000 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that www.qoppa.com is running a 50% discount for their PDF Studio software. I have not tried it myself (trial is currently installing), but the release notes say something abour colour separation. loukash and ashf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM f/g Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Bought it some months ago. Current version (2022) has colour separation preview. Its worth a try. Quote Macbook Pro mid 2015, 16 GB, double barrel: MacOS Mojave + Affinity 1 (+ Adobe’s CS6)/ MacOS Monterey + Affinity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 3 hours ago, RM f/g said: Current version (2022) has colour separation preview Is that new? I just downloaded the 2021 demo because I may need MacOS El Capitan compatibility, but there's no separation in the demo, only preview. Also, I don't see any PDF/X-4 preflight options. That would be a dealbreaker. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 46 minutes ago, loukash said: Is that new? I just downloaded the 2021 demo because I may need MacOS El Capitan compatibility, but there's no separation in the demo, only preview. Also, I don't see any PDF/X-4 preflight options. That would be a dealbreaker. Did you install the Pro version?https://kbpdfstudio.qoppa.com/video-output-preview-and-color-separation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Thanks, yeah, I've seen the video. There are no separate "pro" versions available as trial: qoppa.com/pdfstudio/versions The trial has a bunch of buttons marked in red as "PRO". Well, it's not necessarily an issue anyway. I still got my Acrobat Pro X on El Capitan. Later I'll check out the new 2022 trial on Catalina if there's a difference. ashf 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 dealbreaker of Qoppa for me is lack of PDF/X-1a:2001 support... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 FYI It seems that Qoppa does not recognize the spot colors on the color separation preview. loukash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 18 hours ago, loukash said: Later I'll check out the new 2022 trial on Catalina if there's a difference. Alright, so the v2022 trial has the separation preview, unlike v2021. Aaand it has PDF/X-4 preflight. But… 14 hours ago, ashf said: Qoppa does not recognize the spot colors on the color separation preview Yep, it reads spot as CMYK. So… close but no cigar. Back to my Automator Service plugin to run Ghostscript. (Note to self: I should finally fix the bugs, finalize it and release it…) Let's see if spot color separation will be added as a "big new feature" for v2023…? ashf 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Although the color separation is not perfect yet, I feel Qoppa is becoming good enough as the replacement of popular PDF apps such as Foxit/Nitro/PDF-Xchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I wonder if it would help to send feedback to them with requests for better color separation. Maybe the more customers they hear from, the more likely it is they might listen? ashf and loukash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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