Print Persona needed

[m43]

With the addition of the DAM functionality, Photo will hopefully go a long way in covering a workflow that starts with browsing and import.    But that leaves open the need for Print Persona to provide at least the printing capabilities of the Lr Print Module.   We need to be able to define our paper and import corresponding ICC profiles for the combination of printer and paper.   We need to be able to setup contact sheets that support layouts of multiple images on one page.  We also need to define how the mismatch between color gamuts will be handled.   Typically we shoot and process in ProPhoto or Adobe RGB and print locally in sRGB.   While I will jump at the chance to abandon Adobe CC, I can not do that without Photo having a DAM and a Print Persona or other implementation that provides the same range of printing capabilities as can be found in Lr.

 

Sorry if this topic has been covered elsewhere.  

[paristo]

Yeah... Own "Print Persona" is required that allows to prepare the document or multiple files and documents (files on disk, documents opened in the Affinity software) so we will minimize the printing waste, increase the soft proofing comparison to real print and then get the product out of the printer in the form was wanted:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/42281-printing-assistance-persona/

 

It is funny that even today on many software where the physical print is required, we still don't really have a working printing methods since 80's. 

 

 

That system was first, and the last one that truly allowed to create a document on screen and get it out from printer exactly as it was on the screen in 1:1 ratio. Since then as well Apple, IBM as Microsoft has just not been able to do it correctly with their document creators. Even Adobe is lacking today behind all that with their tools, and can't even get images get printed correctly or as well as possible as printing in Adobe tools (Photoshop, Lightroom etc) just doesn't work best way, requiring to get a third party printing software that defines all way better. 

 

So Affinity has a huge change to really create a "Print Persona" but it is required to be get mostly right from the start.