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Design, edit, lay out, then edit again... without ever leaving your .af file. Affinity has all the pro design and photo editing tools you need in one ultra fast, powerful app.

Graphic design, digital illustration, logo creation, and more

Explore Vector Studio

Affinity lets us focus on the work. Having photo editing, vector, and layout in one app means less switching, fewer interruptions, and more time spent designing and crafting the details that matter.
Verònica Fuerte

Founder & Creative Directress of Hey

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Affinity lets us focus on the work. Having photo editing, vector, and layout in one app means less switching, fewer interruptions, and more time spent designing and crafting the details that matter.
Verònica Fuerte

Founder & Creative Directress of Hey

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The new standard

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1/5

File compatibility

Bring PSD, AI, IDML, DWG, and other file types into Affinity with layers and structure preserved. Whether you’re continuing your own work or collaborating with others, everyone can open, edit, and build on the same files without compatibility issues.

Collage of overlapping creative works, including bold typography, abstract textures, and a portrait against a white background.
Collage of overlapping creative works, including bold typography, abstract textures, and a portrait against a white background.

1/5

File compatibility

Bring PSD, AI, IDML, DWG, and other file types into Affinity with layers and structure preserved. Whether you’re continuing your own work or collaborating with others, everyone can open, edit, and build on the same files without compatibility issues.

Collage of overlapping creative works, including bold typography, abstract textures, and a portrait against a white background.
Collage of overlapping creative works, including bold typography, abstract textures, and a portrait against a white background.

2/5

Cross-collaboration

Want to do more with your finished .af file? In just a few simple steps you can export your assets straight to Canva, where you can collaborate live with teammates and scale into full campaigns – all while staying on brand.

Affinity and Canva interfaces side by side, showing a ZOLO vector graphic being exported from Affinity and placed into a Canva design.
Affinity and Canva interfaces side by side, showing a ZOLO vector graphic being exported from Affinity and placed into a Canva design.

2/5

Cross-collaboration

Want to do more with your finished .af file? In just a few simple steps you can export your assets straight to Canva, where you can collaborate live with teammates and scale into full campaigns – all while staying on brand.

Affinity and Canva interfaces side by side, showing a ZOLO vector graphic being exported from Affinity and placed into a Canva design.
Affinity and Canva interfaces side by side, showing a ZOLO vector graphic being exported from Affinity and placed into a Canva design.

3/5

Non-destructive

Experiment as much you want, while still keeping your original file intact. Every edit stacks on the last, so you can tweak, reorder, or remove any step without flattening. Undo history saves too, so you can rewind from your final export all the way back to your first edit.

Portrait with vivid blue and orange lighting and a glitch effect, alongside the Layers panel in Affinity showing non-destructive edits and adjustments.
Portrait with vivid blue and orange lighting and a glitch effect, alongside the Layers panel in Affinity showing non-destructive edits and adjustments.

3/5

Non-destructive

Experiment as much you want, while still keeping your original file intact. Every edit stacks on the last, so you can tweak, reorder, or remove any step without flattening. Undo history saves too, so you can rewind from your final export all the way back to your first edit.

Portrait with vivid blue and orange lighting and a glitch effect, alongside the Layers panel in Affinity showing non-destructive edits and adjustments.
Portrait with vivid blue and orange lighting and a glitch effect, alongside the Layers panel in Affinity showing non-destructive edits and adjustments.

4/5

Fast AF

Working with thousands of layers? No problem. Want to make detailed edits at 1,000,000% zoom? Go for it. Affinity keeps up with you.

4/5

Fast AF

Working with thousands of layers? No problem. Want to make detailed edits at 1,000,000% zoom? Go for it. Affinity keeps up with you.

5/5

Optional AI

If you’re on a Canva premium plan, you can unlock powerful AI tools directly in Affinity. Every tool has been thoughtfully integrated to complement and support your creative workflow, not clutter it.

Affinity’s Canva AI Studio showing a perfume bottle among pink clouds, alongside a Variations panel with alternative generated images.
Affinity’s Canva AI Studio showing a perfume bottle among pink clouds, alongside a Variations panel with alternative generated images.

5/5

Optional AI

If you’re on a Canva premium plan, you can unlock powerful AI tools directly in Affinity. Every tool has been thoughtfully integrated to complement and support your creative workflow, not clutter it.

Affinity’s Canva AI Studio showing a perfume bottle among pink clouds, alongside a Variations panel with alternative generated images.
Affinity’s Canva AI Studio showing a perfume bottle among pink clouds, alongside a Variations panel with alternative generated images.

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Made in Cavalry

Design in Affinity, animate in Cavalry

Keep the creative process going. Turn finished designs into moving artwork by importing straight into Cavalry from Affinity.

