Chills

I would think that all aspects of this presentation were professionally produced (including music, dancers, etc.) and very carefully scripted.

I'm off. I only own grass-green and earth-brown clothes. Nothing looking like coming from Perky Pat's wardrobe!
 

I stand corrected.  That might explain why they added a QR code generator but not a Bar code Generator 🙂
 

Serif added a QR code generator to PagePlus, their DTP application, in version X9 (the last version of the product, released eight years ago). I don’t recall their ever including a barcode generator.

And I sure did several times. I am not going to use the QR code generator in Affinity; I can generate better and more flexible QR designs elsewhere. Canva (Serif is history) does not offer value for money by implementing others' work in Affinity without any advantages. Affinity is not supposed to be a wrapper for open-source libraries. I am a serious customer, and I invest in software to get more and better results than with open source.
I am not talking about using Canva.com code or integration. Canva is the company now, and I am addressing them. Serif had some barcode code in the Plus range, yes, but it was either a Microsoft code library (licensed) or an open-source library. I refuse to believe that Serif developed their own code for this. They probably used a free library then and will do that again. You don't just pick up code from a drawer and hammer it into another product.
In conclusion, I see no point in Serif, Canva, Corel, Adobe, or whoever adding features to their software from these libraries without adding real advantages. I have access to plenty of identical tools for free online, but only Serif or Canva can fix bugs and enhance Affinity with real advantages for us.
Apparently, Serif thought it was appropriate to call themselves Serif Labs. If "Labs" stands for laboratories, then I think it's time they come up with something unique that truly sets Affinity apart from the competition. They shouldn't be spending their time implementing open-source code.
I am a designer; I am heading THIS way:

But really I don't need Canva to waste (part of) a minor release on implementing the very same libraries used in many free websites: https://www.barcodesvg.com/

Hi @SU24,
This is currently being looked into by the developers, please see the thread below for updates. If you're in need of the Apps ASAP I'd recommend rolling back to 2.4.2 using the links provided below (see download under 'previous versions').
https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/windows/photo/2/ https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/windows/designer/2/ https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/windows/publisher/2/  

That's a VERY narrow view.  I use Affinity and I am looking for a printer. Not Canva. They only do a limit amount of stuff based on templates.

Canva AFAIKS don't print anything. They use local printers around the world.  You could look at being one of them as well as your normal print work?
Your profile doesn't mention which part of the world you are in.

The bitter truth. My 24-year-old nephew approached me with a remark that struck a chord within me: "Uncle Al, why haven't you subscribed to Adobe? As a professional graphic designer, shouldn't you be using Adobe, the ultimate tools for the trade?" Without hesitation, I responded, "Son, I spent 20 years working with Adobe until they made the switch to a subscription-based model. In 2014, I decided to transition to Affinity because I believe in owning my tools." Oblivious to my perspective, he urged, "Uncle Al, it's time to modernize your mindset. That monthly payment will pay off itself through your services. Plus, you can deduct it from your taxes and effectively have it reimbursed. Just embrace Adobe and work with the right tools." In that moment, I couldn't help but share an important lesson that I have learned throughout my 50 years of life, a lesson that will guide me until the end of my days. I declared resolutely, "Well, my dear nephew, with age comes wisdom. And with wisdom, I have realized that investing in my own future is a smart move, whereas investing in the futures of others is not. Take heed of how you spend your hard-earned money, for it will undoubtedly speak volumes about you in the years to come."

As long as there is market for non-subscription purchasing models, there will be companies who will find ways to serve it.
That is just the nature of business.

Highly unlikely because it will have to compete with the FREE world-class Resolve.
Even people with the other top end video editors include Resolve for colour correction and grading. The Audio section, Fairlight, is one of the best audio programs for filmmakers. There is also the remote collaboration stuff.... It is going to be VERY hard (impossible) to get anyone to move off any of the main video editing programs.  For the rest: there is iMovie and the free MS video program.  So it is a hell of a lot of investment for a VERY small market.
OTOH for a Lightroom-Bridge replacement, there is a huge market just waiting for it.  

I am still using CS6 Dreamweaver and Lightroom V6.14 both on perpetual licences.
I am sure that Affinity-Canva can do those. 

For other things like video, the ship has sailed with the free Resolve.    Come to that, FCPX (and Resolve Studio)  are only £300 so Affinity will have to do something that is world-class for less than $250 to catch up and that isn't going to happen.  Especially as both Resolve and FCPX are perpetual licences and few want to move off them.
 

Canva is fully aware that one of the major reasons people buy the Affinity apps is because they are not subscription based. So as long as they can tap into that extremely large market they do not need to change to a subscription-only sales model.
It's the same reason they still offer a limited non-subscription version of their own Canva brand.

As you bring up AI This is pertinent.   It is from 2 weeks ago by a UK based graphics designer.
 
 
 

As you bring up AI This is pertinent.   It is from 2 weeks ago by a UK based graphics designer.
 
