What Happened to Affinity website ?, just take a look : Creative Freedom Is Coming - Affinity
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Some people are speculating it will be a subscription based model, some saying tokens, or something to do with AI add ons.
Others think it’s something to do with Canva which bought them out.
The download/purchase options are gone. Whatever that means for them. Obviously don’t want any one buying the software when something new coming.
Guess we’ll just have to wait. It’s a game of give and take.
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I think the sames, just rumors, rumors and we have to wait until 30 of October !
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I can imagine several things they have in mind, but no longer selling their existing apps and reducing their website to a “Coming Soon” page doesn’t suggest anything good.
Canva is reportedly increasing some team subscriptions by 300% while integrating AI features throughout, along with other so-called “improvements.” If I had to guess, my gut instincts tell me that the Affinity Suite will be merged into Canva and that any future Affinity upgrades will be, in essence, a costly pro-level subscription to Canva.
When Canva bought Serif (Affinity), I suspected something like this would happen. Canva obviously had a hole to fill in its product line, so integrating Affinity into Canva with tons of new AI features probably makes sense for them.
I can’t help but be reminded of when Adobe bought Macromedia. The Macromedia applications were soon gutted, and the useful parts were integrated into Adobe’s product line. The original Macromedia software stagnated with no updates and eventually disappeared.
Whatever the upcoming Affinity news may be, I give an 85–90 percent chance that it will be bad news for professional designers who viewed Affinity as a viable alternative to Adobe. Instead of dropping my Adobe CC subscription in favor of Affinity, I’ll be dropping Affinity and moving back to Adobe.
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I also predicted it.
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Serif also moved their forums from https://forum.affinity.serif.com/ to Discord Affinity - Discord
We will see. I survived two big transitions. I’d survive another one.
I guess they will intruduce the new business model where you can choose freely between subscription and perpetual licensing as they implied in their pledge.
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I wonder if Canvas, just have seen the power that Affinity software has and they decided to buy it to just make a monopoly or make its software as to compete to Adobe (may be this possible ?)
I don’t think Canva intends to create a monopoly; they have plenty of competition. Adobe and Canva had very different business models. Adobe has catered to the higher-end consumer, while Canva has catered to the do-it-yourselfers and done quite well as a result. I suspect they also wanted higher-end capabilities and bought Serif (Affinity’s parent) to provide them with that capability.
The following is my speculation.
Artificial intelligence is a natural fit for Canva’s do-it-yourselfers, as it enables them to achieve quick and less-expensive results that casual users usually want. As a result, Canva has invested heavily in it, and I’m afraid they will integrate it into whatever the Affinity Suite becomes.
As Canva incorporates more high-end features through integration with Affinity software, Adobe is increasingly targeting casual users with some of its software products. I wouldn’t be surprised if the two companies meet in the middle as head-to-head competitors for that middle ground.
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I’ll have a go at a prediction.
Affinity 3: The Studio Revolution
A unified, AI-enhanced creative workspace built for professionals, you’ll still buy a perpetual license - but optional AI subscription plans, optional AI credits/tokens, and seamless integration with Canva’s collaborative cloud.
Possibly even an online version - design from anywhere with no download or install. Login to your account from anywhere, any device.
Seemless design from any device anywhere anytime.
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AI needs to be adopted for everyone ! (Even for Graphic Designer base use), but yes do perpetual license with an option of subscription model (but cheaper than Adobe) they will have many users in their hands !
There’s plenty of room for everyone. Adobe have their customers, Affinity have theirs. Gimp/Inkscape etc have theirs.
Horses for courses.
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Yes and we will make all of them GREAT AGAIN ! LOL !
There’s nothing great about any of them. Just a screen with tools. Anyone can learn it.
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