Uwe367 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Is it possible to create a QR Code with Publisher? How i imagine it? Klick on a Button, f.e. QR Code, then a new window opens where you can enter your Text, V-card or url... what should be displayed when the code is scanned. I have not found such a function. if it´s not possible at this time, it would be very nice if it will be build in one time nodeus, janndk, mykee and 3 others 6 Quote Have a nice day. Ich wünsche einen schönen Tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rylek Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 not only qr, but ean, and upc (for product catalog) , isbn (books etc) mykee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frateTAC Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I agree! A QR/EAN Code generator would be very appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberhusky Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I use the third party App QR Factory (for Mac) if I need QR Codes and export (copy / paste) them to Affinity Publisher. I don't know if INDesign can do this from itself. But if Affinity Publisher for Mac gets Apple Script support working with third party QR code apps should be no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Nevermind. Edited January 2, 2019 by Steps Deleted. Quote Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiwienen Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 +1 QR-Code Generator would be nice. INDesign can do this from itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesohny Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 You guys cannot seriously be asking for a "generator" from a PHOTO EDITOR company? Especially the EAN, standardized barcode comment, BARCODES ARE FONTS PEOPLE, EASY TO LOCATE AND DOWNLOAD. Also you can generate a QR code WITH A GENERATOR MADE FOR QR GENERATING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumo Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 9/17/2020 at 3:09 AM, Mesohny said: You guys cannot seriously be asking for a "generator" from a PHOTO EDITOR company? Especially the EAN, standardized barcode comment, BARCODES ARE FONTS PEOPLE, EASY TO LOCATE AND DOWNLOAD. Also you can generate a QR code WITH A GENERATOR MADE FOR QR GENERATING! No need for shouting. I am asking for this as well. It is just way more convenient to have this kind of generators baked into AFpub. Especially since Indesign has it for years, and that’s what Serif competes with. maranatha91 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 9:09 PM, Mesohny said: a PHOTO EDITOR company? This was requested for Publisher, not for Photo. I agree it wouldn't make much sense to add this to Affinity Photo, but it does make a lot of sense for Affinity Publisher, and maybe even for Designer (though to a lesser degree). QuarkXPress also offers this, and even Swift Publisher has this feature. maranatha91 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I always used third party apps for bar and qr codes. But I agree that, for me, it would be nice to have this is Designer. But once it's in Designer... why not in Publisher and Photo. But untill then there are so many free apps and website you can use. I don't think it's one of the most important function to add. maranatha91 and fde101 2 Quote -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" - Mac mini M2-Pro - 16 gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 QR-Code (vCard) auf Visitenkarten etc. drucken ...downloadable as vector (SVG, EPS) or bitmap (JPG, PNG). Rudolphus 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janndk Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 4:39 PM, fde101 said: QuarkXPress also offers this, and even Swift Publisher has this feature. Xara Designer Pro from Magix has a QR-code plugin (although it isn't always working so well). And even Serif's own good old PagePlus could create QR-codes!! maranatha91 and mykee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, janndk said: And even Serif's own good old PagePlus could create QR-codes!! Only when the product was coming to the end of its development. I think the marketing people were desperately looking for new features to persuade users to buy the new version! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janndk Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Alfred said: Only when the product was coming to the end of its development. I think the marketing people were desperately looking for new features to persuade users to buy the new version! Maybe so. But it's still working 😉 However, it feels a bit stupid to switch back to PagePlus when needing a publication with a QR-code 🙄 maranatha91, mykee and Alfred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 A code generator would be particularly useful with the data merge functionality of Publisher 1.9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisiwi Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I'm currently attempting a mail merge that has pre-generated QR codes. The source URL's are shortened as SHORTURL.qr and are then redirected/expand when they are requested to a LONGURL.png source and this fails during mail merge. The redirect itself works fine, just Publisher (and most other mail merge tools) needs a direct link to a source and can't seem to handle the redirect. So either fixing the source URL issue to follow the redirect OR generate the QR code on the fly from the source data during the merge would be very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, nisiwi said: I'm currently attempting a mail merge that has pre-generated QR codes. Are you trying to add the QR image to the mail merged document? I have found that the images need to be in the same folder as the CSV file for this to work. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | 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...
nisiwi Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Are you trying to add the QR image to the mail merged document? I have found that the images need to be in the same folder as the CSV file for this to work. Images are remotely hosted on a web server that generates them which is why I'm using URL's to point to them and yes they are being added during the merge. I solved my current problem (I think) by exploding the short URL to the long URL (that points direct to the PNG QR code image) prior to the data merge using an Excel script and will use that as the image source. The problem is with the shorturl and the Affinuty app which is expecting a successful server response and instead is getting a new location (redirect) which is confusing it. Will test shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisiwi Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Test failed as longurls expire after 1min. Resorted to Word for this Mail Merge. Looking forward to seeing Data Merge improve in Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I really do need to know if you are wanting to have the QR code as an image. If you are wanting that then can you download the images (png files) from the generating website into a folder on your computer and then just use that folder of images instead of having to link to that website?. Or are you using QR codes to direct people to a webpage and need the url which is in the QR image? I really do not fully understand what your desired end result is. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | 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...
nisiwi Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 39 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I really do need to know if you are wanting to have the QR code as an image. If you are wanting that then can you download the images (png files) from the generating website into a folder on your computer and then just use that folder of images instead of having to link to that website?. Or are you using QR codes to direct people to a webpage and need the url which is in the QR image? I really do not fully understand what your desired end result is. The latter, it's dynamic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Martin Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 11/15/2020 at 10:43 AM, Alfred said: Only when the product was coming to the end of its development. I think the marketing people were desperately looking for new features to persuade users to buy the new version! Bit like an older man's "comb-over", Alfred? 😁 Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmp Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 +1 for this, sure would be handy. I'm working on a directory with tons of url's. Sure would be nice to add a block and have it appear automagically! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaktivbibir Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Even Scribus 1.5.5 offers this feature and it is a free (open source) version of DP. There are a lots of Versions. Nowadays it is comon to have qr-codes in flyers to be scanned by smartphones. So I was a little shocked to not find no version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDogerGames Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I am designing a deck of cards with a unique QR Code on each card. It would be nice to use Affinity Publisher to do this with the Data Merge function. I'm currently using NanDeck which automatically generates the QR codes from text provided in the spreadsheet. It's a shame that a piece of free software like NanDeck can outperform Affinity Publisher hands down! I have no choice but to use NanDeck until this problem is addressed. http://www.nandeck.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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