Affinity for Photographers - Yes it’s free, but ...
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Canva have pulled a fast one — they’ve made the entire Affinity suite free, rolled Photo, Designer and Publisher into a single app, and quietly changed what Affinity even is.
In this video, I dig into what that means for photographers — how the new Affinity handles RAW processing, what the AI tools are really capable of (spoiler: not much), and whether this is a genuine gift to creatives or just a clever marketing trap.
Unpaid, unsponsored, and unfiltered — as always.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:01 TL;DR
03:56 RAW Processing
05:23 RAW Editing Walkthrough
10:41 Masking
12:00 Canva AI
13:36 Generative Expand
13:55 Generative Fill
14:44 Generative Edit
14:53 Portrait Blur
15:20 Colourise
15:38 Super Resolve
16:46 Conclusion
20:46 Outro