I have to save; I do love Affinity Publisher. As a professional photographer, I only do page payouts for my business. Over the years, I have used Microsoft Publisher, then Libra Office Draw because I discovered that it would open old publisher documents, of which I had hundreds. I found Publisher becoming bloated, and I didn't like the interface's direction. Over the years, I had tried Serifs Page Plus but never warmed to it, and I even used Scribus, the open-source publisher, but it was too hard to work with. I dabbled with In Design but couldn't justify its monthly fee. Then a couple of years ago, I found Affinity Publisher. I was initially skeptical because I didn't like Serif's page plus, but after reading many reviews that often said it was a competitor to In Design, I gave it a try. It was just $25 at the time, and I found that it was very powerful. I now use it for all my layouts. I bought Affinity Photo and used it when I needed to work on an image in Publisher, as they integrate the programs very well. Both programs export just about any format to any other format, so when I need to create a jpg from a PDF, Affinity is my go-to program.
All and all a good value and a professional software group.
May 30, 2023
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I would agree, though I don't do very much Publisher-style work so my opinion shouldn't carry a lot of weight. I originally got it because I needed to layout some brochures and flyers and postcards for some volunteer work I do, and I couldn't justify the price of Adobe for that. Although I don't have much experience with this sort of work I found it pretty intuitive and easy to figure out.
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Thanks for your post. I use GIMP for the infrequent page layout that I do (though it’s not especially fit-for-purpose). But you’ve inspired me to take a look at Affinity.
Cheers!
Jerry