albertkinng Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 It seems with V2 the Affinity Publisher app doesn't include the export persona when you choose the Designer workspace? Is there a way to get the same export persona options inside Publisher, or is it not in the plans? Quote See my comics: dearmascomics.com Heard my Radio Show: mimegaradio.com Ask for my services: albertkinng.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 This is just my opinion but I don't see the advantage to having that functionality in Publisher. I hope the developers get around to fixing bugs instead of adding this function. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Publisher (either V1 or V2) includes only the main Personas from Designer and Photo. For the other Personas, including the Export Persona, you need to run the full Designer or Photo app. You can most easily do that using File > Edit in. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, albertkinng said: It seems with V2 the Affinity Publisher app doesn't include the export persona when you choose the Designer workspace? Is there a way to get the same export persona options inside Publisher, or is it not in the plans? Hello @albertkinng, you are correct, the export persona is only part of Designer and Photo but not part of the respective personas in Publisher. My interpretation on how Serif spreads different functionalities across different apps is: Designer and Photo are more specialized and feature equiped in their own domain (vector art and pixel art) Those are the tools to create artwork that then can be exported seperately for different tasks. Publisher is the overall application that offers very sophisticated vector and pixel manipulation via the personas. But Publisher exports the final document as a whole and rather not as subdocuments that should be used further. I know this interpretation lacks a lot of use cases but for me it works as a starting point for my workflow. And explains to me why there is no export persona in Publisher. d. Edited January 4, 2023 by dominik typo albertkinng 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertkinng Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, dominik said: Publisher exports the final document as a whole and rather not as subdocuments that should be used further Thanks for your well-explained and accurate answer. I've been enjoying working everything in Affinity Publisher lately and when I realized the export persona wasn't available I freaked out. Now I know that for some clients I will just use the app with most of the features needed. Have a great day. Quote See my comics: dearmascomics.com Heard my Radio Show: mimegaradio.com Ask for my services: albertkinng.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, albertkinng said: I will just use the app with most of the features needed You don't have to. Your Export persona in Publisher is always just two menu commands away: File > Edit in Designer Affinity Designer (menu on Mac) > Export Persona That's it. Get back to Publisher the same way backwards. 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...
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