Serif’s Affinity Apps

Canva has acquired Serif’s Affinity suite of creative apps, marking a significant stride in its competition against Adobe with a deal valued at several hundred million dollars (via Bloomberg). Canva is an Australian online design company valued at $26 billion. Its platform offers user-friendly design tools aimed at non-professionals and has a user base of […]

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Affinity Creative Apps 1.10.3 Update Brings Monterey Support and ‘Stunning’ Performance Optimizations on New MacBook Pros

Serif today announced updates for its popular suite of Affinity creative apps that bring official support for macOS Monterey and optimizations for the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips powering Apple’s latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. According to Ashley Hewson, managing director of Affinity developer Serif, buyers of the latest MacBook Pro with […]

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Affinity Creative Apps Gain Memory Optimization Update Making Some Tasks Up to 10 Times Quicker

Serif today announced across-the-board updates for its popular suite of Affinity creative apps, including Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and the Apple award-winning Affinity Publisher for Mac, all of which were among the first professional creative suites to be optimized for Apple silicon. For Affinity Publisher, a total rewrite of memory management now enables instant loading […]

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Affinity Publisher for Mac Gains IDML Import, Preflight Checking, Template Support, and More

Serif today announced across-the-board updates for its popular suite of Affinity creative apps, including Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and the Apple award-winning Affinity Publisher for Mac.The biggest news relates to Publisher, with its first bug update since launching in the summer. Version 1.8 of the Mac app brings IDML compatibility, allowing users to import InDesign […]

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