Can I design and export my print magazine in CMYK format

[RafaMiami]

I am interested in purchasing Affinity Publisher to design my magazine, which as been distributed in print for 30 years. I am considering Affinity Publisher and InDesign.

My question is: Can I design the magazine files in CMYK and export them as CMYK pdf files? This is crucial for me because I must provide the pdf files of my magazine to my printer in CMYK format. 

I would rather purchase Affinity Publisher than InDesign, but I need to answer this question first. Thank you so much for your help!

[Old Bruce]

16 minutes ago, RafaMiami said:

I am interested in purchasing Affinity Publisher to design my magazine, which as been distributed in print for 30 years. I am considering Affinity Publisher and InDesign.

My question is: Can I design the magazine files in CMYK and export them as CMYK pdf files? This is crucial for me because I must provide the pdf files of my magazine to my printer in CMYK format. 

I would rather purchase Affinity Publisher than InDesign, but I need to answer this question first. Thank you so much for your help!

Hi and welcome to the forums @RafaMiami,

In a word yes. I would suggest you try the trial of Publisher available at the bottom of the this page  https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/publisher/ . You just have to remember to design using a CMYK document and output/export a CMYK PDF.

[Alfred]

3 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I would suggest you try the trial of Publisher available at the bottom of the this page  https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/publisher/

Here’s a direct link to the trial download in the Affinity Store:

https://affin.co/publishertrial

Please note that the ten-day trial clock runs continuously from the moment you first launch the app, and it cannot be reset.

[RafaMiami]

Thank you! I really appreciate your input and the links.

[Fixx]

You can export your InDesign files as IDML and open them. Placing PDF adverts is still a work in progress, there is passthrough feature in newest beta which is not fully satisfactory.