https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/pre...nva-statement/
As of today (26 March 2024) Affinity is part of the Canva family. Canva has acquired Serif, the company behind the Affinity suite of professional creative software.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/pre...nva-statement/
As of today (26 March 2024) Affinity is part of the Canva family. Canva has acquired Serif, the company behind the Affinity suite of professional creative software.
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An echo?
Gary W. Priester
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technically, and it is a technicallity as they both have the same time mark, my post is first in the forum log [not that it matters at all ]
my post links to serif announcement, daniel's to canva's, which is serendipitously useful
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ought-Affinity
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My reference was not to your post but to the buyout. Sounds familiar somehow.
Gary W. Priester
gwpriester.com | eyetricks-3d-stereograms.com | eyeTricks on Facebook | eyeTricks on YouTube | eyeTricks on Instagram
ah, my apologies Mr. Moderator Emeritus Dude, Sir...
such a move by Canva/Serif is not unexpected though, if you think through the affinity business model and it's financing, though who it might have been was always an open question
it remains to be seen how things develop
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Although I was vaguely familiar with the company name Canva, I didn't know much about what they did or produced - quite a lot as it turns out.
I think this will an interesting acquisition (partnership?) for the future and I'm reasonably hopeful. Maybe this will be the answer to Serifs missing website and online design presence.
I thought Serif's personal video announcement was a nice touch for jittery end users. As you said, time will tell.
Jono (Jon)
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer+
The Affinity forums and the Facebook groups are exploding. Users believe this is much like the Adobe arrangement. Probably far from it. If they move to a sub model it’s much cheaper to begin with.
I often wondered how they were virtually giving away these apps at their current pricing. Perhaps they were playing the long game. Acquiring many through low pricing, and leveraging the sale to canva with the sheer amount of people using the apps. I never went with the suite, but I do use Photo and Publisher. I have original versions. Never bit on the suite. And just updated the ones I have.
Bill Wood
Charity Web Design
XARA Pro+. WD17, Designer 17. Premium packages.
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I bet there have been more crisis and reputation management meetings in the last 24hrs than they had meetings about strategy and the size of the cheque in the months they were formulating the transaction.
I don't think they expected the ferocity of the bonfire they've found surrounding themselves.
I wonder who might be sniffing around Xara or the embers of Magix.
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