Canva won’t scrap Affinity’s best feature – but subscriptions may be coming

It’s official – Canva won’t scrap Affinity software’s best feature: the perpetual license, a one-off fee, no endless subscriptions.  A commitment to the “perpetual model” is one of four pledges made in a joint statement from the Canva and Affinity teams designed to allay fears after the former acquired the latter.  Of course, users may … Read more

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 … Read more