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Serif was the parent company behind Affinity, first founded in 1987 and known for creative tools used by professional graphic designers and photographers. In the last decade, users will best-know of Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher (as well as the respective V2 variants which were released in late 2022).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Canva Acquires Design Platform Affinity to Bring Professional Design Tools to Every Organization |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240325965656/en/Canva-Acquires-Design-Platform-Affinity-to-Bring-Professional-Design-Tools-to-Every-Organization |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=BusinessWire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-09 |title=Press Release - Affinity Version 2 sets new standards in creative software |url=https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-v2-sets-new-standards-in-creative-software/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109150704/https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-v2-sets-new-standards-in-creative-software/ |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=Affinity Serif}}</ref> | Serif was the parent company behind Affinity, first founded in 1987 and known for creative tools used by professional graphic designers and photographers. In the last decade, users will best-know of Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher (as well as the respective V2 variants which were released in late 2022).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Canva Acquires Design Platform Affinity to Bring Professional Design Tools to Every Organization |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240325965656/en/Canva-Acquires-Design-Platform-Affinity-to-Bring-Professional-Design-Tools-to-Every-Organization |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=BusinessWire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-09 |title=Press Release - Affinity Version 2 sets new standards in creative software |url=https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-v2-sets-new-standards-in-creative-software/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109150704/https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-v2-sets-new-standards-in-creative-software/ |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=Affinity Serif}}</ref> | ||
In early 2024, Canva acquired the Affinity Design Platform which expanded Canva's reach to include a large group of people ranging from amateurs to professionals in the photography and graphic design space.<ref name=":0" /> Canva is primarily a subscription service that offers tools for graphic design, and they've been acquiring various pieces of software in recent years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-06 |title=Acquisitions by Canva - List of Canva's Acquisitions |url=https://tracxn.com/d/acquisitions/acquisitions-by-canva/__LHKOZhxQIkd1nKd00xe8ZiSIZ1WlxGLsiY4nuztOWOY#list-of-acquisitions |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=Tracxn}}</ref> | In early 2024, Canva acquired the Affinity Design Platform which expanded Canva's reach to include a large group of people ranging from amateurs to professionals in the photography and graphic design space.<ref name=":0" /> Canva is primarily a subscription service that offers tools for graphic design, and they've been acquiring various pieces of software in recent years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-06 |title=Acquisitions by Canva - List of Canva's Acquisitions |url=https://tracxn.com/d/acquisitions/acquisitions-by-canva/__LHKOZhxQIkd1nKd00xe8ZiSIZ1WlxGLsiY4nuztOWOY#list-of-acquisitions |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=Tracxn}}</ref> In 2024 after the acquisition, there was a Pledge that included remaining fair, transparent, and having affordable pricing in addition to maintaining perpetual licenses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=The Affinity and Canva Pledge |url=https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-and-canva-pledge/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251002083749/https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-and-canva-pledge/ |archive-date=2025-10-02 |access-date=2025-11-03 |website=Affinity/Serif Press Release}}</ref> | ||
=== Software Activation (Affinity V2 and older software) === | ===Software Activation (Affinity V2 and older software)=== | ||
To activate Affinity V2 software purchased from the Serif website, users must temporarily sign into their Serif account (which would've been created at the time of purchasing a license), but users can then sign out at anytime from a dialog box within each of the three applications, Photo, Designer, and Publisher. | To activate Affinity V2 software purchased from the Serif website, users must temporarily sign into their Serif account (which would've been created at the time of purchasing a license), but users can then sign out at anytime from a dialog box within each of the three applications, Photo, Designer, and Publisher. | ||