Jens Krebs

@Copper Star Media Yes, that's all done manually -- as everything is on one page, it's easy to see if the numbers and days connect.
For a day planner or something similar, I would probably try to find a smart way of misusing page and chapter numbers, make twelve files for the month and put the file name inthe document ... or have an intern do it and fire him the second I spot the first mistake (grin).
But seriously: If you look at it calendars frim an amount of text point of view, it's just about getting 365 numbers right, no impossible task.

This beta has been superseded by the release of Affinity Publisher for macOS 1.7.2 to the public. Check back on this forum for future betas
Status: Beta
Purpose: Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download  (Download link removed as 1.7.2 is now live)
Auto-update: Not available
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that an updated customer beta of Affinity Publisher (1.7.2.458) is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app please note that the beta will install as a separate app alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
The beta is an incremental update to the 1.7.1 store version. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to your store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
If you have any problems using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
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StudioLink
StudioLink has been updated to improve reliability. However StudioLink in this Beta still requires the latest Beta versions of Designer and Photo to function.
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Fixes and Improvements
Text
Fixed crash breaking path text curve for open curves
Fixed error copy / pasting Text Styles that could cause crash
Overlapping text frames now respect Ignore text wrap when wrapping around each other
Fix for Optical Alignment ignoring Tabs
Text selection highlight no longer includes generated list text
Fixed bug that could fail to apply OpenType features near end of line
Changing letter spacing now splits ligatures correctly
Fix for issue unpinning pinned nodes in pinned nodes
Fixed Pinned Node status not updating correctly when changed on Master Page
Fixed positioning issues when unpinning nodes
Hyphenation fixes
(Mac) Fixed further IME issues
Import / Export
PDF Import: Improved Font Substitution suggestions when opening PDFs etc
PDF and Vector Export: Fixed issue with Embedded Documents and Adjustments
PDF Export: Fixed Bleed not being saved in export profiles
PDF Export: Fix for unwanted clipping when text nodes exported 'as selection'
PDF Export: Fixed export of non-breaking hyphens
PDF Export: Avoid font preflight warnings when embedding TrueType CIDFonts
PDF Export: Web preset now embeds all fonts. Many browsers don't support ligatures unless the font is embedded and so render incorrectly.
(Win) Fixed occasional crash when printing
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Earlier Release Notes Beta 442
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Fein, danke! – Ein Export als PDF/X-3 funktioniert bei einigen Affinity Problemen erfolgreich als Workaround, nicht nur bei diesem "16-Bit-Input – 8-Bit-Output" Bug sondern z.B. auch beim 100 K Bug, beim Overprint Bug oder oder bei manchen Transparenz-Problemen (die für X-3 geflattened werden).

Hi Jens Krebs,
I see you have offered to share documents with us that demonstrate some of the issues you are having, and as far as I'm aware this has not been followed up. I'll ask someone to liaise with you to retrieve anything you can give us that may be useful. (Apologies in advance if this has already happened and I've missed it).

Status: Beta
Purpose: Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
---
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that an updated customer beta of Affinity Publisher (1.7.2.442) is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app please note that the beta will install as a separate app alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
The beta is an incremental update to the 1.7.1 store version. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to your store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
If you have any problems using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
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StudioLink
StudioLink in this Beta requires latest Beta versions of Designer and Photo to function.
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Fixes and Improvements
Spread Setup
Grids can now be set up independently for different spreads or master spreads. Spread grids now taken from applied master unless overridden.
Grid Gutters re-instated.
Tools
Fixes issues reparenting when dragging selections between spreads
Fixed issue with Vector Crop tool creating multiple crops under some circumstances
Fixed possible crash after cancelling multiple image placement
Fixed performance issues with 'Lock Children' in some instances
(Win) Fix for issue using drag/drop to open the same file twice
Text
Words with soft hyphens can now be added to the spelling dictionary correctly
Fix for Hyperlinks not exporting if intersecting page bounds
Fixed text entry issues with US International Keyboard
(Win) Fix for changing font size if text selection contains a pinned image
Tables
Fixes issues resizing table cells from Table Panel
Fixed layout issues in Table Format panel
Fixed crash selecting tables on different pages
Pages / Sections / TOC
Fixed crash from two differing definitions of default TOC style name
Fixed document sections drifting when the the document model was changed
Master pages creation was incorrect after changing the document model to single pages
Fixed issue updating page thumbnails in some cases
Resources
Linked Image previews were not colour managed in Resource Manager
Replacing a linked image with an embedded document could move the object
Fix for failure to reload linked resources correctly under some circumstances
Fix for slower performance with Resource Manager open
(Win) Allow .icm profiles as well as .icc - they are the same thing
Import / Export
Fix for failure to load colour in certain SVGs causing crash
Export to PDF of a previously opened PDF could channel invert JPEG images
Fixed 'Preview export when complete' applicable for PDF only
Added TGA export support
(Win) Custom print profile not saving/restoring all settings
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Earlier Release Notes Beta 422
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Like in Walt Kelly's Pogo or Donald Westlake's Dortmunder books?

