Affinity Publisher

Tolle Software zu günstigem Preis für professionellen Buchsatz

Kommentare: Die Einarbeitung ging sehr schnell und ich habe damit ein Sachbuch und einen Fantasy-Roman gestaltet. Ich kann die einzelnen Elemente und Texte flexibel platzieren und vor allem das Projekt sehr professionell einrichten. Eignet sich auch für professionellen Buchsatz, da braucht man nicht zwingend Adobe InDesign.

Vorteile:

Tolle Software, um Bücher zu gestalten! Das schnelle und einfache Wechseln zwischen Affinity Publisher, Affinity Photo und Affinity Designer ist genial und spart extrem viel Zeit.

Nachteile:

Da fällt mir kein Nachteil ein, da die Software alles bietet, was ich brauche.

Gutes Tool, aber mit Schwächen

Kommentare: Bei dem Preisleistungsverhältnis kann man nicht meckern. Es ist einfach zu erlernen und das meiste intuitiv bedienbar.

Vorteile:

Es ist einfach zu bedienen, man kann sich verschiedene Vorlagen für die Buchseiten erstellen. Das Setzen der Seiten ist einfach und gut über selbst definierte Absatzformate möglich, so dass man Änderungen einfach im ganzen Dokument weiterreichen kann.

Nachteile:

Die Verwaltung von Buchkapiteln und deren Verlinkung in Inhaltsverzeichnissen führt zum Absturz. Das Arbeiten mit Tabellen wird nur rudimentär unterstützt. Fußnoten und Querverweise wurden erst nachträglich dazu gemacht und sind noch etwas sperrig in der Verwendung.

Desktop-Publishing mit Affinity Publisher

Kommentare: Ich erstelle unter anderem jede Woche einen 14-seitigen Newsletter und exportiere ihn in eine PDF-Datei zum Onlineversand. Das geht dank der Zusammenarbeit mit den anderen Affinityprogrammen sehr flott von der Hand und macht (man glaubt es kaum) auch Spaß!

Vorteile:

Affinity Publisher (AP) ist die preisgünstige Alternative zu Adobe Indesign. Während Adobe sein Produkt nur noch im Akonnemenzt zur Verfügung stellt, ist AP als sehr, sehr preisgünstige Kaufversion zu erwerben. Aber es ist nicht nur der Preis der Software, sondern auch ihre Funktionalität. Für den Workflow ist von Bedeutung, dass der Anwender ohne die Programm-Oberfläche zu verlassen zu den anderen Programmen von Affinity (die man natürlich auch separat erwerben muss) wechseln kann: Affinity Phote für Bildbearbeitung und Affinity Designer. Es gibt eine ganze Reihe von Features, die die Konkurrenz nicht hat oder die bei der Konkurrenz schlechter und weniger intuitiv zu bedienen sind.

Nachteile:

Es gibt allerdings auch einige wenige Dinge, die der Publisher in der aktuellen Version (1.10.5) noch nicht hat: Zum Beispiel die Zusammenfassung von mehreren Spalten zu einer entsprechen breiten Spalte für die Überschrift. Weniger gut ist auch der Umgang mit den Ressourcen. So sind die erstellten Dokumente sehr "speicherfressend".

A good alternative to indesign

Vorteile:

Affinity publisher is an easy-to-use page-layout program. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the functionalities on offer are designed to meet all page layout production needs.

Nachteile:

Affinity publisher has two main drawbacks similar to those of other Affinity software. Its limited performance on a Windows environment and, of course, its dependence on other Affinity software.Publisher has been developed so that its full potential can be unlocked with the use of Designer and Photo.

Excellent Alternative to Adobe for Professional Publishing

Kommentare: Overall, Affinity Publisher has been an invaluable tool in my business, allowing me to create and sell customizable templates for my clients on Etsy. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a professional-grade publishing software without the hefty price tag.

Vorteile:

I’ve been using Affinity Publisher for my genealogy and family history business, and it has been a game-changer. It’s a highly affordable alternative to Adobe InDesign with powerful layout and design tools that are perfect for creating professional-quality publications. The interface feels familiar, especially if you’re coming from Adobe, but it's streamlined and much easier to navigate. One standout feature is the ability to switch seamlessly between Affinity's suite of products (Designer and Photo), making it a breeze to handle complex projects without exporting files back and forth. I also appreciate the one-time payment model, which saves a lot compared to monthly subscription fees.

Nachteile:

A couple of areas for improvement: it could use a few more advanced typographic features, and exporting options aren’t as extensive as Adobe's. However, it’s constantly updated, and Serif (the developer) listens closely to customer feedback.

