svetoslavpp Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Hello everybody, I have a practical question. I badly need some decent layout program. I have few client's requests to meet. I can patch the situation with iStudio but it doesn't cover all that I need. Now the question is should I buy Page Plus X9 (since my MacBook runs Windows through Parallels) or should I continue to patch up for few more months before Affinity Publisher appear? Thank you! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoCentral Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 PagePlus is a very good program to use til AP can match its features/functions. There is also this option for the meantime... http://www.magix.com/us/page-layout-designer/detail/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 P&LD is a useless poc. And likely not to be developed further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoCentral Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 http://www.xara.com/us/page-layout-designer/features/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 And you believe that marketing hype? P&LD is a subset of Xara Designer Pro. I use XDP every day. I therfore know what both of them are capable of and what their limitations are. XDP is no substitute for a word processor let alone a layout application. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 You might as well try scribus, it's freeware. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher is an unknown quantity - PagePlus is a competent piece of software that'll set you back (I think) £19 - if you've got clients waiting it's a no brainer! Patrick Connor, Alfred and tomekf248 3 Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher is an unknown quantity - PagePlus is a competent piece of software that'll set you back (I think) £19 - if you've got clients waiting it's a no brainer! Affinity Publisher isn't a completely unknown quantity. Serif staff have been quite open about the fact that the first version will be fairly basic and that it will be several years before its capabilities match those of PagePlus X9 or even X8. PagePlus is available (for 19.99 GBP or 24.99 USD) from here: http://www.serif.com/pageplus 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...
Uuiop Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 On your MacBook would Apple's Pages not be useful? It has been free for a number of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher is an unknown quantity - PagePlus is a competent piece of software that'll set you back (I think) £19 - if you've got clients waiting it's a no brainer! I have to agree with IanSG on this. It's a competent piece of software for next to nothing. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 PagePlus is a very good program to use til AP can match its features/functions. There is also this option for the meantime... http://www.magix.com/us/page-layout-designer/detail/ Thanks a lot. Very good looking UI but I need a tool for more substantial work. Cards and trifold brochures I can very well produce in Affinity Designer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 And you believe that marketing hype? P&LD is a subset of Xara Designer Pro. I use XDP every day. I therfore know what both of them are capable of and what their limitations are. XDP is no substitute for a word processor let alone a layout application. Mike Thank you, Mike. It really doesn't look good enough. I'm sorry Xara... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher isn't a completely unknown quantity. Serif staff have been quite open about the fact that the first version will be fairly basic and that it will be several years before its capabilities match those of PagePlus X9 or even X8. PagePlus is available (for 19.99 GBP or 24.99 USD) from here: http://www.serif.com/pageplus Well, considering that right now I am doing ... what I am doing, with iStudio, I think I will opt even for not mature Publisher, as long as it has Spread view, decent font interpretation, and correct CMYK preview. :) But thank you for the information, Alfred. It really seems that I have to go for Page Plus X9. 22€ shouldn't be a problem. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher is an unknown quantity - PagePlus is a competent piece of software that'll set you back (I think) £19 - if you've got clients waiting it's a no brainer! No, not brainer at all! Thank you! :D And way better than InDesign prices vs. results. Just it will feel a bit dull if Publisher pops up after 4-6 months. On the other hand - decent lunch is 20€ so come on... :) Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 On your MacBook would Apple's Pages not be useful? It has been free for a number of years. I actually gave it quite a thought but...No spread view, no grid, no text-to-curves. Kind of OK, but kind of makes the work too slow. Unless I am missing something in the picture. Any advice is welcome! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Just it will feel a bit dull if Publisher pops up after 4-6 months. On the other hand - decent lunch is 20€ so come on... :) Affinity Publisher may be released to public beta in 4-6 months, but (even if it is) the retail version won't be ready before 2018. 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...
InfoCentral Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Affinity Publisher may be released to public beta in 4-6 months, but (even if it is) the retail version won't be ready before 2018. And won't have the features/capabilities of PagePlus X9. That will take several version upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetoslavpp Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Thank you guys! This discussion was of great help! So be it! Page Plus X9 will be! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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