Graphics
Graphics and Photo Editing
Affinity
Our go-to app for editing photos, drawing logos and preparing the graphics that go on your site.
- Category
- Graphics
- Stack role
- Design
- Tool type
- Proprietary
- Best suited for
- Logos, Photos and Web Graphics
- Hosting model
- Desktop Application
- Software price
- Free
- License
- Proprietary
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What is Affinity?
Affinity, in plain English.
Affinity is a creative app for working with photos, vector artwork and page layouts. Vector artwork is made from lines and shapes rather than pixels, so logos and icons stay sharp at any size, from a favicon to a billboard.
The Affinity apps were made by Serif, which was later acquired by Canva. They were designed as alternatives to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and have been popular with designers who dislike monthly subscriptions. Affinity is now one combined app rather than three separate ones.
For a website project, this is where graphics get prepared: cleaning up a photo, redrawing a logo, building icons and graphics, and exporting them in the right sizes. Good files here mean a site that loads quickly and looks sharp on any screen.
In our stack
Why we use Affinity.
We use Affinity for the everyday graphics work on client sites: touching up photos, redrawing logos and exporting images. It handles photo and vector work in one app, so we can get those assets ready without waiting on a bigger toolset.
Sharp at Any Size
Vector logos and icons stay crisp on every screen.
Photos Ready for Web
Images are cleaned up and sized so pages load quickly.
One App for Graphics
Photo, vector and layout work happen in a single place.
Where we use it
Services built with Affinity.
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