Affinity Rat Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackstone Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I use the book panel for large projects. For purely digital projects, I scale photos down to fit. Affinity Rat and Callum 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 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 1 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.5, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 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. MikeTO and Affinity Rat 1 1 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 17.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 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. 😊 walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 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 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.5, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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