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Jens Krebs

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    Jens Krebs reacted to debraspicher in Is AFFINITY dead?   
    Excited for 2.0. I like new stuff.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Jenna Appleseed in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from AiDon in Is AFFINITY dead?   
    Ragtime? 😁
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Thierry Ak in Can we please get a feature to save TIFF as TIF?   
    Great suggestion!
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    Jens Krebs reacted to Patrick Connor in When will the next beta version be released?   
    To ALL here: Please do not get personal with your replies. Express your opinions without criticizing others and certainly do not make personal attacks or question motives. It achieves nothing.
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    Jens Krebs reacted to Patrick Connor in When will the next beta version be released?   
    AFAIK taking money again for a new release was not designed in to the Mac App Store or Microsoft Store architecture. A company cannot charge for a new version of something once purchased, and all "updates" are free. I think both stores expect the software company to make a new product that can be bought fresh or only ever make new software sales to new customers. Without the concept of a paid-for new version of AppX, the only option is to have "AppX" and "AppX ver2” as independent apps on the store.
    That makes "AppX ver2” a new purchase, but worse still, neither company has a discount scheme that takes into account ownership of "AppX". Quite incredible in my opinion.
    There is only ever one price for an application on the Mac App Store and the Microsoft Store, so you cannot easily offer a discount code for a new application either.
    The software house can choose to leave AppX on the store available to buy after you release "AppX ver2" or not, but neither store has a built-in mechanism for an upgrade process. Biggest software companies in the world and they haven't got this sorted (smh).
    IMHO to avoid the consequences of these design decisions by Microsoft and Apple, when Serif release a new version of Affinity apps on these stores (and our own store) we will need to be creative and/or generous in order to be seen as fair to our existing and new customers.
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    Jens Krebs reacted to Dan C in Affinity design iPad 1.11 update   
    Hi @amoraleite,
    We don't have a public roadmap for any upcoming updates at this time, but we're working hard on both the Desktop and iPad versions of Affinity and we hope to have more news shortly
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from PaoloT in XML import request   
    Small "yes, maybe, I don't know" from me.
    I currently copy and paste XML code into Publisher, then use GREP find and replace to assign paragraph and character styles -- works for me so far, but I only use it for small-ish projects because some other features in Publisher need more polishing and general enhancements before I'm going trust it with larger jobs.
    It's also noteworthy that the find-replace commands cannot be saved as macro or script, so I keep them in a separate text file and copy-paste them into the find-replace fields one-by-one and also select the styles that I want to apply individually each time. Not ideal, but I want to use Publisher as much as possible and will appreciate it even more, when some automation features arrive at some later point.
    No comparison to InDesigns XML capabilities, but a feasible workaround for the time being.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from AndresHoll in Best option for a catalogue   
    @lacerto While this is great (I almost want to say ingenious), it feels a bit over-engineered in this case (500 products, appx. 100 pages) -- I almost think it would be better to data merge only once (maybe even just import tagged text?) and later add changes manually.
    The document and text flow are set up in a way that makes this relatively simple to manage as far as the screenshots can tell.
    Anyways, lets see what route @AndresHoll wants to go down.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from AndresHoll in Best option for a catalogue   
    The screen shot shows that the index contains only "product name  Page x" and SEPERATELY "product number  Page X", so clients can look up EITHER the name or the number and find the page the product is on. In your case, @Old Bruce, the index won't work, but it would work to create something as shown in @AndresHolls screenshot.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from AndresHoll in Best option for a catalogue   
    It looks as if the line height is derermined somehow by the image size -- if you set the lines seperately (as lines, not frame borders) on your master page, they should fit.
    You also need to find a way to position the images centered in the image frame, but not resize the image frame to the content -- should not be too big a job if you set the image frame properties.
    Index: Assign an individual text / character style to the products numbers and use "Tanle of Contents" instead of Index.
    I'm currently out but happy to take a look at the images frames tonight if you upload the open Publisher file of one page of the catalogue (don't worry about including the images, linked with image previews is fine) and see what the exact issue is.
     
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    Jens Krebs reacted to Twolane in Is AFFINITY dead?   
    Can't be. I just used it an hour ago.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Snapseed in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from chessboard in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Frozen Death Knight in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Stun Damage in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Cuando in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from PaulEC in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    No. There are several threads in this forum with similar questions and @Patrick Connor posted that the current silence indicates that they are working on something big -- he also says that he is not allowed to talk about what this is and when we can expect more details.
    Many here in the forums believe that the programmers are preparing version 2 of all three apps and that Serif might be close to a release (together with Publisher for iPad) "later this summer". But again: No one knows and there is no official info other than that work continues at its usual pace.
    For more info, just search the forums for "news beta" or "next update".
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    Jens Krebs reacted to tudor in Did development stopped after release 1.10.5 ?   
    I suspect they've been busy working on version 2 of their apps. Not updating v1 anymore could also be a sign that the release of v2 is very very close. 
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    Jens Krebs reacted to Patrick Connor in Is AFFINITY dead?   
    Sorry, we are focussing our efforts on a major release (new features and fixes) and consequently have not done any minor patches for a long time, as you say. But no not dead.
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    Jens Krebs reacted to DarkClown in Is AFFINITY dead?   
    I guess most people expected that. Nevertheless it may help the impatient among us if you give a rough timeline when to expect news
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from Frozen Death Knight in Affinity publisher on Ipad   
    You cannot have a whole forum section just for complaints. This is not Reddit.
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    Jens Krebs got a reaction from loukash in IDML export   
    In my opinion this one's on you -- in which way and format you hand over your work to the client / customer is usually discussed before starting work. I you agree with the customer to hand over 'original files' (which is unusual anyway), you simply hand over whatever you have, if you specifically agree to send them InDesign files and consciously work with a software you know is not compatible, that is your problem.
    My suggestion is to tell them that you did not work in InDesign, apologise, send them the Affinity files and throw in a license for Publiaher free of charge so they can open and work with your files. Next time, use InDesign, when the customer insists on getting InDesign files.
    Many people, by the way, use 'InDesign' as a placeholder for 'design software' (well done, Adobes marketing team!), many non prpfessionals think InDesign is the only software on the market (again, well done Adobe marketing team!), lastly someone might say 'original files' but mean 'InDesign files' because they assume that's what you use -- when talking to a client, always make sure you are talking about the same thing to avoid misunderstandings.
    No other professional design aoftware exports into a competitors format -- you cannot save a Quark file from InDesign. Reason for this is that the set up of ntive files is not published and considered a trade secret if you will. Also the slightly different feature sets make it impossible to transfer files with 100% accuracy.
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    Jens Krebs reacted to tudor in IDML export   
    The client had no requirements about the source file format, as long as I supplied them with PDFs they can print or publish on the web. This time, the specific requirement for IDML files came from the translation company. They use a translation software which accepts only IDML files. My client had no idea about that.
    I have no problem paying for the conversion software. I just wanted to nudge Affinity again about the importance of having an IDML export feature inside Publisher.
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