For a few months, Adobe's proposed merger with Figma was the one of the design industry's biggest corporate news. That deal might now be dead in the water, but this week a new takeover is making waves ...

This week, when Apple updated Pixelmator Pro and Photomator apps headlines with new icons, it seemed to miss a tune. It’s been a year since Apple acquired the designing and photo editing apps ...

There’s an unending choice in creative software between Adobe tools or one of the myriad of alternatives. Adobe is the industry standard in most cases; Its software doesn’t always offer the best ...

Adobe has long been regarded as the leader in design software, largely due to its powerful Creative Cloud suite. Its dominance is rooted in its advanced features, seamless integration across tools, ...

The market for high-end graphic design software just got weirder. Several years ago, I wrote “Consider Switching from Creative Cloud to Affinity V2” (5 December 2022) to encourage those who were ...

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Figma's CEO said his company's tools will not do the work of a top-notch designer. Dylan Field said that Figma's AI tools "raise the ceiling" for designers to do more. He said they would remove the ...