melriksdesign

Plus one on this topic.  My first step with every new publication is to create a base set of global layers.  Creating them page by page is impractical. I have a 14 page document I'm testing today.
The global layers should also apply to the Master page.
A check box for "page" or "global" under layer settings would solve the problem and keep the unique Affinity approach.

Plus one on this topic.  My first step with every new publication is to create a base set of global layers.  Creating them page by page is impractical. I have a 14 page document I'm testing today.
The global layers should also apply to the Master page.
A check box for "page" or "global" under layer settings would solve the problem and keep the unique Affinity approach.

Maybe this applies to both problems:
 

It's been an age since I sent native InDesign files to a print vendor.  Nearly all of the print vendors I work with regularly just want a hi-res pdf with fonts embedded.  I haven't tested it yet, but Publisher looks to have the right settings for a print pdf.
Same for Illustrator.  I've always sent EPS files when needed because of AI version problems.
At the Publisher price point, I may ask my regular contractors to use Publisher too.  Staff certainly will get their own copy.
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There's a few threads already about file exchange between InDesign and Publisher. It looks like they are reviewing ways to work with the idml file.  If successful, that works for me.  We already use the idml file for clients who have older versions of InDesign.

Yeah, I just ordered a 80+ page photobook with more than 200 photos. I consider that a huge publication.
I put it to a real stress test, but sadly it failed half way due to memory and stability issues.
To continue my work I had to do workarounds like rasterize everything to reduce stress to it.
If I would have a business I would not trust Publisher right now. It is just not ready.
But take the risk if you think so.

As a professional, I can't necessarily agree that it is not production-ready. It depends on your workflow and if you are willing break out of your comfort zone. Many of the issues that the video complained about were non-issues as they were just presented differently than he was accustomed. When I first started using Affinity Products I sat down and went through the tools as I accepted that it was not going to replicate Adobe. I used InDesign from 1.0 and it had it flaws and quark "die-hards" had made many of the complaints that are being made about publisher. In my not so humble opinion,  Once you accept that alternative does not mean the product does not match adobe feature-for-feature.

This would be useful.
Think of a simple example with a parent master page with some details (running head, page number, other design elements), and then three child master pages: each for different common types of layout in your document: say one with a passepartout image, another with a full-page text frame, another with a chapter start page.  Then if you want to change the running head you can change the parent master page just once rather than all three (or more) master pages.

Hi MortenWB,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Affinity Publisher will not support .INDD files but will be able to import IDML files.

Are there plans to make a Windows 7 version of the Affinity products?  Many designers use Windows rather than Macintosh computers to design every day.

I was excited to see an alternative to Adobe's Creative Cloud product. Bummed to see it's only for Apple computers.