Affinity Publisher
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- nb0
Most of the praise for Affinity in this thread are about Designer & Photo, not Publisher.
That said, I've been using Publisher on MacOS for a few hours and it feels terrible. I know you need more time to get accustomed to change but there are some ridiculous quirks.
Example: Changing the type size requires that I commit or tab out of the font-size drop down for it to update up on the canvas. I feel like this is the kind of bad UI that was solved in software before I was even born!
- Oh, but it works with the scroll wheel? What!?nb
- Scrolling up decreases the font size and scrolling down makes it bigger! Good god.nb
- https://youtu.be/hb9…Gnash
- Thanks, Gnash! I don't have a subscription to cancel, though! :)nb
- nb2
Crashed on me twice this morning. I'm working on a brand new file that is using a grand total of two fonts and had about 8 text boxes on the screen, nothing else. No images, no links, no embeds, nothing.
I'd like to break away from Adobe so I'll continue to make an effort, but so far this is pretty much useless shit.
- your fonts are broken somehow, that's the only reason these apps ever crashed on megrafician
- btw you're too harsh, have a little patience to learn these apps, do a few simple projects with them, after a week you'll be running gamegrafician
- My week of time is worth money, though. It will take me years to make that back on savings over Adobe. So, sorry Affinity.nb
- oh my bad, you're working on your folio?
Need help?grafician - Nah, but thank you!nb
- It didn't crash once on me while I was doing that freelance project I mentioned, a good ~40 hours.i_monk
- Fadobe is too familiar for me, I can't 'just' switch to be honest.helloeatbreathedrive
- bocadeets0
Is there a graphic library / colour palette / symbol library in Affinity similar to CC Libraries in Adobe? I have a library set up for each of my clients (with their logos and assets inside) and would love a similar set-up in Affinity.
- colin_s1
i'm doing my first book project in publisher currently, and while some differences are annoying to get used to (primarily what nb said above, the type UI feels patchwork at best), i haven't had any problems regarding stability.
i had no problems with indesign though and this feels like a more abrupt workflow if that makes sense?
it actually reminds me quite a bit of when i had to use quark back in school because their systems were still all on it; same sort of basic, limited imagination kind of feeling.
- InDesign is a "young" and robust app compared to Illustrator and Photoshop so it's way less problematic in general.evilpeacock
- From what I can tell Affinity Publisher is still too new to be fully mature, but I still welcome and support its existence.evilpeacock
- colin_s1
god ok well here's a fucking annoyance:
type by default has a stroke?!
like i think it's because their text interface must be linked to the default color space, and it only applies to placed text (not the textbox / setting tool)... but either way holy fucking lord is that annoying
- i guess it's get riddable of, because i don't have that issue.hans_glib