![]() ![]() The ability to fine tune different typefaces i.e. Its purpose seems to be for titles and smaller bits of text that'll stand out more on the page. If you decide you want to add some texture or noise to a shape just click the Designer persona button and your tools suddenly change to design mode – very smart.Īrtistic Text - Living just below the Frame text tool ( what you’d use to place the bulk of your text with) is the Artistic text tool. The different coloured lines for snapping and placing work really well and it feels very intuitive to lay things out, and arrange. After watching a short video I’m drawing, snapping, colouring and designing smart looking layouts. The Shape drawing tool - There are quite a few shapes to choose from. Vector cropping and wrapping text is fluid and simple to achieve (Image credit: Ben Brady)Īfter setting up your doc initially the document/spread set-up, and general preferences, are all accessible in the context toolbar, when the move tool is selected, making it super easy to reach for, living just under the 'personas' buttons.Ī few highlights of the tools section, which has just about everything you’d need or want for work of this kind, include: It certainly reduces the time in having to open up other separate apps to make adjustments or edits, and needless to say is great for workflow. You can be working on an image in either Photo or Designer, then switch back to Publisher, all within the same interface. This ‘Studio Link’ means you can switch what in Affinity are known as ‘personas.’ It basically means you can change apps with the click of a button. This only applies if you have all three Affinity apps, however. ![]() The most interesting element and inclusion here is the top left hand corner where there are three Affinity app icons. You have your usual suspects to the left in terms of tools a context toolbar above that (changing in context to whatever tool you’ve selected) your main adjustments to the right of the page plus the ability to add, hide, move and place a host of other adjustment panels via the studio menu right at the top. Software for designers, made by designers, makes you feel you’re in good hands. The videos, as a side note, are mostly made by the Serif team themselves, who it should be said are nearly all designers themselves. The sheer number of Affinity video tutorials will promptly guide you. A clean and very navigable UI means that even if you are new to tools like this you’ll get to grips with Publisher in no time. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac App Store purchases and needs a product key).Everything should look familiar here, and is easy to learn if you're a new-comer (Image credit: Ben Brady)Īnyone familiar with desktop publishing should feel right at home here. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the " download" button in there. If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store- each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available. This should hopefully force the update to show. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store- updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in application menu, Affinity Publisher > About). UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers) The major improvements in 1.10 since 1.9 are listed in some detail in this 1.10.0 Publisher macOS update announcement Import document user details, metadata and text variables from IDML files.Attempted to fix graphics corruption for some users of earlier macOS versions.Optimisation when transforming Text Frames.Fixed possible rendering issues with Raster elements.Fixed registration failure (will now use the browser to complete registration, rather than attempt it in-app).The detailed changes in Affinity Publisher for MacOS 1.10.5 over the release build Affinity Publisher for macOS 1.10.4 are as follows: We are pleased to announce an update for the macOS release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.10.5 ![]()
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