This beta has been superseded by the release of Affinity Designer for macOS 1.7.2 to the public. Check back on this forum for future betas.
Status: Release candidate
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Download link removed as 1.7.2 is now live
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate build of Affinity Designer 1.7.2 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.7.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Matt
 
Changes Since 1.7.1
- Improved usability with Apple’s Sidecar for macOS Catalina and iPadOS 13. (This build is still not notarized, so requires user action to allow it to run)
- Grid gutters reinstated.
- ‘Edit all layers’ can now be used to allow/disable artboard object reparenting during translation drag/object creation.
- Fix for bleed export options.
- Fix for issues with constraints on children of constrained objects which are used as clips.
- Fix for failure to load SVG colour 'none' causing import to stop.
- Fix for pen tablet barrel rotation input turning the wrong way.
- General performance improvements.
- Text performance improvements.
- Added ‘d’ default keystroke to restore objects to black and white colours.
- PDF export improvements.
- Added TGA export.
- Different icon for beta builds.
- Added a warning when deleting a global colour.
- Fixed broken Japanese keyboard input (sorry!).
- Fixed printing CMYK documents on older versions of macOS.
- Fixed crash when reentering export dialog under certain conditions.
- Fixed crashes when pasting screenshots into the app.
- Fixed loss of legacy HSL adjustment HSV state after a save.
- Assorted small fixes and improvements.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
- Import 16bit half float JPEG-XR files properly.
- Improved LAB colour conversions.
- Pantone palettes are now sorted alphabetically.
- Fixed crash when starting app in a folder containing weird characters.

Here are some screenshots of a graphic pitch I have worked on. I used Affinity Designer to create graphic labels and texturing maps. Photo was used for some simple easy colour correction. A colleague of mine asked me what is on fire because of the orange sparkles I guess it was the computer during rendering.
Then I used the renders to create a demo animation. Unfortunately this project was not developed into anything real  but at least I learned some new things  
Watermarked demo music is from Musicbed - https://www.musicbed.com/songs/seeds/36381
 

Madmonq_Animation.mp4

I made the attached calendar in 15 minutes with the tables tool ... son't see what you need templates for ...

Are you planning on adding pass through?
As mentioned by several people many times it is an essential feature for most publications with ads and elements prepared by other designers. No support would transport Affinity users back into the dark ages of graphic design with incompatible files, large TIFs and illegal font exchange to make things work ...

Easiest explanation is that your originals are 1-bit which compresses nicely, and when you bring them to Publisher they are converted to CMYK. Known issue that Publisher does not handle 1-bit images well.

I can confirm there is something weird going on in PDF export. I used 2 typefaces in text run; Interface Black and Agenda Black (both old TTFs). Agenda was fine, Interstate turned to curves on export.

I'll be honest here - we will never implement 1bit document support..
However, we would be happy to implement support for *exporting* 1bit TIFF etc. - would that be enough?
Thanks,
A

I found this link to PDF test on an Quark FB page:
https://pdf-aktuell.ch/pa/language/en/disastrous-pdf-x-4-compatibility-with-new-affinity-publisher/?fbclid=IwAR3RmRuzr2-OpoZe0z4PNKRlJ83mqilHNJjGgQ1kv-zVwUWbcHs_Vwpifns

Status: Beta
Purpose: Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
---
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that an updated customer beta of Affinity Publisher (1.7.2.422) is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app please note that the beta will install as a separate app alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
The beta is an incremental update to the 1.7.1 store version. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to your store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
If you have any problems using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
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StudioLink
StudioLink in this Beta requires Beta versions of Designer and Photo to function. We are hoping a Designer Beta will become available for macOS soon.
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Fixes and Improvements
Tables
Fixed issues with table growing when copy and pasting between table cells
Text
Fix to prevent creation of 'ghost' pinned objects leading to possible document corruption
Fixed issues with Edit Text Style / Bullets and Numbering panel
Fixed crash rendering Text Styles panel with large right indent
(Win) Fixed Text Style Editor Category Selection issue introduced in last beta
(Mac) Fixes for Japanese input using IME
Printing
(Mac) Fixed issue printing CMYK documents on older OSX e.g. Yosemite 10.10.
Plus Localisation and Help updates.
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Earlier Release Notes Beta 420
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To understand the significance of the info in the document, which is linked in the initial post: It is written by Stephan Jaeggi, one of the world‘s leading PDF experts …
It is still a long, long way to go …

