R.I.P. Affinity 26.03.2024

Lol. We are Canva now, so now we have just small updates here and there. Since 26.03.24 they haven't added none of the highly requested features so far. I am not even sure we will get 2.7 before Fall. Any way, lets hope they still care about users.

27.03.24 you had send every user an email with 4 pledges. The pledge number 2 was about making features in a year: It's been a year already. And we got some features you have promised in that very email. Some of them work poor, like width tool, some are nice, like variable font support. But 2 had no sign about 2: Blend tool and ePub export. Is it even coming in 2.7? And I am not even asking about what was behind "much more". Probably nothing. Its been a year and Canva haven't even mentioned you on that Canva even last week.

I get using Optical Kerning for big amounts of text, but for logos? There is no a better tool for that, than your very eyes. Move them letters with your hands. This is what people pay you for. P.S. +1 for Optical Kerning.

Cringe. Affinity is dead already. Let it rest.

I need it from time to time. It sucks to do it manually. 🤲

I would love to read Affinity news on Bluesky as well.

All you mean is the blend tool. It's been asked for 10+ years on this very forum. They know about this and even teased it before 2.4 and Canva incident. However, we got nothing so far. Mb, they wait for 3.0.

It's a good change. I am happy its finally here.

Oh, I was OoT and missed 10 years anniversary. 😁 10 years and it doesn't even smell like AutoTrace. Waiting for 20 years anniversary.

It was this way since the very first day of the beta. At least for me, on both Windows 10 and IPad. I don't like it tho. I wish they can fix it, so if the line is 2 pt I wanna drag starting from 2 pt.

Missing name on ipad. Hope you can fix it. Overall its the same bugged pressure tool with better UI. Still numerours artifacts with no fixes for years. The tool is needed, but its current state is tooooo raw to work with.

Its up to You to prove me wrong. If I am wrong I will change my display name to "Ash was right". Lets say 2 years from now (26.03.26). Let's hope I won't be banned before.

Saved for future! Anyway, most of us have no other choice so far. Personally, I can't afford Adobe's prices any more. It's been 3 years with Affinity and I was really happy to have it. Open Source software can't handle my needs. I can only wait few months to see whats gonna happen. What v2.5 is about. Even if all you said is untrue what can I do? Nothing.

Affinity users are 1-2% of all the Canvians. It worth nothing for them.

I needed blend tool and erase tool so bad. And I guess we won't see them coming now until v3. Personally, I'm not jumping of the ship right now. I'l wait what is 2.5 beta about. 2.2 till 2.4 were already poor for features (only minor fixes mostly). If its the same for 2.5 ill probably gonna try VectorStyler or will use try to use my old Illustrator cs6. I can't afford Adobe right now. Also v2 will work until Canva wants it to work. You can't activate it offline. When Canva closes activation servers you won't be able to use it at all. Only v1.

Another "Joined Yesterday" club member. 😁

Yea its funny a hell. I am happy 99% of people here aren't as dumb to believe in a "happy" Canva family future they are leading us to.

The difference is its Canva. Its a soulless corporation for amateurs designers moms to make some medias. Its not Serif anymore, we all trusted before. If Serif said they need money most people will buy suit again, or even except the subscription for reasonable price, like $9.99 USD/month easily.

People can't believe what they say no more. There is no more Serif. Its just Canva. People have lives and jobs. People worked in Affinity. They can't wait 1, 2, 3 years to be sure Affinity stays. People don't want to invest their time in most likely a dead company now, with no future for professional designers.

But how can we know now, that you are not lying? Serif lied once about "Ain't no one acquiring us 😎". What stops you from lying once again? You are now just a regular Canva employee (if you still are). What can motivate us to invest our time in Affinity? We can't play this game and hope Affinity will stay. Its our real lives and jobs. We were betrayed.

You won't V2 is ONLINE activated. You can only use V1 this way.

PDF export in 2025

Everything has already changed. You know this and we all know this. We are not asking about plans, cuz it doesn't matter anymore. We just ask for codes, so when you will shut down we can use V2. If yes thank you, if not, then I hope the money worth it.

My friend you coping too hard. Relax. I understand you wasted so many time for all this comments and etc. But we all understand what is going to happen. Today is the day Affinity died for designers. Its a fact. You say you prefer to believe Serif, but 1.5 years ago they said no one gonna buy them. And here we are. There is no more Serif, btw. Its Canva now. So you are prefering to believe what Canva says. I don't believe them. Canva will kill Affinity in a year or so. That's it. Canva is not an Adobe competitor. Affinity had a chance to be one.

I hope the money You got really worth it. Rumors say its 1 billion. Nice. Really happy for you. But I don't see anything good for users. I moved from Adobe 3 years ago. And now You adobed me again.