Alternative to other publiishing softwares

Vorteile:

Used it as an alternative to adobe products. worked fine, especially if you know what you are doing.

Nachteile:

Photo editing needs some expertise for sure. After the trial we decided the price point is not worth it as we could also use the original for around the same price.

Best Adobe InDesign Alternative!

Kommentare: While not the industry standard, if you're an indie publisher, Affinity Publisher is the way to go. It has all the basic tools you need and will run smoother than InDesign. I value speed over niche advanced tools, so the ability to switch between Affinity programs and the less taxing processing requirements has led to me to switch over from InDesign. And Affinity's price tag is a great bonus too.

Vorteile:

Affinity Publisher is easily the best alternative to InDesign out there. It has just about all the features for an affordable one time payment. The program runs smoothly with good UI and has all the features I need on a regular basis. It also has the ability to switch between Affinity programs quickly and easily which is a huge plus.

Nachteile:

It's only missing one or two very niche tools like form fillable PDFs. That being said, Publisher beats our InDesign for making mockups.

An easy to use and intuitive publishing tool.

Kommentare: Picking up Affinity Publisher has been relatively easy if you have used any publishing program previously. There are a few quirks to work around, but that is normal with any new program. But I found plenty of advice and workarounds on the net to help me achieve what I was looking for.

Vorteile:

After many years of using QuarkXPress, Publisher and Indesign, this was a natural fit into my workflow and easy to learn.

Nachteile:

It doesnt have all the featires of the big names, but I am assuming that this will come with time. After all, neither did QuarkXPress, Publisher or Indesign in the early days. It would be nice to have auto updates on images and graphics that you import rather than having to re import them again if you do changes outside the program.

Perfect choice for books and magazines design

Kommentare: I use this to design books and, as I am also the artist, I can switch easily and draw something related to the story and then jump back to my book and keep working.
This allows me to offer more services to my clients who are always consuming services on-demand, and also allows me to create a product on record time.

Vorteile:

Affinity Publisher allows you to create a whole set of text styles you can switch from master to master. So, on a single file you can have all different sections of a Magazine and all the different styles and you don't need to work them separately. If you have a one-man-army designer who does it all, this is the best tool as you can switch easily between Photo editing, to vector editing and back to document editing on a mouse-click. You also have the flexibility of a text processor like Word where you can create the table of contents, for example, but you can now add different styles to this so you can have an attractive table of contents. If you buy a set of brushes for Photo or Designer, you have them available also here.

Nachteile:

Basically nothing. But this isn't a software meant to be used alone without it's companions Photo and Designer.

Proffesional DTP solution on the market, with the best Price-Value ratio

Kommentare: After a many years of Adobe Indesign QuarkXpress using, we switch to Affinity Suite. Our main products are magazines and catalogues, and other predominantly graphical creations. And we are absolutely happy with our Affinity solution for now. Excellent merge of DTP, photo and vector is came to you with full Affinity suite: Affinit Publisher + Affinity Photo + Affinity Designer. One must have trio.

Vorteile:

It is fast - build on game engine in core. You can work with one page document or hundreds of pages with a lot of images and different text styles, but speed will never drop down. It is stabile software and with excellent colour reproduction.

Nachteile:

Affinity Publisher lack of some usefull but not mandatory features. There are no classical character and paragraph styles, but there are no combined styles like QuarkXpress have. The are no good indexing and footnote/endnote manipulation.

Affinity Publisher for the win!

Kommentare: The overall experience is amazing as it gave me all of the necessary tools for success as well as the right tutorials to transition from the Creative Cloud accordingly.

Vorteile:

I love the usability and the inexpensive nature of the product as it gives me all the right things for cheaper than adobe.

Nachteile:

I kinda wish for a deeper integration with pixabay and pexels with it staying up to date to the latest materials to gather more materials from inside of the application without having to venture out for it.

Affinity Publisher for the win! 🏆

Kommentare: Awesome software! The Affinity series wins!

Vorteile:

Affinity Publisher gives us a platform that will cross connect between iPad and MacOS + easy connectivity to windows based users. Extremely powerful, yet easy to learn.

Nachteile:

Affinity Publisher could use some functions that allow import of a larger format from other platforms.

I learned Affinity to better understand my graphic designer

Vorteile:

Once you become familiar with the tools provided, Affinity Publisher offers an abundance of options for editing text in any document. As someone who isn't a designer and doesn't create content from scratch, this cost-effective tool has been incredibly useful for me. It enables me to open documents from my graphic designer without the need to subscribe to Adobe or other expensive software. This is particularly advantageous for small entrepreneurs like myself who work closely with freelancers. I can easily make minor adjustments to the documents directly, saving valuable time that would otherwise be spent explaining these changes to the designer.