Get moving
A logo reading ‘BBH’ appears and transforms through a series of bold black-and-white animated compositions. Letters repeat, stack, enlarge, and move across the screen, transitioning into grids and dense typographic patterns. Graphic layouts and design work briefly appear before returning to animated text, including the repeated word ‘talking’ forming a mouth and ‘blinking’ forming an eye. The sequence ends with a small, minimal graphic of a sheep centered on a black background.
BBH
A dark gradient background appears with the words ‘Shape fortune, build revenue,’ then disappears. An Orb wordmark animates into view alongside a pixel-style 3D human bust. The composition transitions through a series of rotating 3D illustrations, including a coin-like disc featuring the Orb logo and a bow and arrow. The final sequence shows a Newton’s cradle, with one ball swinging outward before the illustration fades.
How&How
A series of typographic compositions rapidly transition across a gridded design system. Individual letters in black, orange, and purple, along with geometric forms, are enlarged, rotated, and adjusted using measurement guides, curves, corner controls, and editing panels. The animation zooms in and out as elements are edited.
Studio Feixen
A logo reading ‘BBH’ appears and transforms through a series of bold black-and-white animated compositions. Letters repeat, stack, enlarge, and move across the screen, transitioning into grids and dense typographic patterns. Graphic layouts and design work briefly appear before returning to animated text, including the repeated word ‘talking’ forming a mouth and ‘blinking’ forming an eye. The sequence ends with a small, minimal graphic of a sheep centered on a black background.
BBH
A logo reading ‘BBH’ appears and transforms through a series of bold black-and-white animated compositions. Letters repeat, stack, enlarge, and move across the screen, transitioning into grids and dense typographic patterns. Graphic layouts and design work briefly appear before returning to animated text, including the repeated word ‘talking’ forming a mouth and ‘blinking’ forming an eye. The sequence ends with a small, minimal graphic of a sheep centered on a black background.
BBH
A dark gradient background appears with the words ‘Shape fortune, build revenue,’ then disappears. An Orb wordmark animates into view alongside a pixel-style 3D human bust. The composition transitions through a series of rotating 3D illustrations, including a coin-like disc featuring the Orb logo and a bow and arrow. The final sequence shows a Newton’s cradle, with one ball swinging outward before the illustration fades.
How&How
A series of typographic compositions rapidly transition across a gridded design system. Individual letters in black, orange, and purple, along with geometric forms, are enlarged, rotated, and adjusted using measurement guides, curves, corner controls, and editing panels. The animation zooms in and out as elements are edited.
Studio Feixen
A dark gradient background appears with the words ‘Shape fortune, build revenue,’ then disappears. An Orb wordmark animates into view alongside a pixel-style 3D human bust. The composition transitions through a series of rotating 3D illustrations, including a coin-like disc featuring the Orb logo and a bow and arrow. The final sequence shows a Newton’s cradle, with one ball swinging outward before the illustration fades.
How&How
A series of typographic compositions rapidly transition across a gridded design system. Individual letters in black, orange, and purple, along with geometric forms, are enlarged, rotated, and adjusted using measurement guides, curves, corner controls, and editing panels. The animation zooms in and out as elements are edited.
Studio Feixen

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For the BBH rebrand, Cavalry became our secret superpower, transforming type experimentation into a creative process that defined the brand’s entire motion language. It gave us the freedom to explore layouts and type behaviors that would have taken days to prototype in a single afternoon.
Oded Shein

Design Director, BBH

BBH Logo
For the BBH rebrand, Cavalry became our secret superpower, transforming type experimentation into a creative process that defined the brand’s entire motion language. It gave us the freedom to explore layouts and type behaviors that would have taken days to prototype in a single afternoon.
Oded Shein

Design Director, BBH

BBH Logo

Just dropped

Shaped by your feedback, these recent additions are already making their mark.

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Affinity for iPad

Sketch, design, edit images, and lay everything out in one creative app built for touch and Apple Pencil.

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Affinity on iPad showing a portrait with colorful flower illustrations and the Layers panel open.
Affinity on iPad showing a portrait with colorful flower illustrations and the Layers panel open.

Blend Tool

Create intricate effects in a few moves, then keep shaping them as your idea evolves.

Learn more
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Affinity canvas showing colorful blended shapes forming the number 57, with the Blend Tool controls open.

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Just dropped

Shaped by your feedback, these recent additions are already making their mark.

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Affinity for iPad

Sketch, design, edit images, and lay everything out in one creative app built for touch and Apple Pencil.

Learn more
Affinity on iPad showing a portrait with colorful flower illustrations and the Layers panel open.
Affinity on iPad showing a portrait with colorful flower illustrations and the Layers panel open.

Blend Tool

Create intricate effects in a few moves, then keep shaping them as your idea evolves.

Learn more
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Affinity canvas showing colorful blended shapes forming the number 57, with the Blend Tool controls open.

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Inspired.af

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Affinity for iPad is here!→

Product

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Grid design for editorial and web layouts→

Inspiration

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Explore the artwork featured in our homepage banner→

Community

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Zero bucks given

Affinity is free for individuals (seriously). Just choose your preferred platform below to get started. Need Affinity with SSO for your organization? Contact Canva Enterprise⁠(opens in a new tab or window) or Canva Education⁠(opens in a new tab or window) for more information.

Mac

Fully optimized for macOS. Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel.

Download for Mac
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Windows

Affinity runs fast even on mid-range machines, but loves a dedicated GPU.

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iPadNEW

The full creative experience, reimagined for touch and Apple Pencil.

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