![]() No need to go out of the app, open up Photoshop (wait for it to load) then change image color space to black and white, re-save, update link and then continue working where you left off. Well, by selecting it, going up to StudioLink and selecting Photo, within your spread you get Affinity Photo’s tools right there for that photo. So for instance, you have a photo in your layout that you need to set to greyscale. This allows designers from within Affinity Publisher to switch ‘ personas‘ within the app and use tools from the other apps based off the assets. With the 1.8 update of the Affinity apps owners of all three of their apps Photo (Photoshop), Designer (Illustrator), and Publisher (InDesign) now have StudioLink. ![]() Now bare in mind what makes InDesign a great tool is the ecosystem, the ability to weave in Indesgin and Photoshop content seamlessly. The problem is, the only two options to acquire InDesign is purchasing the app each month (around $20 a month) or buy the whole-hog CC each month (around $60). InDesign has been a hard replacement largely because of its history, from Pagemaker to later named InDesign it did what it did really well: Desktop publishing and layout, allowing for an ecosystem of weaving in copy, vector, and raster assets. Tool replacements for vector illustrating (Illustrator) and photo compositing (Photoshop) are pretty plentiful with alternatives but an InDesign has been one of the hardest to find a solid alternative. Their name Serif’s Affinity collection Linking up your workflow Studio Link for Affinity In the last few months, a heavy weight contender has finally entered the ring providing a solid match up for the design trinity many students use in their academic career Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign. All obvious deal breakers for any design-centric or production heavy student. Opensource tools have always provided students with options to use tools similar to the Adobe CC, but usually falling short in the user interface, robustness in the tool, or stability on their computer. Affinity desktop apps can also be purchased directly from Serif, and Windows versions are available as well.Affinity Publisher getting started workshopĪs many students have expressed to me over the years, having to pay for Adobe each month while also paying for college courses to do content is a pain. ![]() If you already own these Affinity apps, then the updates can be downloaded free of charge on the Mac or iOS App Store. Users can now go into Preferences > Shortcuts, and apply customizable shortcuts across all personas, just like you can on the desktop apps.Īffinity Photo and Designer were already professional grade apps on the iPad, and this update further validates its ability to replace a desktop editor or design application if necessary. IPad users also get an exciting update, as Serif adds a new customizable keyboard shortcut feature in version 1.8 of Affinity Photo and Designer ($19.99 each). Affinity Photo now has full compatibility with the latest Nik Collection plug-ins, following a collaboration between Affinity developers and Nik owner DxO.įor a full granular list of changes, be are to see the version histories on the App Store.Affinity Photo and Designer on iPad get the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts, in the same way as you can on Windows and Mac.Affinity Designer adds a new stock panel to instantly search and drag and drop stock imagery into your work.Preflight checking in Affinity Publisher Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer 1.8 Many other improvements and fixes, including PDF export being up to five times faster than before.Excel (xlsx) file import to instantly bring in tables of data from spreadsheets.Combine multiple Affinity Publisher documents together into a single file, with smart merge of master pages, text styles, table of contents and indexes.Ability to save documents as templates to re-use time and again on future projects.IDML support in Publisher 1.8 Affinity Publisher 1.8 One of the headline features for Affinity Photo and Designer is support for smart objects in PSD imports, which maintains the full resolution and edibility of layers within any object. The rest of the features found in version 1.8 can be seen in the change logs below. Errors includes things like low image resolution, overflowing text assets, bleed hazards, spelling issues, missing images and fonts, and more. There’s also preflight checking, which will display live instances of potential document errors. Versions 1.8 are available for download now via the Mac and iOS App Store.Īffinity Publisher’s update includes support for IDML for importing Adobe InDesign files. Today Serif pushed updates to all three of its popular subscription-free creative apps, including Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Apple’s Mac app of the year winner, Affinity Publisher ($49.99 each).
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