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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

RARE PHOTOS: Why affinity studio s free for everyone photo editor probably won t tempt me away from adobe yet | Vintage Vibes

A photo of the stage at Adobe Max 2025.

It’s been a huge few days for video and photo editing software, what with the annual Adobe Max having been brought to a close last week and then the bombshell announcement that, under new owners, Canva, Affinity Photo has been reborn as the free-for-everyone Affinity Studio. 

I’ve always been a fan of Affinity Photo 2. I still think it’s the best like-for-like alternative to the juggernaut that is Adobe Photoshop, but it was definitely time for an update.

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