Andy Hutchinson

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Canva have pulled a fast one — they’ve made the entire Affinity suite free, rolled Photo, Designer and Publisher into a single app, and quietly changed what Affinity even is.

In this video, I dig into what that means for photographers — how the new Affinity handles RAW processing, what the AI tools are really capable of (spoiler: not much), and whether this is a genuine gift to creatives or just a clever marketing trap.

Unpaid, unsponsored, and unfiltered — as always.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro  
02:01 TL;DR  
03:56 RAW Processing  
05:23 RAW Editing Walkthrough  
10:41 Masking  
12:00 Canva AI  
13:36 Generative Expand  
13:55 Generative Fill  
14:44 Generative Edit  
14:53 Portrait Blur  
15:20 Colourise  
15:38 Super Resolve  
16:46 Conclusion  
20:46 Outro

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