Hello!
As discussed on several threats here in the forums, a european PDF-"Master" and notable member of some PDF-workgroups posted today
https://pdf-aktuell.ch/pa/language/en/disastrous-pdf-x-4-compatibility-with-new-affinity-publisher-1-0/
Please fix the PDF-import or add a PDF-Pass-through. Its really important for using Publisher day by day.

And dangerously drinkable! :-D

So I'm mostly a Photo user (and abuser) but I have a hand in a craft brewery as well. With a limited release coming up, it was a good opportunity to try my hand at some design as well for some small-batch labels. I've done logos and such in other applications but this is the first time using Designer for something like this. It's predominantly assembly of components I culled from elsewhere (not a freehand artist here by any definition) and then utilizing AD to unify the look.

Answer found, but not a solution
I played around with the two files I uploaded above and discovered that Publisher ALWAYS (independent of the PDF settings) creates curved text when using some particular fonts ... when I switch the entire publication to Arial, the file size (including embedded fonts!) shrinks down to 0,3 MB.
So, the answer is, that Publisher apparently cannot embed all fonts (InDesign, Quark and all other DTP applications I have used throughout my career do) which, unfortunately makes it unusable for me -- it is an absolute dealbreaker not being able to provide my customers with files that come at a reasonable size for downloads / web publishing.
What I don't understand is, that the early beta versions DID embed fonts (see old file 1-2019 above), so the feature must have been removed or deactivated somewhere between the first betas and release.
Can someone from Serif explain, what happened, please?

I've had similar issues with HUGE PDF sizes...   I have a 130 page scanned PDF I needed to make a change too...  the starting file was 32mb...   the PDF is just images no OCR so no fonts... just 130 pages of b/w page images.    Loading the document in publisher and saving it results in a 320mb publisher file...   exporting the file back to PDF results in a 400mb PDF. 

If I do this same thing in the latest version of Page Plus the final PDF is 39mb.   Larger but not crazy larger.    

The majority of the images are at 400dpi...   I can get a smaller PDF if I use the web profile but at 72 dpi it looks like garbage.   So my solution so far is... don't use Publisher, keep using Page Plus.  

I made a small test document both with InDesign and Publisher. A two page document with page of text and a page with two images. Exported both with PDF/X-3. Publisher created 6 MB file, InDesign 3,6 MB file. Publisher has set default compression quality to 85 %, InDesign has maximum quality. Still Publisher creates much bigger file. Both look OK in Acrobat.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not Available
---
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that an updated customer beta of Affinity Publisher (1.7.2.422) is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app please note that the beta will install as a separate app alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
The beta is an incremental update to the 1.7.1 store version. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to your store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
If you have any problems using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
---
StudioLink
StudioLink in this Beta requires Beta versions of Designer and Photo to function.
---
Fixes and Improvements
Tables
Fixed issues with table growing when copy and pasting between table cells
Text
Fix to prevent creation of 'ghost' pinned objects leading to possible document corruption
Fixed issues with Edit Text Style / Bullets and Numbering panel
Fixed crash rendering Text Styles panel with large right indent
(Win) Fixed Text Style Editor Category Selection issue introduced in last beta
(Mac) Fixes for Japanese input using IME
Printing
(Mac) Fixed issue printing CMYK documents on older OSX e.g. Yosemite 10.10.
Plus Localisation and Help updates.
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Earlier Release Notes Beta 420
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Hi,
just wanted to let you guys know how incredibly impressed I am with how Publisher is developing -- I am really happy with you adding some extra features and having a really long beta cycle rather than pushing out a software that cannot compete with others. Love the reworked master pages, the search--replace enhancements (RegEx, RegEx, RegEx!) and the new pinned objects!
It's about time that Adobe gets some competition in the pro market (there's lot's of semi-pro applications out there with tons of templates and flashy features, but nothing except Quark Xpress that can actually do what InDesign does).
Thanks for your hard work!

Is there a way to import the app settings from the ,normal' version into the beta (or even better: use the same settings file)?
I have set up some export and colour options for Publisher and it's a bit annoying that I have to do that again for the beta, especially since Serif recommends using the beta instead of the release version because of the fixed bugs and such ...