 
 

With regard to Canva,I think we need to hit the ground running, keep our eye on the ball, and make sure that we are singing off the same song sheet. At the end of the day it is not a level playing field and the goal posts may move; if they do, someone else may have to pick it up and run with it. We therefore must have a golf bag of options hot-to-trot from the word 'go'. It is your train set but we cannot afford to leave it on the back burner; we've got a lot of irons in the fire, right now.
We will need to un-stick a few potential poo traps but it all depends on the flash-to-bang time and fudge factor allowed. Things may end up slipping to the left and, if they do, we will need to run a tight ship. I don't want to re-invent the wheel but we must get right into the weeds on this one. If push comes to shove, we may have to up stumps and then we'll be in a whole new ball game.
I suggest we test the water with a few warmers in the bank. If we can produce the goods then we are cooking with gas. If not, then we are in a world of hurt. I don't want to die in a ditch over it but we could easily end up in a flat spin if people start getting twitchy. To that end, I want to get round the bazaars and make sure the movers and the shakers are on-side from day one. If you can hit me with your shopping list I can take it to the head honchos and start the ball rolling.
There is light at the end of the tunnel and I think we have backed a winner here. If it gets blown out the water, however, I will be throwing a track. So get your feet into my in-tray and give me chapter and verse as to how you see things panning out. As long as our ducks are in a row I think the ball will stay in play and we can come up smelling of roses.
Before you bomb burst and throw smoke, it is imperative we nail our colours very firmly on the mast and look at the big picture. We've got to march to the beat of the drum. We are on a sticky wicket. we'll need to play with a straight bat and watch out for fast balls.
I've been on permanent send for long enough and I've had my ten pence worth. I don't want to rock the boat or teach anyone to suck eggs. We must keep this firmly in our sight picture or it will fall between the cracks. If the cap fits, wear it, but it may seem like pushing fog up a hill with a sharp stick.
 
 
Sorry... It's been a heavy Easter and I needed to do something silly 🙂
 

Highly unlikely because it will have to compete with the FREE world-class Resolve.
Even people with the other top end video editors include Resolve for colour correction and grading. The Audio section, Fairlight, is one of the best audio programs for filmmakers. There is also the remote collaboration stuff.... It is going to be VERY hard (impossible) to get anyone to move off any of the main video editing programs.  For the rest: there is iMovie and the free MS video program.  So it is a hell of a lot of investment for a VERY small market.
OTOH for a Lightroom-Bridge replacement, there is a huge market just waiting for it.  

My own sister who made her own website using a website builder, created her own logo all by herself on Canva for only $50. It looked like it. I swallowed my pride and offered to fix it for her using Affinity. She really liked the result.

However, if you watch the last 90 seconds or so of the video, I think he might have a lot of trouble getting any other employment. Nothing to do with AI, just his attitude.

The availability of AI to the masses at very low cost is changing things.
What has changed AI is the availability of very low cost, very high power hardware compared to 20 years ago, more so than the software. The hardware has enabled far bigger datasets to be used at a far faster rate than before.  What would have required a warehouse sized computer (and another warehouse for the power/cooling)  is in the average high-end desktop PC.
The problem is the quality of the AI is "just good enough" for low to medium end graphics work. Much the same that cameras on phones became "just good enough"  for news photos. Hence, local newspapers no longer have photographers as 99% of their pictures come (free) from the public who are happy just to see their name as a by-line.
The world is changing, rapidly.  I have worked with computers, on the technical side not just as a user, since the 1970s and my father since 1953. My father worked on aircraft design.  So I have seen the change in the world by technology, some of it I had a hand in.    It is evolution.  The world won't go backwards, it can't
Canva will aim at the low to mid-end.  The Affinity brand will be mid to high.  So as the Canva users aspire to better, they can do so by moving to Affinity.  Much of the mid-range can move from Adobe to Affinity.  

That said, whilst I produce an on-line only PDF magazine, we are also looking at some short run "limited Edition" hardback book runs to compliment the PDF's. So just as photography (with glass plate cameras) didn't entirely kill off portrait painters, Canva isn't going to gill off professional graphics artists or Affinity. .   
 

As you bring up AI This is pertinent.   It is from 2 weeks ago by a UK based graphics designer.
 
 
 

As you bring up AI This is pertinent.   It is from 2 weeks ago by a UK based graphics designer.
 
 
 

As you bring up AI This is pertinent.   It is from 2 weeks ago by a UK based graphics designer.
 
 
 

The Canva presentation event was great, but I was taken aback by how often they repeated the phrase: "YOU DON'T NEED A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN ANY MORE." It felt like they were trying to push us (Graphic Designers) out of the picture. I hate to sound childish, but simply subscribing to AI-powered tools doesn't make someone talented. True talent can't be replaced, not even by AI!

If you’re running any kind of business where “time is money”, whether that’s illustration or manufacturing, speeding up the production process allows you to enjoy more leisure time or increase your output.

Maybe it's mostly hype, but consider that Canva has things like creating its Canva Represents Fund to support artists from underrepresented communities around the world & its "One print, one tree" policy for its "eco-friendly" (whatever that means) t-shirt printing service. It also claims "Sustainable and local production" for the t-shirt printing service. Beyond that there is its "Be a Force For Good" stuff including the Canva Foundation. 
So it does at least contribute something to help some people around the world.