Affinity Publisher 2

Affinity Publisher 2

By Serif Labs

  • Category: Graphics & Design
  • Release Date: 2022-11-09
  • Current Version: 2.5.7
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 752.17 MB
  • Developer: Serif Labs
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.15 or later.

Description

A next-gen version of the Mac App of the Year software, Affinity Publisher 2 delivers an incredible design experience. Whether you’re creating a book, magazine, marketing materials, social media template or something else, it has everything you need to make beautiful layouts ready for publication. And with the ground-breaking ability to fully integrate with other Affinity apps, it’s completely revolutionizing the way creatives work. REFINED & REDESIGNED WITH POWERFUL NEW FEATURES • Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons • Completely revamped Layers Panel • Book creation and management – combine multiple Affinity Publisher files as chapters, with linked text styles, table of contents and indexes • Footnotes, sidenotes, and endnotes via new Notes panel • Style Picker Tool • Quick grid • Autoflow of multiple images and multi-page PDFs • Layer visibility override for placed linked files (PDF/DWG/DXF and Affinity files) • AutoCAD DWG/DXF import, place, and edit • Place linked web images using their URLs • Resave packages with auto-update of resources • Force scale of stroke, effect and fills on object resize PROFESSIONAL LAYOUT TOOLS • Facing page spreads • Live master pages, including nested master pages • Image frames with intelligent scaling options • Advanced guides, grids and snapping • Tables and custom table formats • Wrap text around any object or image with fine padding control • Create text frames of any shape • Link multiple text frames together across your document • Text column dividing lines ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY • Full control over character and paragraph styles • Comprehensive OpenType support • Text decorations, drop caps and initial words • Flow text along any path • Advanced flow options and hyphenation • Baseline grid and text frame rulers PERFECT IMAGES & GRAPHICS • Link or embed images in your document • Place PSD, AI, PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, DWG, or Affinity files • Correct and enhance images with non-destructive adjustment layers • Precision engineered pen and node tools for creating vector curves and shapes • Boolean operations to add, subtract, combine, and divide shapes • Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls • Live preview of all effects, blend modes and image adjustments BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW • Fully optimized for the latest Mac hardware and operating systems, including M1 chips • IDML & XLSX import • Section manager to organize your documents • Pan, zoom and scroll through documents at 60fps • Regular Expressions search and replace • Savable undo history with alternate futures • Customizable keyboard shortcuts and savable presets, including studio layout presets for the UI layout • Smart master pages • Automatically generate indexes and table of contents • Manage and create anchors • Consolidate images linked from various locations into a single folder • Merge multiple documents together into a single file • Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again • Collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder using the Package feature • Convert pixel layer to image node • Integrate text and image links into documents by merging from external data sources • PDF passthrough PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT • End-to-end CMYK, PANTONE© and spot color • Crop, bleed, and registration • Live preflight checking • PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 output for professional print FULL INTEGRATION WITH OTHER AFFINITY APPS • Instantly switch to the advanced photo editing features of Affinity Photo and precise vector tools of Affinity Designer without leaving Affinity Publisher with StudioLink • The most fluid workflow ever conceived in a creative suite of applications

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Reviews

  • Not super intuitive

    4
    By ApexSelf
    Some things are just not super intuitive and menus vanish for no reason. It coudl be user error but things just don't always make sense. For example I have a circle shape which is white but if I increase the stroke that is black but i don't know why?? Thanks.
  • Disappointing page reflow behavior

    2
    By ancient_buho
    I'd expect a publishing app to re-layout pages correctly when pages are inserted. For example, because books have a gutter, pages to the left side of the gutter have a wider right margin, and pages to the right have a wider left margin. In Publisher, try to switch a page from left to the right side, and see chaos ensue in the content: some elements stay on the same place, others try to be repositioned to consider the margin. If I have 100 pages and decide to change the first one: tough luck, remake your book.
  • I like Affinity

    4
    By ozark electrician
    I am ported over from IBM about ten years ago now. Back then I really liked Corel Draw, Well it is on the Mac now. I would buy it on the Mac but it is too expencive. Many later but for now Affinity suites my needs and budget.
  • Handy and Useful

    5
    By Msddogt
    I cannot express how many ways I use Affinity Publisher 2. I was hooked from the day I first tried the Beta version, long ago. I've set up many templates that make my life easier. It's my go-to app for creating greeting cards, the hand-outs for a local annual art show, for creating booklets of information I need to keep organized, and so many more things. I would be lost without it.
  • Make a Book!

    5
    By Knowledge Lover
    I love this software. I've made 4 books so far, heavy on texts, photos, and graphics. It works so well and the pre-flight process is so helpful!
  • better than everything adobe did

    5
    By Saham34567
    not only this app became my bread and butter, they are so easy to use, that everyone around me are converting from adobe to affinity
  • Disappointing first try

    2
    By Jim_Homegrown
    I know that I'm just starting out with Publisher and have a lot to learn, but I'm already banging my head against the wall and not finding solutions online. I created a Publisher file with bleeds. I then placed that document into another Publisher document. The bleeds disappear. Tried placing a PDF with bleeds. The bleeds still disappear. I'll update my review if I find a solution.
  • Awesome

    5
    By FALCON809
    Outstanding, I hope Adobe learns from you guys, keep it up. Needs some AI intergration, nevertheless 5 stars anyhow.
  • Buggy

    2
    By LawHusick1
    It's an OK program, but there is a bug that sometimes prevents saving a file. You can't work around it. You just lose all your work. The bug has persisted for more than a year, and they either can't or won't fix it. If you need to work on deadline, this is a deal killer.
  • Better than Adobe

    5
    By Slayman
    This app is a Adobe killer. keeps getting better.

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