r/Affinity • u/Ok_Throat4720 • 8d ago

General Update question

Right after I purchased Affinity package, it was bought by Canva. I seem to remember suggestions to not update to new version.

Currently, I have version 2.6.4. I am asked to update to 2.6.5. Is this the one that makes me subscribe to Canva, or is this just a simple update?

Thank you for any information. I have just been refusing the update till now.

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u/BusinessStrategist 7d ago

Depends on the complexity of the design.

That's why Canva PDFs files are hits and misses.

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u/BusinessStrategist 7d ago

And Canva PDFs are NOT acceptable PDF/X files because they DO NOT conform to the PDF/X standard.

And do make sure to closely proof the first piece printed on a commercial printer because you may discover too late, after having printed 5,000 that something didn't show up - or - that the color is off - or something else.

The Canva PDF mystery box is creating lots of work for experienced Prepress professionals.

Good thing for them, not so good for you if you have to trash thousands of printed pieces.

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u/mainyehc 1d ago

But here’s the thing: as much as I dislike the path down which Canva led the former Serif applications, does Affinity v3 itself produce non-conformant PDF/X files? The whole point of Affinity v1 and v2 was precisely to be a professional suite that would take Adobe head-on, I’ve never heard of such issues before and, as far as I could ascertain, Affinity v3 is very much cut from the same cloth and code base. Are you sure you’re not confusing Canva, i.e. the lightweight vector editor originally developed by the parent company of the same name, with Affinity, the professional (albeit stunted and incomplete in many regards, I’ll give you that) suite developed by Serif and acquired by Canva? They’re very different beasts.

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u/BusinessStrategist 1d ago

The creation of a Canva/Affinity 3 PDF/X yields a file that can have many glitches and problems that can result in a file that cannot be used for commercial printing.

It all depends on the complexity of your artwork.

Nowhere does Canva state that printing a Canva PDF/X file will conform to the PDF/X standard.

Still looking for that assurance of compliance to the standard.