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Canva has released Affinity for iPad, bringing its vector graphics, photo editing, illustration, and page layout tools together into a single application. Available now as a free download from the App Store for individual users, the software unifies what previously existed as separate Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher applications into one touch-first workspace. [2][1]
The release allows designers to handle entire projects, from initial concepts to print-ready files, within a single document. Canva built the app around touchscreen controls and Apple Pencil Pro features, supporting pressure, tilt, barrel roll, squeeze, and hover. It also introduces a dedicated Sketch space alongside tools that turn hand-drawn sketches into vectors. Other additions include AI-driven features like generative expand, resolution upscaling, motion blur effects, and a tool that separates flat images into editable layers. [2][1]
The release follows the consolidation of Affinity's desktop software a year ago, which Canva says has registered more than seven million sign-ups. Bringing the unified design suite to the iPad was the company's most requested feature, according to Duncan Clark, chief executive of pro design at Canva. [2]
Design app Affinity has long been popular with Mac users, and a long-awaited iPad version has launched today. Canva promises that Affinity for iPad offers “the same pro-level power” as the Mac app. It’s been a year since the company’s vector, photo, and layout tools were unified into a single app on Mac, and the same is now true on iPad …
via 9to5Mac
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,…
via The Verge