photo editing 2025

Affinity’s transformation into a free, Canva‑backed creative suite is the most consequential shift in desktop photo and image editing this year — and it arrives at the same moment the editing market is being reshaped by aggressive AI features, licensing bifurcation, and even the small‑scale...

Adobe’s ecosystem still shapes the conversation, but 2025 is the year the photo‑editing market stopped being a two‑horse race and became a full‑blown ecosystem battle: subscription fatigue, a wave of powerful free entrants, and aggressive AI features have reshaped how photographers choose...