Affinity Publisher planning a document

[Affinity Rat]

I just upgraded to universal lic, and considering making a complex document which I anticipate to be large in terms of Mb, so I’m interested to know the approach to making such a document. I suspect that images can be both embedded and linked but what criteria are relevant to how to design the document. 

Obviously memory and free space are important considerations, as is the type of export chosen.

How different are these criteria depending on platform PC vs iPad. Do these different platforms have significant different relevant parameters? If so what are they?

Thank you for your consideration.

 

[Affinity Rat]

ok, been watching a vdo entitled “Designing a Photo Book in Affinity Publisher” realized more info need

My goal is to create a digital book ie not for print, that may eliminate many of the design considerations.

My concern is to prevent crashes and loss of effort associated with dealing with large files and failed saves.

 

[blackstone]

I use the book panel for large projects. For purely digital projects, I scale photos down to fit.

[Affinity Rat]

Thank you for that Blackstone😊

Just guessing here, maybe use links on all images while designing and embed images when complete.

Is there an easy way to convert a document with links to embedded images?

[MikeTO]

3 hours ago, Affinity Rat said:

Thank you for that Blackstone😊

Just guessing here, maybe use links on all images while designing and embed images when complete.

Is there an easy way to convert a document with links to embedded images?

For a book with a lot of photos, you always link the photos and never embed them. My books have several hundred photos and all of them are linked. The document sizes are then 5-15MB instead of GB.

[Affinity Rat]

19 hours ago, MikeTO said:

For a book with a lot of photos, you always link the photos and never embed them. My books have several hundred photos and all of them are linked. The document sizes are then 5-15MB instead of GB.

Yeah, links should make a much lighter footprint when designing, but not so convenient if you want to share the doc.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Affinity Rat said:

Yeah, links should make a much lighter footprint when designing, but not so convenient if you want to share the doc.

That's what File > Save as Package is about (as long as you aren't using the Book feature), and it even handles the fonts you're using, in case your colleague doesn't have them (or the right versions) installed.

[Affinity Rat]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

That's what File > Save as Package is about (as long as you aren't using the Book feature), and it even handles the fonts you're using, in case your colleague doesn't have them (or the right versions) installed.

Thanx Walt, a lot of learning to do on publisher. 😊

[Affinity Rat]

Seems to me that the introductory material for Publisher does include a basic tutorial/info regarding approaches to creating a publication depending on desired export type and output parameters. 

Sure if designing a simple brochure, one can muddle through, but large documents require planning and many considerations.

Easy to jump into a document, but planning is an important step in effectively getting the desired output with minimal revisions and time wasted.

[MikeTO]

10 hours ago, Affinity Rat said:

Seems to me that the introductory material for Publisher does include a basic tutorial/info regarding approaches to creating a publication depending on desired export type and output parameters. 

Sure if designing a simple brochure, one can muddle through, but large documents require planning and many considerations.

Easy to jump into a document, but planning is an important step in effectively getting the desired output with minimal revisions and time wasted.

The free manual I've shared in the forum includes a chapter on how to structure a longer book. This manual doesn't include a chapter on photos. Perhaps I'll add that someday but you might find it useful nonetheless as you're getting started. The link is in my signature below.

Cheers