RasterFarian Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 I am just starting to use Affinity software. I haven't been doing much that needed my adobe skills/software for a long while. What I've found thus far is that there are things I love about Affinity that are "better" than adobe and things that I miss in the Adobe tools. I appreciate Affinity's conundrum as well. Their software must be similar enough that people will want to switch and yet they have a chance to address some of the sloppy, stupid stuff in the Adobe line... Ok, so having said that, it is hard to believe this thread goes back to 2018 and custom spreads hasn't been implemented. Seems like a minor/medium addition considering all the basic functionality is already there. It is true there are work arounds, but they are a pain. BennyD and Rob Luxford 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 19 hours ago, RasterFarian said: Ok, so having said that, it is hard to believe this thread goes back to 2018 and custom spreads hasn't been implemented. Seems like a minor/medium addition considering all the basic functionality is already there. It is true there are work arounds, but they are a pain. We can have different sized spreads in the document but not actual 3, 4 or more page spreads. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton King Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I just purchased V2 and haven't fully explored the new capabilities which I'm sure are extensive. While I don't want to be a fly in the ointment, I was disappointed that 3+ page spreads are still not implemented. Dazmondo77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dshark Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Clayton King said: I just purchased V2 and haven't fully explored the new capabilities which I'm sure are extensive. While I don't want to be a fly in the ointment, I was disappointed that 3+ page spreads are still not implemented. +1 I too was really hoping that this had been sorted out. Clayton King 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Alvarez Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 First thing I did when I installed Publisher 2 this morning was try to create 'more than 2 pages' spreads, with all kind of key combinations or page/spread menus. Result? Deception... I'm sorry to say, but I'm dissapointed for that. And I have purchased the Universal license... Clayton King and Przemja 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton King Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Maybe, if we're lucky, they'll add it in an update, although that's apparently a major dot release... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Really could use multi-page spreads but the universal licence still makes v2 a compulsory purchase for anyone with a vague interest in design, illustration and photography - although I do hope we get this capability eventually, preferably with the addition of a slug area so you can bung on your own fold marks and wot not when working on say a trifold, book jacket or capacity folder - still super happy😆 Clayton King 1 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 38 minutes ago, Dazmondo77 said: the universal licence still makes v2 a compulsory purchase This! At the moment I have no use for v2 on Mac because it requires at least Catalina while I still need to use other apps and external devices that won't run under that. But since the universal license with discount is in fact less than the three Mac apps with discount, I bought the whole bunch right away anyway, and installed all three apps on our family iPad (the "no attribute" gen. 8). Heck, I even went to my local Apple dealer around the corner and bought an Apple Pencil 1 as well… So, I have the gut feeling that I might be using the iPad for design work more and more in the future. Finally, in fact, being an iPad user since 2011. Dazmondo77 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton King Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Dazmondo77 said: Really could use multi-page spreads but the universal licence still makes v2 a compulsory purchase for anyone with a vague interest in design, illustration and photography - although I do hope we get this capability eventually, preferably with the addition of a slug area so you can bung on your own fold marks and wot not when working on say a trifold, book jacket or capacity folder - still super happy😆 Agree completely. Przemja and Dazmondo77 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Luxford Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 For some there will always be missing features. This multi page spreads is a biggy and for those who cannot do without it you may have to have Adobe. If you are in that camp I suggest have both Adobe and Affinity. Design in Affinity, layout in Adobe. I just saw an incredible demo of Illustrator blend tool being used to create 3D looking furry tube typography. Wow. Designer has no blend tool for shapes. Fortunately I don't currently need 3D looking furry tube typography, so… still super happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Alvarez Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 There's a crystal clear fact with this Affinity V2: IT'S A BARGAIN. But that some features are very demanded by users and aren't implemented yet, is true, too. Przemja, Clayton King and Dazmondo77 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Przemja Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Multiple-page spreads - still Nr. 1 item on my feature wishlist for Publisher. Rob Luxford and Khepr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolasfolliot Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Well I was with you all on this… until I realized I could do what I need with Designer artboards. So now I'm curious, are people here still asking for that feature (which, I recognize, should definitely exist in Publisher) haven't tried artboards yet, or does it not work for your