Canva Affinity coming to Linux

[myotis]

Of interest to some, Canva posted a couple of days ago on the Canva Forum that a native Linux version of Affinity is under development, but with no ETA being available.

I can't give a link as I've only seen copies of the original post from Canva (which is only one line long) which has been re-posted to a few places now.

As Canva have already admitted that the free version of Affinity is essentially a marketing exercise, with the rest of their tools online (which presumably already work in Linux), this could be an important move for them in expanding their customer base.

 

[inquisitive_chap]

Excellent.

The only reason in the last month I have dual booted into Windows is for photography software. So this removes another need to use Windows

I have been using Lightroom on the web (as a web app) in Linux for quite a lot of stuff recently (I still need to use it in Windows to do some of the more intensive stuff but 80% of the time if I am just culling and viewing etc I stick with using it in Linux)

 

[LongLensPhotography]

To be frank linux already has inkscape and gimp both of which are more capable than affinity

 

[myotis]

Excellent.

The only reason in the last month I have dual booted into Windows is for photography software. So this removes another need to use Windows

I have been using Lightroom on the web (as a web app) in Linux for quite a lot of stuff recently (I still need to use it in Windows to do some of the more intensive stuff but 80% of the time if I am just culling and viewing etc I stick with using it in Linux)

Yes, photo-processing software is difficult to properly replace in Linux.

If Sombra turns out to be as as good as it looks, and it actually manages to get a reliable Linux port (projected for February next year), it will make Linux a lot more attractive for photography. It still isn't going to be a Photoshop replacement.