wonderings
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I don't think preview shows the checkered background. I did a test with Designer and Illustrator and both PDF's have no background but do not show the grid in Preview or Acrobat DC. I dropped them in Indesign on top of another image and the background is transparent.
I never have issues when printing white on a transparent material. You can do your own test, make a new designer file, make a box a solid colour and then place the PDF you made on top of that. If you still see a white box and not just your image there is a problem somewhere down the line. I could not replicate in that when placing the file in Indesign or Illustrator it has no background. If you want to upload a test file as well I am sure people could look and possibly help you out if there is indeed some glitch happening here.
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You would buy at any price? Think they can fund this app along with porting over to Linux all with your multimillion dollar purchase of a single unseen app.
There are plenty of video editing options out there for you right now, from free to expensive, not sure why Affinity needs to be in this space from their perspective. I get it from users and others like you, hoping for powerful software at a cheap price. I would not say Affinity is more powerful then all the others out there, they have a long way to go before they match the industry standards from Adobe.
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On 7/29/2021 at 9:38 AM, StainX said:
I use a font manager on Win10 (FontBase), it just would be so much easier to handle a few hundred projects with "font folders" instead of activating / deactivating all those fonts the "manual" way.
The way Adobe handles it is great with packaged Indesign and Illustrator files. I use my font software a lot less now (Font Explorer Pro).
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6 hours ago, emarillo said:
It would nonetheless be a very welcomed addition to Publisher. And it could be rendered perfect: I often open old Indd (-> idml) CS4 files in CC2020-2021, and the conversion quality is great. Much more than trying to convert XPress layouts with the Markzware tools.
I would expect idml files from older versions of Indesign to open fine in newer versions of Indesign. It is the same software that created so unless Adobe actually removed something that was in CS4 that is not in CC I would imagine it would be pretty flawless. It is a very different story when opening in software created by another company.
I do see the value if you are just using it to convert your files if you are moving to Publisher. You would still need to adjust as needed obviously. I think the issue is for people wanting collaboration or to be able to send a working file for someone to continue working on or for print.
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20 minutes ago, afroniquely said:
Adding my vote for Affinity Publisher to include IDML exports, and even Keynote/PowerPoint exports for full versatility.
IDML export will never be perfect, you can work on a file, make it pretty and then export to IDML for whatever reason and open in Indesign and you can have a host of issues and changes that you will need to correct and change again. I would recommend working in the software that whoever you need to send the files to is using, unless of course they are just printing and can take a PDF.
Not sure why you would want to setup keynote and powerpoint in Publisher.
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On 7/17/2021 at 4:07 PM, supervolting said:
Is Affinity (Serif) thinking about video editing?
I can't imagine this is a new request, though search hasn't turned up any results. I was just watching the Live video again (Affinity Live: 19 June 2019 (serif.com)) and couldn't help but notice all the transitions and zooming in/out, which I imagine they made with Final Cut Pro X or Adobe Premiere Pro.
I understand each product -- Designer, Photo, Publisher -- has outstanding bugs and feature requests, but it would be nice to forego all these other price-gouging A-named companies and put full stock in Serif.
Best
What constitutes price gouging? The fact that you think it is too expensive or it is not affordable for what you want to use it for? There are plenty of video options out there for every budget. Final Cut and Premier are pro applications, not your hobbyist's software. A lot of work goes into these applications, not sure why you or anyone thinks they should be cheaper. I guess when you do not see the effort put into them and because it is all done on a computer it can be easy to devalue what they have done. If you make your living with Adobe or any other pro level application, the price is not all that prohibitive.
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On 7/10/2021 at 4:43 PM, PaoloT said:
Hi,
When I was young, careers in desktop publishing where a good amount. You could work on newsletters, magazines, company reports, technical manuals, advertising, books.
Tasks involved writing and editing texts, layout, care of printouts.
What about our days? As far as I can see, newsletters have been replaced by Facebook posts. Company reports by YouTube live videos. Technical manuals are more and more replaced by video tutorials, and I’ve seen big companies making manuals in Word.
Printed advertising is still a thing, in that supermarkets still print their leaflets. But with the advent of Amazon in the groceries, I expect advertising to be dematerialized.
Printed magazines are nearly disappeared, replaced by web sites.
Books: how many small publishers still exist? Do they pay for their collaborators' job, or is it all student's voluntary work? Do people still read books, apart for fantasy cycles released by major publishers?
