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1. #CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN HOW TO#
2. #CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN SOFTWARE#
3. #CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN TRIAL#

#CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN TRIAL#

“At $150 for all 3 apps, compared with Adobe CC (at $50/month) you’ve paid for it in three months." Spike pointed out that Affinity has a 7-day trial (“Make sure you start the trial when you have time to work with it”) and an occasional sale. “The Affinity community is really incredible and growing particularly in Europe where the cost for Adobe CC suite is much higher than in the US,” Henry said. Spike Radway added that (free with a library card) offers courses on the Affinity products.

#CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN HOW TO#

“There’s plenty of help on the Internet with how to work with it,” including videos on the Affinity website, he said. Henry closed his prepared remarks at 34:20 with Affinity Publisher’s list of “tips and tricks” to help make the transition from InDesign to Publisher easier. His demo of how to merge documents can be found at 27.30 and at 30:00 he showed how to achieve default palettes which Affinity doesn’t provide out-of-the-box (“a head scratcher for me.”) He noted that this is not a problem if you have your files in one place rather than scattered throughout your computer. Henry said that in some ways, such as collecting fonts, Publisher is not as robust as Adobe, which has more contracts with the font companies. The meat of Henry’s presentation, in which he uses a file for a restaurant menu as an example, starts at about 11:30 into the YouTube video. He noted that Publisher optimizes the experience if you have a distinct GPU in your computer rather than an integrated one. He showed how to move from Publisher to Photo or Designer, without having to open those apps.

They do have a meld under layers very similar to what you’ll find in Illustrator and that’s the only unusual aspect of this.” “You’ll see a lot of the same tools such as layers and an interface with a text box. “A lot of the shortcuts are the same ones you’re used to,” he said. (Affinity Publisher is a little different in this regard.)

One of the reasons to look at Affinity is a warning on your screen to users of InDesign CC 13 that an IDML file saved with a later version will not open. Windows supports older versions but “ I think that’s going to come to an end as well,” Henry cautioned. Affinity Publisher also compares with Microsoft Pagemaker and InDesign. Together the three are positioned to compete with the Adobe Creative Suite. Companion products Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo have been around much longer. To start, Henry noted that Affinity is in its “infancy,” having emerged from beta testing a little over a year ago. Along with the features and benefits you’d expect from a product manager, he also pointed out improvements to be made and issues to be resolved. Doug demonstrated why you can trust the information you receive at a CDPUG event like this.

#CONVERT AFFINITY PUBLISHER TO INDESIGN SOFTWARE#

2020 meeting on Affinity Publisher and the Markzware family of software conversion products featured CDPUG Officer and Power Ranger Henry Lee and Sheriff Doug Rosen, Product Manager for Markzware.Īttendees gained a wealth of information, from how to get publishing software at lower cost – or free, even – to how they might work around limited platforms in using new apps. And that was before the meeting started! Henry once again showed how he can process information about as fast as the apps he’s using. Quinn, Speechwriter, Scriptwriter, Copywriter Affinity Publisher and Markzware, Henry Lee and Doug Rosen.