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Digital Camera World
Tom May

'There's no catch': Canva founder tells photographers they shouldn't worry about Affinity going free

Cameron Adams talking to a camera .

When Canva announced that Affinity Photo had been relaunched as part of a completely free Affinity Studio suite, the photography community's response was a mixture of delight and scepticism. After decades of paying hundreds, or even thousands for professional editing software, many simply couldn't believe that a Photoshop-class application could genuinely be free forever.

Now, Cameron Adams, Canva's co-founder and chief product officer, has responded directly to those concerns in a YouTube video addressing what he calls "one big question that's being asked: how the hell is that even possible?"

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