![]() If you want to be informed about promotions, new releases, or blog posts on specific topics (Excel, Word, AMS, self-publishing, finances, or writing in general), subscribe to my mailing list. But since I’m fixing that error in this round and will probably do a bridging video for the video course folks, I did want to mention it as soon as I realized it. Affinity Publisher Public Beta: 1.7.0.139 and 140 (Mac) now available Another one The latest Affinity Publisher Beta is now available to download. It is a part of the Affinity product line along with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. At least no one has yelled at me about it yet. Affinity Publisher is a desktop publishing application developed by Serif for macOS and Microsoft Windows (with an iPadOS version being developed). I don’t think it materially impacted anyone’s ability to use the program. They changed that in 2.0 which made me have a lightbulb moment and realize that they have always been called panels and are considered components of a studio not the studio itself. My confusion came from the fact that they were all, in the original Affinity, listed under a Studio secondary dropdown menu. I thought all the little dockable task panes they have were what they called studios. Create a Tri-Fold Brochure in Affinity Publisher Tutorial YouTube. In the process of doing that, I realized I made a terminology mistake in the first books. This Affinity Publisher video tutorial teaches you how to create a restaurant menu template for websites or marketing emails or printed as a one-sheet or multi-page flyer for mailing. As I mentioned, they moved things around and also changed the appearance of a few key things. So, anyway, this week I was trying to figure out my next project and I thought I would tackle updating my Affinity books for Affinity 2.0 while I do so. Note: This chapter is a revised version of a blog post titled, “ Designing Your eBook: Choosing Between Affinity Publisher and Adobe InDesign,” on The Netizen Praxis.I may have mentioned before that I am not perfect? And that I figure things out but only to the point that I can do them without a lot of wasted time? ” If you’re looking to create a fixed-layout EPUB, Concepción offers “ InDesign: Creating Fixed-Layout EPUBs.” Even though Apple named Affinity Publisher as one of the best apps, I’ll stay with Adobe InDesign for my eBook publishing ventures. For help with reflowable EPUBs, check out “ InDesign CC to EPUB. Additionally, Ann-Marie Concepción, who I mentioned at the beginning of this article, offers two LinkedIn learning videos related to publishing eBooks with Adobe InDesign that go beyond her “Ebook Foundations” course. While the price difference between the two software is tempting, I like the idea of being able to start my layout with a predesigned template. Whether you decide to use Affinity Publisher or Adobe InDesign depends on your design capabilities and whether you intend to publish eBooks using only the PDF format. InDesign users can choose from several free and paid eBook templates at Adobe Stock. Cousins’ article does not mention if you can open Affinity Publisher files in Adobe InDesign, and I found no information indicating that you can.Īffinity Publisher costs a flat fee of $49.99 to download, whereas Adobe InDesign is subscription-based and starts at $20.99 per month.Īffinity Publisher lacks the document setup presets found in Adobe InDesign, and there are no predesigned templates to choose from. ![]() You can open Adobe InDesign files in Affinity Publisher so long as the file has the IDML extension. ![]() Here are few things Cousins mentions in her article: ![]() Differences between Affinity Publisher and Adobe InDesignĬarrie Cousins, the chief writer at Design Shack, posted the article, “ What Is Affinity Publisher? a 101 Intro (+ vs. ![]() Both programs allow you to design layouts for print and digital media, and the software operates on Windows and Mac computers. As I mentioned, the software has a similar function to Adobe InDesign. Serif Ltd., a British software development and publishing company, launched Affinity Publisher in June of 2019. When Concepción’ recorded her training - the course was released SeptemAffinity Publisher was not yet available. ![]()
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