Kate Musgrove

News & Updates

MSIX and MSI installers: Troubleshooting and an update

MSI installers are announced to be coming soon to V2, plus our troubleshooting guide for installing Affinity V2 software using our current MSIX installers.

Learning

Get the most out of Affinity V2 with our new Learning Portal

Master Affinity apps with our new learning materials.

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Light Artefacts by Martins Ribeiro—now available on the Affinity Store

We're massive fans of commercial product photographer Martins Ribeiro, so we're delighted that we now have his first-ever overlay pack in the Affinity Store.

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UPDATE: 100 Days. 100 Commissions.

An update on our pledge to buy work from 100 creatives over 100 days.

Learning

Get legacy Affinity brushes

We took the opportunity in our 1.8 updates to refine and standardise the Affinity brushes across all the Affinity apps. Find out how to access the legacy Affinity brushes in this article.

News & Updates

Huge 1.8 updates are now available

Continuing with our focus on the professional workflow, our latest updates add some killer new features and improvements to the Affinity line-up, with something for everyone.

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Introducing Design Cuts

As design marketplace Design Cuts launch the biggest-ever content bundle for Affinity, we thought we'd shine a spotlight on the company. We talked to their founder, Tom Ross to find out more...

Learning

How to install Affinity updates

We release updates to our software all the time, and what's more, they're free for existing customers. In this article, we tell you how to install these updates.

Inspiration

Chris Rathbone: illustrating Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 1000th Century Break

We've long admired the sports illustration work of Chris Rathbone, so we were excited to commission him to create an illustration of Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's number one snooker player.

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Affinity Publisher is finally here, featuring world-first StudioLink technology

With the game-changing ability to fully integrate with other Affinity apps, this next-generation software is completely revolutionising the way creative professionals work.

Learning

Learn how to use Affinity Publisher, fast

We've published a raft of video tutorials to help you get up to speed with the ​newest app in our Affinity family.

News & Updates

Focus on StudioLink

With the release of Affinity Publisher, we have finally revealed our StudioLink technology.

Learning

10 things we love about Affinity Photo 1.7

Having recently released our 1.7 updates into the world, we thought it would be a ​good time to tell you about the ten things we love about Affinity Photo 1.7.

Learning

10 things we love about Affinity Designer 1.7

Affinity Designer 1.7 is available now, and it’s one of our biggest releases yet. Check out some of the awesome tools you get​ in this massive update...

Learning

How to use the new isometric drawing tools in Affinity Designer 1.7

Affinity Designer guru, Frankentoon, has created this awesome tutorial to introduce the new Isometric Panel in Affinity Designer 1.7...

Inspiration

Design icon: Jon Hicks

We have always hoped that British design legend Jon Hicks would join the ranks of Affinity Designer users, and now he has! Find out more about Jon, his work and how he approaches design...

Behind the Scenes

The liquid, colourful universe of illustrator Zutto

We fangirled (and fanboyed!) hard when we got to commission three pieces of work from superstar illustrator Zutto...

News & Updates

Affinity Publisher Public Beta - 1.7.0.206 now available

As we get ready for Christmas, our developers have released another update to Affinity Publisher, FREE in beta.

News & Updates

Affinity Photo 1.7 beta available now

If you own a desktop version of Affinity Photo (Mac or Windows), you can try out the beta of version 1.7 now.

News & Updates

Affinity Designer 1.7 beta now available

Owners of Affinity Designer on Mac or Windows can download and test the beta of 1.7 now.

Inspiration

Grave Etcher: vector engraving brushes by RetroSupply Co.

We are over the moon to welcome RetroSupply Co. to the Affinity Store! Here we find out how to get the best out of their Grave Etcher brush set, and where you can find more of their delicious content.

Inspiration

Read at your own risk! Your spookiest work of 2018

To get you in the Halloween spirit we thought we'd take a look at some of the kookiest, spookiest work made in Affinity.

News & Updates

Affinity Publisher Public Beta: 1.7.0.133 now available

Another update is available for the Affinity Publisher Beta—we hear your feedback, so please keep it coming. Lots of fixes and improvements in build 1.7.0.133...

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Affinity Publisher Public Beta: 1.7.0.128 now available

Thanks to all your feedback during the Affinity Publisher Public Beta (and our devs working around the clock!) the latest update is now ready to download.

Behind the Scenes

Eastern Masters: skin retouching with Mark Ivkovic

Mark Ivkovic, aka bang photography, talks us through his skin retouching process in Affinity Photo for iPad and gives us some top tips along the way.

News & Updates

Take your photos further with Affinity Photo for iPad

In June 2017 we achieved what no-one has before ... bringing the first fully-fledged creative professional app to the iPad. 250,000 users later, we are refining our revolutionary app even further.

News & Updates

Affinity Publisher Public Beta: 1.7.0.58 now available

We've been inundated with your great feedback since the launch of the free Affinity Publisher Public Beta. So here is our first update, 1.7.0.58, which brings some great fixes and improvements.

Learning

Learn how to use Affinity Designer for iPad, fast.

Learn how to use Affinity Designer for iPad with over 60 specially made video tutorials.

Learning

Creating your own brush nozzles from real-life media

Brush expert Paolo Limoncelli, from DAUB Brushes, shows you how to create your own brush nozzles from real-life media to create custom raster and vector brushes in Affinity Designer for iPad.

Learning

How to create raster brushes in Affinity Designer for iPad

Paolo Limoncelli, from DAUB Brushes, shows us how to create raster brushes that mimic real-world acrylic brush strokes in Affinity Designer for iPad.

Learning

10 things you should know about Affinity Designer for iPad

Now that pro-level graphic design on the iPad has become a reality, there's a lot to talk about. Here is a rundown of some of the things you need to know about Affinity Designer for iPad.

Behind the Scenes

Affinity Designer for iPad: A special beta

We've spent a long time developing Affinity Designer for iPad, in fact,​ we first posted a sneak peek over 3 years ago! But in 2018 we also had some extra help behind-the-scenes…

Behind the Scenes

Beeston Street Art Festival

Held on the 16th and 17th June, 2018, Beeston Street Art Festival turned dark ugly precinct walls into eye-catching public artworks.

News & Updates

Affinity Designer wins a coveted Microsoft Developer Award

Microsoft has named Affinity 'Application Creator  of the Year' for Affinity Designer in their annual Microsoft Developer Awards.

Behind the Scenes

He’s got it licked! The colourful world of Jonathan Ball

Jonathan Ball (pokedstudio) shows how he creates his striking artwork in Affinity Designer.

Behind the Scenes

Creating the Affinity Photo Workbook

In November 2017 we released our glossy full-colour Affinity Photo Workbook. Here's a look at how it was created…

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A brand-new ecosystem of beautiful and useful content for creatives. Brought to you by the team behind the award-winning Affinity software.