I've still a job in the area, and hope to expand it to other directions. But how's the general situation? Is Affinity right in following the steps of InDesign, or is that world a dying one?
Paolo
Printed magazines have definitely gone down, had a few regular ones that moved to all digital.
Newsletters are definitely not being replaced by facebook posts, at least from my experience, we are going strong with them. Same with company reports, a youtube video does not cut it. Tech manuals as well, these have never slowed down for us and personally I would question a company that sells anything beyond consumer goods that does not include technical manuals for operating.
Affinity is making software that does close to what Adobe does. Affinity Photo = Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Designer = Adobe Illustrator, and Affinity Publisher = Adobe Indesign.
Personally I do not think they can replace Adobe at the moment, but they are a fraction of the cost and will accomplish a lot, maybe even enough for some pro needs, just not mine and many others at the moment. I would at least try the demos and see if they do what you need to do. Take that most difficult jobs you have and do them in Publisher, if it all works and you can live with it then you have found a really great, feature rich, affordable application suite.
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If exporting as a PNG you are not maintaining the vector elements. If you export as a PDF from Designer does it remain vector or is it being rasterized?
Lastly for print PNG is not a great option as it is RGB and will have to be converted to another format to be CMYK.
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On 7/5/2021 at 7:29 PM, dude123 said:
We need more useful blank templates that are needed by majority of users ie Social Media templates for all sizes for each major network ex Pinterest, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn.
More US based print sizes for direct mail, brochures, postcards, envelops, etc
More Android & Windows device templates.
PS why is template for Vinyl Record is included or architect templates but not social media ones????
Honestly there is probably only single person who actually uses vinyl record template
The majority of us would rather get social media templates that we use for personal & client projects
Well vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales in the first time ever, so maybe there are a few more people designing for vinyl!
You can save your own presets, not sure why you need Affinity for a basic page setup template.
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On 6/28/2021 at 12:04 PM, Stanant said:
Dass Serif aktuell keine Linuxvariante vorsieht ist natürlich deren firmensache. Grundsätzlich gilt, dass Bessere ist des guten größter Feind. Serif ist besser als Adobe.. Und entweder Serif erkennt jetzt die Zeichen und erobert den Markt der Design-Software für Linuxnutzer, oder jemand anders wird diese Lücke erkennen.
Aus Wirtschaftlicher Sicht sollte Serif eine Umfrage starten und auch abfragen wieviel Kunden bereit sind für eine Linux-Version zu zahlen. Ich wäre bereit etwas mehr zu zahlen um es für Linux zu nutzen.
Serif ist ein Profitorientiertes Unternehmen und in einer Linux-Variante steckt wahrscheinlich sowohl Profit als auch eine mögliche Monopolstellung auf dem Linuxmarkt, denn Hand aufs Herz: Serif ist besser, intuitiver und kostentechnisch sinnvoller als Adobe.
Um es auf dem Punkt zu bringen, wenn Serif dass nicht macht, wird es früher oder später jemand anders tun.
Als Nutzer werde ich abwarten und hoffen.
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The fact that Serif does not currently provide a Linux variant is of course a matter for the company. Basically, the best is the greatest enemy of the good. Serif is better than Adobe. And either Serif will now recognize the characters and enter the Linux user design software market, or someone else will see that loophole.
From an economic point of view, Serif should start a survey and ask how much customers are willing to pay for a Linux version. I would be willing to pay a little more to use it on Linux.
Serif is a profit-oriented company and a Linux variant is likely to contain both profit and a possible monopoly position on the Linux market, because hand on heart: Serif is better, more intuitive and makes more sense in terms of costs than Adobe.
To get to the point, if Serif doesn't do that, sooner or later someone else will.
As a user, I will wait and hope.
I would not say Serif is better than Adobe, there is plenty missing from the Affinity apps and this forum shows that pretty regularly when people try to switch but find things. Serif has made 3 great products that are feature rich and are very affordable especially for the more casual user or hobbyist. Adobe is not priced for these people, they are in the pro market and for people who make a living with their software. The monthly price tag for Adobe is not bad for this. The software is good, what you get for the price is full featured and has plenty of bonuses and most importantly it is a standard that the vast majority use. If I was printing posters out of my home on the side I would use the Affinity software, but not for our print shop, I don't have the time to fight or do without features that I depend on.
