Nyks Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Hello, current I'm using the 30-days-trail on windows. I'm mainly interested in Affinity Publisher as I use Lightroom and Photoshop a lot and don't want to replace them. 1. I recognised the "persona"-tool in the upper left corner. Is it required to purchase all 3 programs, to use the persona-tools? 2. Is it possible to connect Photoshop as image-editor to Affinity Publisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, Nyks said: 1. I recognised the "persona"-tool in the upper left corner. Is it required to purchase all 3 programs, to use the persona-tools? https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/index.html 9 minutes ago, Nyks said: 2. Is it possible to connect Photoshop as image-editor to Affinity Publisher? I don't think so, and I don't know how you actually imagine it. APublisher uses any external images that may have been edited in any application. Only if you use *.afphoto/afdesign documents (embedded documents), they can then be edited directly in the respective application. Nyks 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyks Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 1.) Thanks for the clarification on the "personas". 2.) Ok, there is probably no function for that - of course it works without it. Theoretically, it would be possible for Publisher to submit an image to an external (third-party) image processing software and then receive the result back (e.g. as a new layer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Something new including in Publisher 2, is the ability to edit RAW images inside of Publisher. I think you need Photo though for this. Have a look at this video by James Ritson about what's new in Photo. In doing that video he had to show off this feature of Publisher because It's too cool.. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Nyks said: Theoretically, it would be possible for Publisher to submit an image to an external (third-party) image processing software and then receive the result back The plugins used in APhoto work on this principle. These plugins are of course built for this "two-way" flow of image data, but the photo editor you choose would have to be able to do the same, which I don't know if any can do - rather, they are prepared for transferring the image to it, not from it. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZPussikat Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 If you have Publisher, can you only link the Photo persona and not a Photo V2 persona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, NZPussikat said: If you have Publisher, can you only link the Photo persona and not a Photo V2 persona? If you want to use StudioLink, you must have the same versions of APhoto/ADesigner installed as you have APublisher. So APublisher V1 runs Personas from APhoto/ADesigner V1, APublisher V2 then Personas from APhoto/ADesigner V2. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZPussikat Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 😢 that's what I had feared. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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