Affinity by Canva is a free, professional-grade design application combining photo editing, vector illustration and page layout in one app. It is the most capable free alternative to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign available, and this book shows you how to use it properly.
Affinity by Canva: A Beginner's Guide is a plain-English guide from designer and filmmaker Wayne Sables. It covers the unified app released in October 2025 and updated through version 3.2 in April 2026: the Pixel, Vector and Layout Studios, the new .af file format, the Live Develop layer for non-destructive RAW editing, selection and masking, vector paths and boolean operations, Layout Studio master pages and text flow, and the integrations with Canva and DaVinci Resolve.
It is honest about where Affinity's limits sit. When Adobe has the advantage, the book says so and explains why. When a specialist tool is better, it names it. When an AI feature requires a paid Canva plan rather than the free tier, it flags it clearly.
Affinity by Canva is a free, professional-grade design application combining photo editing, vector illustration and page layout in one app. It is the most capable free alternative to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign available, and this book shows you how to use it properly.
Affinity by Canva: A Beginner's Guide is a plain-English guide from designer and filmmaker Wayne Sables. It covers the unified app released in October 2025 and updated through version 3.2 in April 2026: the Pixel, Vector and Layout Studios, the new .af file format, the Live Develop layer for non-destructive RAW editing, selection and masking, vector paths and boolean operations, Layout Studio master pages and text flow, and the integrations with Canva and DaVinci Resolve.
It is honest about where Affinity's limits sit. When Adobe has the advantage, the book says so and explains why. When a specialist tool is better, it names it. When an AI feature requires a paid Canva plan rather than the free tier, it flags it clearly.