I am not sure if a poll is really needed to gage the interest in the Linux community. You could look at the estimated number of Linux users and then go from there finding data on how many of that small number would be people who would want to pay for this software.
I do agree if there is money to be made in the Linux community for this type of software someone will eventually do it. Adobe looked into it and opted not to venture down the Linux path. I am guessing they did not see a large enough user base for them. As I mentioned above this user base would be different though so there could be something more for Serif then Adobe for the casual user who'd does not want a monthly payment.
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On 6/28/2021 at 9:44 PM, Rodi said:
PDFs come from everywhere in my shop. I need to be able to make folding panels go quickly, next job is on deck!
Here is the thing, it's a great tool, if they get these small things ironed out, it's gonna be a dragon slayer, and I want it to work. I have a job that is a two (2) color item, done in Illustrator, never to do size with bleed always has to be fit in. I would spend a lot of time fixing it in Acrobat/Illustrator/ID. I get it done in a few minutes now... It's a great program.What are you doing in Affinity that is that much quicker than doing with Illustrator or InDesign? I get files all the time that are not set right, no bleed, incorrect size, etc etc etc. These do not take me ages to fix and generally are simple fixes in Adobe. What is easier in Affinity?
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On 6/26/2021 at 4:33 PM, MrQ said:
That's not an answer. Serif ignores the massive desire of users for Linux versions of their programmes. So that this doesn't attract attention, you want to banish everything on the subject of Linux to one thread. That's why the users have to vote with their feet. Therefore, as many threads as possible on the subject should be placed in the forum so that the massive wish cannot be ignored.
Das ist ja keine Antwort. Serif ignoriert den massiven Wunsch der User nach Linuxversionen ihrer Programme. Damit das nicht auffällt, wollen Sie alles zum Thema Linux in einen Thread verbannen. Darum müssen die User mit den Füßen abstimmen. Daher sollten möglichst viele Threads zu dem Thema ins Forum, damit der massive Wunsch nicht zu ignorieren ist.
It is their business and their choice. They have heard that some Linux users want their software. This is not the government working for the people, they do not owe the Linux community anything. There is no voting, no anything unless Serif decides they want to do it and they have made that pretty clear that they are not going to at the moment. Do you use the Affinity software on Windows or Mac?
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This is how I work in Indesign, basically the tool bars are floating. They snap to the sides of the screen but with nothing open or minimized I see the desktop. Is this what you are talking about?
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6 hours ago, Petar Petrenko said:
We may expect Adobe will start again to redo its trio from scratch. i don't think they are very happy what is happening here with Affinity.
I don't think Adobe is worried about Affinity. Now if Adobe's user base was dropping then yes they might look at reasons like Affinity but as far as I can tell their numbers are slowly rising. From 2017 to 2020 they grew their user base 85% for the CC. They have gone from 12 million users in 2017 to 22+ million in 2020. Not everyone is hindered by the subscription fee, it really is not all that bad for pro use. For those not making a living with the apps or just small projects here and there then yes it is cost prohibitive, but this is pro software that is vital for may businesses.
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15 hours ago, FrustratedandConfused said:
i guess, i appreciate your feedback. I do however find it very interesting when a question that is framed regarding Adobe is asked - that same attitude and position is not taken.
What question is asked about Adobe that compares to what you asked? Indesign was not an update from a completely different app, it was from scratch just as Affinity has done with Publisher. Think I am missing something as I am not sure what you are referring to.
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22 hours ago, FrustratedandConfused said:
AS a previous PagePluxX9 user (and at least 6 versions before) this feature was there. I am really disappointed in this (yes, there are some better features) but it is SO different and IMO lacking for what we, previous CUSTOMERS were using. In addition, all of the terms are different. I have several hundred docs in the old program (which purposely crashes all the time) and have just bit the bullet. But I am trying to produce a book and having to learn this - not knowing what the new "term" is, crappy and uncustomizable toolbars really makes this is bad taste in the mouth.
HEY guys, don't shoot your paying customers to try to appeal to a whole new market. It really is not cool.
And yes, I do still like it better than anything else out there - but this really leaves a bad impression on me. Very unhappy.
They could have worked harder (or even at all) to take the Serif users into consideration. You would not be where you are without us.This is not an update to PagePlus, this is a new from the ground up application, so expecting feature for feature from page plus is not realistic. It is SO different because it is not PagePlus. There is nothing stopping you from using PagePlus as far as I know, if that works for you why switch to something different?