needs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dshark Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, nicolasfolliot said: Well I was with you all on this… until I realized I could do what I need with Designer artboards. So now I'm curious, are people here still asking for that feature (which, I recognize, should definitely exist in Publisher) haven't tried artboards yet, or does it not work for your needs? Interesting, I hadn't tried your method before and it was looking good until I exported. When I exported a PDF made of 6 artboards with bleed and crop marks I ended up with 6 single pages rather than 2 pages with a combined bleed and crop marks. Is there a step I'm missing, or do you then move everything onto a single artboard as part of your pre-press flow? My Publisher solution was to create a master template with guides and create groups for the pages which need to shuffle. Having a gutter would also be super helpful for fold marks and notes to the printer etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton King Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I have played with artboards for book covers. I got it to work well enough by using only artistic text and not frame/paragraph text. Exporting the piece to a pdf proved challenging and frankly fiddly but I got the project done. on a different project, I produce a 7-fold brochure each year. I work with the print house to get the page/panel dimensions based on the paper weight. This would be insane in designer with text flows from panel to panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, nicolasfolliot said: So now I'm curious, are people here still asking for that feature (which, I recognize, should definitely exist in Publisher) haven't tried artboards yet, or does it not work for your needs? Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolasfolliot Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 4 hours ago, 3Dshark said: Interesting, I hadn't tried your method before and it was looking good until I exported. When I exported a PDF made of 6 artboards with bleed and crop marks I ended up with 6 single pages rather than 2 pages with a combined bleed and crop marks. Is there a step I'm missing, or do you then move everything onto a single artboard as part of your pre-press flow? My Publisher solution was to create a master template with guides and create groups for the pages which need to shuffle. Having a gutter would also be super helpful for fold marks and notes to the printer etc. So yes, as soon as bleed is involved, it gets exported as separated pages, even if you try to export the full document. So the trick is to create a "mother artboard" containing your full spread, and export only this one. It's still a workaround, but pretty easy to setup and working (at least for me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Alvarez Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) 48 minutes ago, nicolasfolliot said: So yes, as soon as bleed is involved, it gets exported as separated pages, even if you try to export the full document. So the trick is to create a "mother artboard" containing your full spread, and export only this one. It's still a workaround, but pretty easy to setup and working (at least for me). The trick is in the Export Persona. You create a sector containing all the pages that form the spread (only the pages, don't need the bleed) and export that sector to pdf. That's all. You'll have the complete spread with bleed and cropmarks if you select them. Edited November 16, 2022 by Jose Alvarez Ortography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 9 hours ago, nicolasfolliot said: I realized I could do what I need with Designer artboards Of course. nicolasfolliot 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 9 hours ago, Clayton King said: Exporting the piece to a pdf proved challenging and frankly fiddly but I got the project done. You can nest artboards or stack them as you see fit. Keep in mind that technically, Affinity artboards are layer objects. You must not think of artboards in terms of "pages". See also my aforelinked example from last year: So when I want to export the full 3-page "spread" in my example, I select only the "___S1" and "___S2" artboards to export: nicolasfolliot 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Luxford Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I do a lot of work nesting Designer art inside other Designer art. Would it work for some folk here to have your three pages with bleeds and crops as separate files imported onto a master spread? Master spread could be Designer or Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 No workarround can replace the flexibility of ID's facing pages spreads. Jose Alvarez, Khepr and Dazmondo77 2 1 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, NNN said: No workarround can replace the flexibility ID's facing pages spreads. I haven't tested it yet, but the new Books feature could theoretically help somewhat, by combining artboard and pages documents. I have no idea yet if it's possible or what the results would look like, and likely won't have the time today to try, so feel free to experiment. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Alvarez Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 9 hours ago, NNN said: No workarround can replace the flexibility of ID's facing pages spreads. That's absolutely TRUE. Petar Petrenko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Luxford Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 If you can't live without specific Adobe features then hang onto your Adobe subscription. If its critical to your workflow then maybe Affinity is not the best fit for your design role. We are throwing ideas into the mix here to get the best out of an amazing tool. Books feature combining art boards and pages sounds very powerful. loukash and nicolasfolliot 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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