Affinity

Affinity

Canva
PhotoCraft

PhotoCraft

ArtCraft
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About

Affinity is a free professional graphic design, photo editing, and page layout application developed by Canva for creating visual content across digital and print media. The software combines vector illustration, raster image editing, and desktop publishing tools within a single customizable workspace. Its Vector Studio supports logo design, illustrations, typography, and precision drawing, while Pixel Studio provides advanced photo retouching, RAW editing, and image compositing. Layout Studio enables users to create brochures, magazines, books, posters, and other publications with professional typography and print production controls. Affinity also offers optional AI-powered tools for image generation, generative fill, background editing, and visual enhancement through Canva AI Studio. The application supports non-destructive editing, customizable workspaces, industry-standard file formats, and direct export to Canva, with free desktop versions available for Windows and macOS.

About

PhotoCraft is a free, open-source raster image editor for photographers, digital artists, designers, and other creative users. It provides layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, text, vector tools, and brushes in a native desktop application, with a WebAssembly build that can be hosted separately. Users can make non-destructive edits with adjustment layers and live-preview filters, select subjects and objects on-device, and refine masks locally. The editor opens and saves layered PSD and PSB documents, supports smart objects and smart filters, and includes color-management tools for RGB, CMYK, Lab, and grayscale documents at 8-, 16-, and 32-bit depths. PhotoCraft is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is distributed as free, open-source software.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Graphic designers, photographers, digital illustrators, creative agencies, marketing teams, branding professionals, publishers, print designers, UI/UX designers, freelancers, educators, students, and businesses seeking professional vector graphics, photo editing, desktop publishing, AI-assisted creative tools, and an alternative to subscription-based design software

Audience

Photographers, digital artists, designers, and other users who need layered raster-image editing.

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

Free
Free to download and use; open source. No subscription is required.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 1.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It had a nice familiar UI. It looks like Photoshop. That's the goal, and they achieved that. It's a good design.
  • What I like most is that it feels familiar immediately. The layout, tools, shortcuts, layers, masks, adjustment layers, and PSD workflow are close enough to traditional professional image editors that there is almost no learning curve. The performance is another big plus. PhotoCraft is written natively in Rust and uses the GPU instead of wrapping everything in Electron, so the whole app feels much more lightweight than I expected.

Cons

  • Everything else. It's barely more useful than MS Paint, and only because it has layers. You're better off with basically any other free raster editor with an actual developer behind it.
  • The main downside is that it is still early alpha. There are still some tools, advanced typography features, generative AI capabilities, and plugin compatibility on the roadmap, so it is not a complete Photoshop replacement yet.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Canva
Founded: 2013
Australia
www.affinity.studio/

Company Information

ArtCraft
getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft

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Categories

Desktop Publishing Supported
Graphic Design Supported
Photo Editing Supported
Vector Graphics Supported

Categories

Graphic Design Supported
Photo Editing Supported

Integrations

Adobe Acrobat Supported
Adobe Illustrator Supported
Adobe Photoshop Supported
Canva Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
ON1 NoNoise AI Supported

Integrations

Adobe Acrobat Not Supported
Adobe Illustrator Not Supported
Adobe Photoshop Not Supported
Canva Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
ON1 NoNoise AI Not Supported
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