If you think Serif has done something to purposely make your program crash all the time why would you even think of buying from them? That would make Serif a pretty bad company that I don't think anyone would want to support. They are not shooting the paying customer, they are giving the paying customer great tools for a more then fair price. There are demos that you can download and use for 30 days and sometimes 90 days, this gives you plenty of time to make an informed decision on if the Affinity apps are right for you. I am not sure why you are being so insulting to Serif, they are a company making software so they can make money. They have made 3 great programs that are feature rich yet you infer they are not even working "They could have worked harder (or even at all)". Again, this is not an update to your PagePlus apps, they have continued to update and bring about great new features that are bringing it closer and closer to Adobe which charges far more for their software.
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17 hours ago, johnnydfred said:
Yep. ‘Cept for the fact that Affinity Designer and (as mentioned) Photo have very iPad-compatible, tablet interfaces that lend very well to productivity. And have been my go-to choice for years. Can’t wait for their Publisher effort to arrive on iPadOS. I’m looking forward to a PDF-creating, publishing workflow - without touching my Mac.
Creating and designing in Designer and Photos is very different then page layout. I would be happy to be proven wrong but there are a few things I don't see going well for page layout on an iPad. The size of the iPad screen itself would be a drawback to me, I like to work as near to 100% as I can, iPads are seriously lacking in screen real estate compared to a desktop with a nice size monitor. Now I would like to have my page layout software on my iPad if I needed to do a quick edit when not at my computer but I could not see sitting and working as I do now on any project.
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There are specific apps for making mosaics. If you search these forums you will find a thread about it that has a list of some free apps you can use to do this easily.
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I think that is a limitation with PDF's in general. You were making PDF's with a size larger than 5080m in either direction?
The big large format stuff uses Corel I believe as a standard because Corel does not have the size limitation. If your artwork is vector and not rasterized there should be no issue or concerns with quality if saving a reduced file size and them blowing it up for full size print.
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seems like it would take longer to search for the image in the shape tool then just make it yourself.
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On 6/17/2021 at 6:49 AM, fallingforstars said:
Yes, I knew about the QXPMarkz solution... it's just too expensive and testing a trial version had some missing elements.
Assuming you have a perpetual license of Quark there is no rush to push into something else. What I would do, and did do when I switched from Quark to Indesign was not recreate everything Quark file in Indesign but take all new files coming in and use Indesign. As old jobs came that used Quark I would either just use Quark again or a simple form I would reset in Indesign. This takes the big burden of converting years of files in on go. You will also probably find a lot of files never need to be touched again and they can just sit collecting digital dust while you know you could open in Quark if you ever needed to.
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can you add the file you are having this issue with? I can't repeat it when placing a PDF in and cropping. Everything stays the same.
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Out of curiosity what do all the other video editors out there not offer you that you want something from Affinity?
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16 hours ago, Skoutariotis said:
Well, I do many things for my church; all of the above plus all the social media pages, websites and weekly bulletin and distributing it via a listerv. I DO manipulate photos. Attached are two flyers, the 2019 was done by the guy on Affinity photo (not sure if photo or publisher or...) and the 2020 by me in Photoshop, that one is during the pandemic and was online only and I had to create an online store. Yes, the problem of opening the files has been resolved and now that I'm looking at the Affinity stuff, looks inviting. Reason is, first it's cheap and second is more up to date than my old CS2 and it looks like it CAN open CS2 files! And, it might come handy opening up some stuff I got that can only be used in the new Photoshop.
Not sure how Photo works with stuff like that but that would be a pain in Photoshop and not what Photoshop is for. I would definitely be looking at Publisher to set that up with all the text. Manipulate your photos in Photos and do your page layout in Publisher.
Trouble when exporting to PSD
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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I have no answer but this is one of the issues trying to collaborate across different software from different developers. I know it does not help you now but if this is something that you will be regularly doing it might be a smart idea to work with Photoshop and know that you are not going to run into issues exporting too PSD from Affinity Photo. The potential headaches are huge and if one little thing goes missing between conversion and it goes out to print, or whatever you are doing with the end result it can be very costly.
Hope you are able to find a solution, nothing worse then figuring out weird issues while a deadline looms!