[Affinity Publisher]

Answer beta end 2017

 

it was never a promise

 

If no promise, Serif would not claim:

 

[My logo, which one do you prefer?]

But client is myself... I'm making a logo for my own portfolio.

 

So you don’t need to ask what professionals or others would improve.

 

 

 

But a portfolio is only for others.

[My logo, which one do you prefer?]

If you don’t make a concept, this will end in art and not something that is strong. Don’t think about what you like but what your clients need. One rule is that a logo is clear (because it must be understood quickly and survive between others). For example ask why a circle and is it really so much more important than N and D (D stands for your Name and Design and …). So why not a (rounded) rectangle that stands for the hardware (screens) you create things for? First: make a concept. What you want to communicate (show) with the logo and much later (second) play with the forms that communicate what you do/sell.

 

If you only want to work for clients that work in the natural area, then you could start with a technical font/glyphs for example and change it to a natural style.

 

Most of your drafts have filigree forms. Try it with more power/strength/thickness.

 

Ask (yourself/many people) what your new drafts (should) communicate (fashionable, dynamic, static, strong, thin, serious, …).

 

 

HTH a bit [corporate design is too complex to fit in this forum]

[My logo, which one do you prefer?]

the idea

 

Women’s Deodorant? Winchester Disk? Wicked Diesign?  ;)

[My logo, which one do you prefer?]

I would like your advice on which one do you prefer, because I don't really know what to do... Also, if you have some suggestions to improve my logos, feel free to share them.

 

really difficult to make a cool design with those letters.

 

I prefer something circle since it's easier to put on a website 

 

Sorry, without knowing what you do, work, sell, think … and what the concept is, it doesn’t make sense to suggest something specific.

 

Not difficult to create logos with any letters for professionals. Please read a suitable book before you start, because the logo is the most important element of corporate design.

 

A cool blue would be cool for a cool logo and gradients are mostly not a good idea for logos.

 

Not a good idea to think about what fits on websites. Good idea to think about what fits to the things you do.

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

Sorry I don't get this comparison st all

 

One point is that it is not easy to compare “India” with Serif. Companies really struggle with outsourcing to India.

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

Surely if working on it for 6 years there should be something to show by now.

 

Pieces of APu are already in AD. And Serif already showed a bit. Perhaps Serif does not want to do it again. But why not? Would help to cool some down.

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

They also said they would not release it until it was ready.

 

Of course until it was ready. Already a few times:

 

“AFFINITY PUBLISHER
 

Available September 2015”

 

“Due in 2015, this publishing thoroughbred”

 

“Due in 2016, this publishing thoroughbred”

 

“Affinity Publisher, is due to complete the suite in 2017”

 

 

…

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

But nevertheless what? If you understand that no promises were made, what is your point?

 

You know that Serif announced it officially. For many people this was a promise, no fake news.

[Designer 1.6 Beta – when?]

I wouldn’t say that too naïvely – he didn’t say busy with what. ;)

 

Don’t worry, Affinity cats are masters of multitasking.  ;)

[First digital painting + feedback]

Photo on the left, line drawing in the middle, painting on the right :)

 

No, you spread fake news!  ;)

 

A new Francis Bacon is born?! Keep it up! Thanks!

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

That's easy for you to say...

 

Hm, was bedeutet der Kommentar, Magic-design? Wir haben ja nichts gesagt, aber schriftlich unsere Hilfe angeboten und die wurde schroff abgelehnt. Brexit-Verhalten?

[Two Questions About Affinity Publisher]

The answer is very simple. Not enough people and we haven't found any new ones yet. 

 

Even the “old” ones are not able to update some text:

 

 “[…] Affinity Designer for Windows, we’ll be bringing Affinity Photo to that platform too.”

Or perhaps problems with the infinite improbability drive?

 

“2017 wollen wir Affinity Publisher als Beta veröffentlichen, und dafür benötigen wir Ihre Hilfe.”

Schade, da wird man offiziell aufgefordert, bei der Veröffentlichung der Beta zu helfen, aber Serif scheint dann doch keine Hilfe zu benötigen. :( Auch nicht von neuen kostenlosen Mitarbeitern! Liegt vielleicht am Brexit.

[Line Tool]

Yes, ProfessorB. Provide more details if you don’t get a solution. This is why we asked a question in May. But without a reply, …

[Will there be a page layout program comparable to InDesign or Quark?]

Apple Addicts

 

An Apple a day …  ;)

[Any changes?]

Hopefully Serif is successful with that first 20 % change.

[Affinity Publisher]

If we can’t get APu, we have to stroke a cat a day to death.   ;)

[Affinity Publisher]

[…] a serious alternative to Adobe.

 

Nothing and nobody want to be an alternative to Adobe.  ;)

 

Only for some of their apps.

[New Desktop Publishing App?]

FYI:  

 

In FAQs Serif told us: "We are going to focus on completing the full suite (including Affinity Publisher) on the Mac over the next 12 months. After that we will look into other platforms.“

 

And MEB: “There will be an Affinity Designer app for iPad/iPad Pro. It's currently under development but it may still take a little until it's ready.“ (14 December 2015) and "Affinity is also developing an iPad version of Affinity Designer, however it will only come after the Mac line have been developed/established“ (06 January 2015)

[There's no apparent way to skew an object.]

As for why the workspace detection areas are as small as they are

 

… and not about the easy way for developers to achieve features with less usability (here: too small detection areas). The best products will win.

[There's no apparent way to skew an object.]

The handles give a far more precise and smooth result.

 

And if users want to make changes directly they don’t want to use a detour via distant panels. Yes, it is about usability …

[Forum Usability]

Perhaps we have to accept that usability is not a core competence of Serif. But it significantly can improve the corporate image and the work of the members here and in Affinity products.

[There's no apparent way to skew an object.]

Hi DavidMac

I've just tried this with the Pen tablet and the area is indeed too small to be easily reached without requiring much precision. I'm passing this to the dev team to see if it can be improved a little.

Thanks for your feedback.

 

Thanks!

 

And please ask them to enlarge/reduce the active areas according to the preferences of the Tool Handle Size. And perhaps it makes sense to have the active areas not only outside the active object(s) and not only near the mid handles.

 

HTH

[Any changes?]

Many thanks, Patrick.

 

Apple will change the prices in some countries, the value of the pound changes and we got news from Theresa May. Just thought Serif already has some plans because of the hard/soft Brexit. Still no shares in 2017?

[Any changes?]

Any changes because of (UK-)MAP and British pound changes, the (hard) Brexit, …? Perhaps new prices, the MAP exit and foreign branches?