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Canva Acquires Serif's Affinity Apps

Tuesday March 26, 2024 7:11 am PDT by
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 over 175 million people worldwide....
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Affinity Creative Apps 1.10.3 Update Brings macOS Monterey Support and 'Stunning' Performance Optimizations on New MacBook Pros

Tuesday October 26, 2021 1:28 am PDT by
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 M1 Pro and M1 Max chips will enjoy...
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Affinity Creative Apps Gain Memory Optimization Update Making Some Tasks Up to 10 Times Quicker

Thursday August 5, 2021 5:59 am PDT by
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 times for...
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Serif Updates Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher With New Tools and Functions

Thursday February 4, 2021 12:58 am PST by
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's new M1 chip. "After another year which saw record numbers of people switching to Affinity, it's exciting to...
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Serif Updates Affinity Apps for 'Superfast Performance' With M1 Chip

Thursday November 12, 2020 5:50 am PST by
Following Apple's unveiling this week of Macs with the M1 chip, Serif has released new versions of its Affinity apps for Mac that include support for macOS Big Sur and compatibility with Apple Silicon machines. This means that Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher can be installed and run on Apple's latest 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini without...
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Affinity Publisher for Mac Gains IDML Import, Preflight Checking, Template Support, and More

Wednesday February 26, 2020 1:00 am PST by
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 big update since launching in the summer. Version 1.8 of the Mac app brings IDML compatibility, allowing users to import InDesign files for the ...
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iPad App of the Year 'Affinity Photo' Updated With RAW Improvements and Limited-Time Free Add-On Brush Packs

Thursday February 22, 2018 7:07 am PST by
Affinity Photo, which Apple named the iPad App of the Year for 2017, was today updated with a suite of "more powerful professional features," according to developer Serif. To celebrate the new update, users can also download three add-on brush and filter packs for free starting today. Specifically, version 1.6.7 of Affinity Photo lets users shoot direct in RAW or HDR video from within the iPad ...