Nachteile:

Affinity Publisher is indeed a professional software that requires some effort and understanding to become familiar with its features. I can relate to the experience of accidentally clicking on certain elements and then spending a considerable amount of time figuring out how to undo those actions. It can be particularly challenging when certain tools or options are hidden, leading to a search for solutions online.

Logiciel professionnel - Professional software

Kommentare: Mon expérience globale est plutôt positive, la mise en page typographique est très pointue et professionnelle avec la gestion des C&J, la gestion des styles de texte, etc.
J'aime la gestion des différents formats d'images (EPS, TIFF, JPG, etc. et bien d'autres), la gestion des gabarits, des calques, d'effets.
Mais aussi, la précision de la tailles et de la position des blocs et objets incorporés dans un document, avec habillage ou pas et a gestion de l'historique. My overall experience is rather positive, the typographic layout is very sharp and professional with the management of C&J, management of text styles, etc.
I like managing different image formats (EPS, TIFF, JPG, etc. and many others), managing templates, layers, effects.
But also, the precision of the size and position of the blocks and objects incorporated in a document, with or without wrapping and history management.

Vorteile:

Ce que j'ai le plus apprécié dans Affinity Publisher, c'est sont ergonomie, ses palettes flottantes réglables, ses outils puissants et sa facilité d'utilisation. On retrouve quasiment les mêmes outils, que les logiciels concurrents, pour un prix très très compétitif. What I liked most about Affinity Publisher is its ergonomics, its adjustable floating palettes, its powerful tools and its ease of use. We find almost the same tools as competing software, for a very very competitive price.

Nachteile:

Je n'ai pas vraiment trouvé d'inconvénients pour l'instant. Le fait de ne pas pouvoir incorporer l'extension de correction orthographique "ANTIDOTE 11" I haven't really found any drawbacks so far. Not being able to incorporate the spell check extension "ANTIDOTE 11"

Diseño editorial sencillo

Kommentare: He elaborado folletos y revistas sencillas, es bastante práctico

Vorteile:

Maquetación de revistas sumamente sencillo, permite incorporar una gran variedad de tipos de archivos gráficos

Nachteile:

Cuesta aprender a utilizarlo al inicio, si estas acostumbrado a InDesign, es bastante similar

An indispensable all-in-one design shop

Kommentare: Streamlined and pleasant to use even for communication professionals (as opposed to a creative designers)

Vorteile:

It allows my team to quickly produce both digital and print creative, including company magazine, has a clear no-nonsense interface, is tightly integrated with Affinity Designer and Photo, allowing to use both programs without having to switch to another app window, and is much more affordable than alternatives

Nachteile:

My positive review is based on Affinity Publisher v1. We have already purchased a business version of v2 suite but have not been able to activate it so far due to a software glitch.

An Affordable Publishing Software

Kommentare: Affinity Publisher makes creating publications easy! I enjoy how user-friendly and easy to use Affinity Publisher is in comparison to other publishing software on the market.

Vorteile:

Affinity Publisher is an excellent and affordable publishing software with a one-time payment of $69.99. This software does not require you to have a subscription to use it. It is also very user-friendly with lots of design support, pantone support, and other familiar creative tools. You can preview your whole project in the toolbar on the left hand side, viewing every page at once. It makes publishing your projects a breeze.

Nachteile:

There is a bit of a learning curve with setting up each project. Even if you are familiar with other publishing software, watching a tutorial or two online is necessary to get the most out of this product.

A amazing alternative to its very expensive counterpart

Vorteile:

I like how intuitive to use AP is. Contrary to Adobe Indesign it's easy to get around without a proper background in graphic design. It offers almost as many tools for a fraction of the price. I also greatly appreciate the opportunity to buy it once and be done, contrary to the ongoing trend of subscribe-only softwares forcing you to pay them for eternity.

Nachteile:

I like it very much and I've never been displeased with it.

Yet another amazing product from Affinity

Vorteile:

The integration of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo is just superb. It provides a 3-in-1-functionality for the whole program and makes the suite just perfect.

Nachteile:

Export for inDesign-Files, which is the industry standard is sadly still missing. Other than that, i am not missing any Features for my use

Great and inexpensive solution to design my photography books

Kommentare: Great overall experience! I found it easy to get started and design my own books!

Vorteile:

I cannot afford Adobe anymore so switched to Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. I make my own photography books with it and find it very easy to use. It works really well with Affinity Photo so designing a simple book seems easy! For more complicated projects loads of tutorials are available.

Nachteile:

Haven't found any problems yet. I might found some as I work on more complicated book designs.

