retrograde Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 6 hours ago, KateM said: I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight. We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out! https://affinityspotlight.com This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories. All the best, Kate Hi Kate, everything is looking really slick and well laid out. Nice addition to the Affinity universe and a great resource for new and current users. @KateM, Question for you. Will the content always be there and just get added to, or will it be replaced by the new stuff? - Cheers! Patrick Connor and KateM 2 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, davemike said: Instead you produced something we don't need. My patience has ended, so I will continue to use "Indesign" and gave up waiting for the last third. They produced something good for us, the way I see it, without taking any resource away from the Dev Team that is working on Publisher. Best regards! SrPx, KateM and Patrick Connor 3 Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, Mithferion said: without taking any resource away from the Dev Team that is working on Publisher. It was not our decision to invest in AP and AD for iOS, AS, etc. “instead of” in Publisher after the statement “After completing the full suite on the Mac […] we willlook into other platforms” and altering the start for 2015, … Rick G and JominizHix 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 17 minutes ago, Oval said: It was not our decision to invest in AP and AD for iOS, AS, etc. “instead of” in Publisher after the statement “After completing the full suite on the Mac […] we willlook into other platforms” and altering the start for 2015, … Is this not a MARKETING effort? It is not much different that social media posts. A different project done by different people expecting a different otcome than that of the developers KateM and Alfred 2 Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 There's no need to rush things and I'm sure the same people asking for the immediate release of Publisher would be the first ones to raise the pitchforks if something's wrong with it. Quote Instead you produced something we don't need You can only speak for yourself. Rick G, KateM, RemN and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff KateM Posted April 26, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted April 26, 2018 Thank you all for the feedback so far, we really enjoyed making Affinity Spotlight! It has been answered further up this thread, but just to reiterate, this project was developed by the web/systems and content team and has in no way affected the development timelines for any of our software releases. I will also let the web team know about the RSS feed requests, its definitely something we will talk about! @retrograde Hey Kevin! In answer to your question, content will always be there on Spotlight and we will just keep adding to it. It will not be replaced by new stuff. retrograde, Roger C, Alfred and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 9 hours ago, KateM said: I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight. We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out! https://affinityspotlight.com This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories. All the best, Kate I like what spotlight is. Really love the customizable keyboards shortcuts in other thing than PDF. Thanks and please improve it even more. You have my support dear. SrPx and KateM 2 Quote Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Oval said: It was not our decision to invest in AP and AD for iOS, AS, etc. “instead of” in Publisher after the statement “After completing the full suite on the Mac […] we willlook into other platforms” and altering the start for 2015, … That, on the other hand, is a valid point you make there. And I know how you, as a customer, feel about it. I ignore why that decision was made (APh on the iPad first), what challenges prevented Publisher from being released earlier, but for this specific topic, I keep the same opinion. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Proctor Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I enjoyed my look around Affinity Spotlight. so much interesting stuff! I really enjoyed the behind the scenes article about Paolo Limoncelli. KateM 1 Quote Follow me on Creative Fabrica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asser82 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 First my heart jumped...because I thought spotlight might be the Affinity lightroom. But thinking about it, I remembered, that I read a RAW vs JPEG article on spotlight yesterday, which was great. So, thx for this. KateM and BartHovis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djoule Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Signed up too. KateM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxxworld Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Hi @KateM, great news, just follow your new blog! thanks a lot! KateM and Phillizvak 1 1 Quote MacBook Pro, iMac, Sierra 10.12.6 500px.com/maxxxworld www.instagram.com/markus_linner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourmaline Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I really like the Affinity Spotlight web page. Interesting reading, especially about the developers. I hope this way a lot more people can understand that it is not a trivial thing to develop new software and why it takes a little longer sometimes then people want it to take. Lots of good reading stuff and inspiration! Keep it up. Thumbs up from me. @KateM sweet pussycat avatar... KateM and SrPx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff KateM Posted April 27, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted April 27, 2018 @Tourmaline Why, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 If it is like in the latest places I've worked at, the web team (lol, was in one) is typically (well,you often have the many hats person, but IMO, tends to be a small percentage) having a very different set of tasks and work load than those making the main native code applications (these are not web applications, yet, I believe). And promo is so, so key for absolutely anything that you do, that it is not just optional. How you do it differs from company to company or individual, there are many ways. But it is a total must. Specially in a so competitive market as this is. A large percentage of the matter is that people know that you exist. And believe it or not, a wild lot of people yet don't know, although more and more people everyday are getting aware of Affinity. Wacom does their constant set of interviews to artists, technology previews, etc, etc. And like them, so many companies. So, absolutely logical that this is created (and it is being pretty well done, also). LCamachoDesign and KateM 2 Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 and V2.4 Windows 10 and Windows 11. Ryzen 9 3900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Wacom Intuos XL, Wacom L. Eizo ColorEdge CS 2420 monitor. Windows 10 Pro. (Laptop) HP Omen 16-b1010ns 12700H, 32GB DDR5, nVidia RTX 3060 6GB + Huion Kamvas 22 pen display, Windows 11 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreK Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Good job. I rather read Spotlight articles than stare at ads. Well spent marketing money. KateM, Phillizvak, velarde and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 21 hours ago, KateM said: @retrograde Hey Kevin! In answer to your question, content will always be there on Spotlight and we will just keep adding to it. It will not be replaced by new stuff. Cheers Kate! KateM 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 0:17 PM, Alfred said: It's been very clear for a long time that for most serious users of Adobe InDesign the first version of Affinity Publisher will not serve as an immediate replacement. @Alfred, why will it not be a suitable replacement? What about for those of us who are not necessarily heavy InDesign users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tschens Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I miss a link from the Affinity website to the Sportlight website. Nobody, except the forum users who read this thread or find it on Facebook, will ever find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 There's a link on Affinity website under the Company section in menu. Tschens and KateM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 12 hours ago, Ulysses said: @Alfred, why will it not be a suitable replacement? What about for those of us who are not necessarily heavy InDesign users? It might have all the features you use regularly, or then again it might not! When it’s released to public beta you can try it and see if it works for you. KateM and Ulysses 2 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...
Tschens Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Bigby said: There's a link on Affinity website under the Company section in menu. ... Thx Bigby, I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryLearnTech Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 26/04/2018 at 7:55 PM, KateM said: … I will also let the web team know about the RSS feed requests, its definitely something we will talk about! … Hi Kate Another +1 for the RSS feeds! I have enormous respect for Affinity, but am a little surprised that the decision not to implement RSS feeds was even considered, never mind actually allowed. It's still a basic core technology that underpins large parts of the web – including these forums! Pretty please? Quote —— Gary —— Photo/Designer/Publisher: Affinity Store, v2.4.n release Mac mini (M1, 2020), 16GB/2TB, macOS Ventura 13.4.1(c) • MacBook Pro (Intel), macOS Ventura • Windows 10 via VMware Fusion • iOS: current release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 54 minutes ago, GaryLearnTech said: Hi Kate Another +1 for the RSS feeds! I have enormous respect for Affinity, but am a little surprised that the decision not to implement RSS feeds was even considered, never mind actually allowed. It's still a basic core technology that underpins large parts of the web – including these forums! Pretty please? +1 on the RSS feed. That is not a big deal to implement On a different note ... under the Company section of the web page, Publisher is now listed with it's icon as coming in 2018 Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourmaline Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Alfred said: It might have all the features you use regularly, or then again it might not! When it’s released to public beta you can try it and see if it works for you. Of course it will. It will not have all the bells and whistles of more mature software but it'll do for the most part. Designer is also getting updates and multiple pages is also on that list so you could do some things in Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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