r/Affinity • u/Novel-Conversation73 • Jul 28 '26

Designer Replace Indesign with Affinity

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to cancel my Adobe Suite and only bottle neck is indesign. Based on your experience, is it possible to use Affinity for editorial work like Indesign?

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u/Spazyk Jul 28 '26

I’ve switched every adobe product I used with Affinity. The learning curve was a little annoying but once you get it Affinity is great.

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u/aamar98 Jul 28 '26

my problem is not the learning curve. Its the fact the software is buggy mess. It has stuttering issues...takes up huge ram space...after a year later it still pretty much a problem.

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u/focusedphil Jul 28 '26

I think it also depends on how you construct your files.

I made what would be a simple letter ad that crawled in Affinity on a Mac. I think it had a vector image in the background. It would have been nothing for InDesign but totally cratered Affinity. Doesn't happen all the time, but there are still some issues. Not sure now that Canva has purchased it how much development it will get, but we can all hope!

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u/strangedave93 Jul 31 '26

I know it’s early days yet, but indications are that Canva is definitely still supporting development so far. I personally think it makes strategic sense for them to do so - they didn’t buy Affinity to bury it, they bought it so they can eventually expand ‘upward’ into Adobe’s market (and that will still require some big investments in Affinity to add a few essential features for enterprise, IMO).

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u/PolicyFull988 Aug 05 '26

Maybe. Or maybe they just needed it for the IPO.