Jcrod Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Random question...have you guys thought about making an alternative for Adobe InDesign? There aren't any good alternatives, and I would seriously buy one right away if it were cheaper and of good quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFisher Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi JcrodWelcome to the forum :)There will be a InDesign equivalent in the future called Affinity Publisher, which we hope to have in beta later this year. mikefinn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianPoulton Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi Jcrod Welcome to the forum :) There will be a InDesign equivalent in the future called Affinity Publisher, which we hope to have in beta later this year. YES!!! I will be very interested in this new product. If it is truly a competitor for InDesign and can open .indd files, then I can seriously see my company ditching Adobe and moving wholesale over to Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcrod Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Awesome! I'm so excited. I can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Do understand one should temper their enthusiasm for Affinity Publisher as a replacement for InDesign unless what one does in ID isn't making use of what it is capable of. The first iterations of APub may not meet one's needs from the get go. Mithferion and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Basic layout does not need anything special. Just do the few features right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Basic layout does not need anything special. Just do the few features right. What is "basic" layout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Basic layout does not need anything special. Just do the few features right. What is "basic" layout? One that does not need anything special, perhaps? :P Which of course begs the question: what constitutes "anything special"? :unsure: Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Yep, Alfred. I can just about guarantee that there are as many different answers to that question I asked as people who will purchase APub. And the forum will have many posts about why something as "basic as..." isn't included from the get go. We are initially going to get what Serif decides. And I can also guarantee that whatever that is, it will be more basic than I need at the beginning and quite possibly for some time to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 YES!!! I will be very interested in this new product. If it is truly a competitor for InDesign and can open .indd files, then I can seriously see my company ditching Adobe and moving wholesale over to Affinity. I doubt that Affinity Publisher will be able to open .indd files (unless something has changed). My guess is you will need to save your Indesign files as PDF files and then you will be able to bring them into Publisher that way. This is true for PagePlus files too. I also second MikeW's wise observation that you shouldn't expect the beta or even the first release of Affinity Publisher to match Indesign's feature set. Publisher will no doubt have lots of great and innovative features but to get feature parity with a mature program like Indesign is going to take time, so be ready to be patient. Hokusai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikefinn Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 When is Publisher likely to be out in beta mode? I would be very interested Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Only Serif knows. They are not making any time frame commitments. They will be more than happy to make announcements when it heads to beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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