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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, April 22, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Affinity integrated Canva's AI-powered Remove Background tool into the Affinity application (version 3.0, launched October 2025) through the Canva AI Studio panel, available to users with a paid Canva subscription.

Details

The Remove Background tool uses AI to automatically detect and separate the primary subject of an image from its background, producing a masked or cut-out result without manual selection. It is part of the Canva AI Studio feature set in Affinity v3 and requires a paid Canva plan. Affinity has stated that processing is conducted with privacy controls in place and that users' creative work is not used to train AI models.

Products affected

Affinity (v3, Canva AI Studio)

Sources & Evidence

News Article

Canva's Affinity Combines Photo, Designer, and Publisher into One Free App

TidBITS·Oct 2025

https://tidbits.com/2025/10/31/canvas-affinity-combines-photo-designer-and-publisher-into-one-free-app/

Company Disclosure

Company DisclosureVerified

Introducing the all-new Affinity: Professional design, now free for everyone

Canva Newsroom·Oct 2025

https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/all-new-affinity/

Cite this record

Trace Foundation. (2026). Affinity (Serif): Affinity integrated Canva's AI-powered Remove Background tool into the Affinity application (version 3.0, launched October 2025) through the Canva AI Studio panel, available to users with a paid Canva subscription (data as of 2026-04-22) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d9d5b3fa-ce35-41f4-93e5-dc4918146c8e. Accessed September 11, 2026.

Stable link: https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d9d5b3fa-ce35-41f4-93e5-dc4918146c8e
Data as of: April 22, 2026
Last verified: April 22, 2026

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Other practices by Affinity (Serif)

ProductivityAffinity offers on-device machine learning tools in Affinity Photo (version 2.6, released February 2025) that automatically detect and select objects or the primary subject within an image, helping designers make complex selections faster.ProductivityAffinity integrated Canva's AI-powered Super Resolution and Depth Estimation tools into Affinity v3 (launched October 2025) through the Canva AI Studio panel, available to users with a paid Canva subscription.Creative GenAffinity integrated Canva's generative AI tools, including Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and Generative Edit, into the Affinity application (version 3.0, launched October 30, 2025) through a dedicated Canva AI Studio panel, available to users with a paid Canva subscription (Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Education).

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