LostInTranslation Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 I have a general question. Often I am working in Photo and would require a function from Designer, or the other way around. Using Publisher gives me all at once. I wonder, is there any downside or am I missing out on anything if I always start Publisher as default and then use the persona(s) I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 42 minutes ago, LostInTranslation said: is there any downside or am I missing out on anything if I always start Publisher as default and then use the persona(s) I need? Not really. Unless you need specific functionality that is only available via each other app's own special personas. Especially in Photo, some advanced features cannot be used from the Publisher's Photo persona. Also, some custom settings won't automatically sync, e.g. custom keyboard shortcuts. But even then, you can always quickly and seamlessly switch via File > Edit in Photo. And back to Publisher the same way from Photo. LostInTranslation 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...
walt.farrell Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, LostInTranslation said: Using Publisher gives me all at once It doesn't give you: 1. The Export Persona. 2. Liquify 3. Astrophotography stack, HDR merge, Focus Merge. Probably a few others. LostInTranslation 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInTranslation Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 13 hours ago, walt.farrell said: It doesn't give you: 1. The Export Persona. 2. Liquify 3. Astrophotography stack, HDR merge, Focus Merge. Probably a few others. luckily, those are things I need very rarely if ever. So I guess using Publisher by default is the way for me. Thank you! walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 7:12 AM, LostInTranslation said: luckily, those are things I need very rarely if ever. Probably that's exactly the reason why they aren't included in the Photo personal of Publisher (because it doesn't apply just to you). LostInTranslation 1 Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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