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Affinity’s creative studio is now available on iPad for free

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Following Canva's 2024 acquisition of developer Serif, the software brings desktop-grade vector graphics, photo editing, illustration, and page layout tools to tablets for free. Creative professionals can utilize a newly introduced Sketch Studio featuring automated masking and shape conversion for drawing workflows. While core tools merely require a free account, Canva reserves its generative AI Studio for paid subscribers.

Key points

  • Creative professionals can access comprehensive design and layout software on their table…: Creative professionals can access comprehensive design and layout software on their tablets without paying an upfront purchase fee.
  • Projects combining vector, photo, and layout work can be consolidated and saved into a si…: Projects combining vector, photo, and layout work can be consolidated and saved into a single unified file format.
  • Canva is using an optional subscription paywall strictly for artificial intelligence capa…: Canva is using an optional subscription paywall strictly for artificial intelligence capabilities while keeping core tools free.

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Canva is giving digital creatives a new way to design, illustrate, and edit photos on their iPads, and it doesn’t have to cost them a thing. After relaunching the Affinity creative suite as an all-in-one desktop app last year, Canva has now introduced Affinity for iPad, which provides the same pro-grade tools for vector graphics, photo editing, illustration, and page layouts in a format optimized for Apple Pencil and touchscreens.

Affinity’s creative studio is now available on iPad for free

Affinity for iPad has a new Sketch Studio that’s designed for freehand drawing and simplifying sketch-to-vector workflows, including optimized tools for masking and automatically converting rough sketches into cleaner geometric shapes. The app also supports Apple Pencil Pro capabilities like natural gestures, pressure sensitivity, tilt, barrel roll, squeeze, and hover, allowing creatives more control over tools and shortcuts.

“Affinity for iPad delivers the full power of Affinity, together with the versatility and portability of iPad,” Affinity product design head Neil Ladkin said in the announcement. “Every development decision was made by people who create on iPad themselves, from how the…

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