Affinity Publisher 2

Affinity Publisher 2

By Serif Labs

  • Category: Graphics & Design
  • Release Date: 2022-11-09
  • Current Version: 2.5.5
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 757.71 MB
  • Developer: Serif Labs
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 10.15

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

  • 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
  • I like the program but it has bugs.

    5
    By ozark electrician
    when I wrap text to curve and select all and try to scale it down the text wont scale down. it stays the same wile everything else scales down.
  • 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.
  • Fillable Form Fields

    5
    By
    Works great as a document creator. However it would be nice if there was a way to create a document with fillable form fields embedded in it so that when I go to export it as a PDF, it's ready to be filled. That would make me not have to go into a different program and add those fields in seperately.
  • Better than Acrobat

    5
    By JRutah
    I freaking love the affinity suite. I still pay for adobe but I use the video side of it and design
  • Missing key publishing tool!

    3
    By Folklorist
    I really want to love Affinity Publisher 2, and early tinkering has been fun. It's aesthetically satisfying. But all of that is for naught for anyone thinking to use Publisher to lay out and manage complex books that draw from many different source texts *and to update content in the Publisher book* when content in those source files is updated. Publisher DOES THIS for images, but not for text/Word files. I researched this as thoroughly as possible before purchase, concluding mistakenly that text/Word file linking was indeed possible. Until that is included, Affinity Publisher 2 is a hard no-go for our organization. I dream that maybe this review will hit the right screen and I'll get a response saying the function is in fact there, but I'm a dreamer.

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