Alternativa a software più costosi

Vorteile:

Totale compatibilità con formato file dei software più diffusi in commercio

Nachteile:

Forse in certe funzioni non è molto intuitivo

Gotta Get Them All, Part Three

Kommentare: As a self-published writer, I need a tool that will help me create the best editions of paperback or hardcover books that I can, and I refuse to pay an expensive monthly subscription for that privilege, especially if I’m designing these interiors only when I’m ready to print, which can be as infrequent as two or three times a year. Do I want to spend $600 a year to design the interiors of two books (and maybe the odd pamphlet) a year, or do I want to spend $50 once for the same ability? (Actually, I bought it during the 50% off sale, so I paid only $25 for it.) Maybe Adobe InDesign is better. Maybe I don’t care. Maybe Affinity Publisher does exactly what I need it to do without it throwing a bunch of stuff at me that will ultimately confuse me. That professional-looking paperback novel sitting on my bookshelf three feet to my left tells me that Affinity Publisher is just right. Those fancy PDFs I’d like to give as subscriber bonuses to my new and future readers also benefit from Publisher being cheaper than Adobe InDesign and better at formatting than Microsoft Word. I think anyone who cares about the quality of printed material needs to add this one to his or her toolbox, especially if they’re ready to toss out the subscription model from their budgets.

Vorteile:

The master pages feature is the highlight of this app, in my opinion, as it creates templates based on ODD pages, EVEN pages, FIRST pages, various conditions, and considers not just text layouts but also image layouts. Need a bottom right page number on “recto” pages? Done. Bottom left on “verso” pages? Got it. Need that first page of the chapter to have no headers or footers? No problem. Every odd page to have a bleed graphic behind the text, or wrapping around it? Sure. Whatever the layout need, Affinity Publisher can do it (probably) easily and repetitively with the master page feature. The fact that Publisher accounts for several dozen page sizes and layouts makes it even more versatile. Who needs MS Word for “design”? Of course, it doesn’t benefit just novelists or book designers. The layout features work well for magazine designers, too. Heck, Affinity posted a video a year ago of its product specialist designing a branded restaurant menu. It can do just about anything you need a print designer to do. And that’s not even getting into the weeds about its “Studio Link” feature. Thanks to that feature, users can update book or magazine photos directly in Photo or Designer without having to import or export out of Publisher. Not even Adobe does that with its tools (so I hear)!

Nachteile:

Barring the fact that I can never remember all the hotkeys (I’d have to remove the cut-out hotkey sheet from the back of my Affinity Publisher Workbook to remember them all, and I’m not going to deface my book that way!—even if it’s designed for that purpose), the biggest “con” I have with Publisher is with the limitations it has with font design. Specifically, drop cap layout with margins can be improved, as well as the ability to combine bold and italics to form special case typographical designs. That said, this probably isn’t a fair con, since Affinity Publisher (and all three Affinity apps, for that matter) respects each fonts’ native design, and most of them aren’t designed with bold italic versions. But it would be nice to have the option to force a design style that merges bold and italics together, just in case. It’s fine, though. I’m really only annoyed with my margin limitations. The page design features more than make up for any con.

Ottimo prodotto ad un prezzo accessibilissimo

Vorteile:

La possibilità di avere tools comparabili a suite presenti sul mercato da molti più anni con un'interfaccia migliore ed un integrazione comoda con gli altri strumenti dello stesso brand.

Nachteile:

Nell'uso delle funzioni legate agli altri tools – Designer e Photos – l'interfaccia non è subito reattiva su sistemi datati.

Exception Replacement for similar Adobe software.

Kommentare: The devs are great about helping with anything at all! They also promote addons (created by other users/contributors) at reasonable prices. So, if we need to add new brushes (for example) there are a lot to choose from. I've primarily used Adobe and GIMP before finding Affinity. I still use GIMP for quick or online graphics. But for Print I always use Affinity.

Vorteile:

Being a small office (Just myself) it was increasingly a concern that I was paying a monthly subscription fee and some months it wasn't worth the time at all. With Affinity I can work daily or skip a month and I've already paid for the software.

Nachteile:

The only inconvenience, is that Affinity software is separated. Publisher (is great for anything, especially Hard Print Quality, Pre-Flight tests, and even online publishing). But, because they are separate products most of us will need to buy all three (Photo, Publisher, and Designer). That said, it is still worth the value compared to the alternatives available.

Editor di grafica vettoriale semplice, leggero e professionale

Kommentare: Ottima esperienza, mi ha permesso di sostituire Illustrator per progetti in grande formato su PC poco prestazionali. Costo contenuto

Vorteile:

Facilità e velocità di utilizzo, compatibilità di formati

Nachteile:

Ogni tanto presenta piccoli bug nella navigazione dei font ed esportazione grandi files