#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Today the new #Affinity was released. After the #Canvas acquisition, Designer, Photo, and Publisher were merged into a single app (luckily, the old stand-alone apps still work). Affinity is free, supposedly forever, with only AI features requiring payment.

I’ve long used Designer for figures and posters, and its affordability made it my preferred alternative to #Adobe.

I remain a bit sceptical about the “forever free” promise. The future will show whether it holds.

https://www.affinity.studio

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Rebecca @ RH Fine Arts

@rhfinearts@mstdn.social · last week

A roseate spoonbill touches down with wings wide open, sunlight glowing through layers of pink feathers. Its graceful landing captures both strength and elegance against a soft green marsh backdrop. These striking birds, often seen along the Gulf Coast and southern wetlands, add a burst of unexpected color to their quiet surroundings.

https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/spoonbill-in-flight-rebecca-herranen.html

#birds #WildLife #Nature #buyintoart #fineartphotography #photography #art #MastoArt #canvas #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallart #romantic

Rebecca Herranen

Spoonbill In Flight by Rebecca Herranen

Roseate spoonbill landing with pink wings spread wide over green marsh vegetation, sunlight illuminating its feathers.

Rebecca @ RH Fine Arts

@rhfinearts@mstdn.social · last week

https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/spoonbill-in-flight-rebecca-herranen.html

#birds #WildLife #Nature #buyintoart #fineartphotography #photography #art #MastoArt #canvas #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallart #romantic

Rebecca Herranen

Spoonbill In Flight by Rebecca Herranen

Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

Keeper of the orb

@hi_cial@donphan.social · 3 weeks ago

another pride dragon, this one specifically for fealthry & the hearth!

#painting #canvas #acrylic #dragon #agender #pride #prideflag

a painting on a canvas of the agender pride flag with a two headed dragon coiling all around on the canvas. the heads are smiling, some claws are gesturing in friendly and thoughtful ways and at least one pair of wings is sprouting from the serpentine body

Keeper of the orb

@hi_cial@donphan.social · 3 weeks ago

another pride dragon, this one specifically for fealthry & the hearth!

#painting #canvas #acrylic #dragon #agender #pride #prideflag

OpenTech(AUC)

@OpenTech_AUC@social.edu.nl · last month

The so-called "Learning Management System" (LMS) that we use at the #UniversityofAmsterdam and #AmsterdamUniversityCollege is called "Canvas".

#Canvas is owned by Instructure, which in turn was bought in 2024 - for 4.8 billion USD - by #KKR, a US investment firm that has close ties with the arms industry and - as such - to the #IDF.

In July #Instructure signed a deal with #OpenAI to work towards the total integration of OpenAI's AI technologies into Canvas: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rayravaglia/2025/07/23/instructure-and-openai-harness-the-power-of-ai-to-transform-learning/

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