![]() ![]() In it's actual state Publisher lacks all what is needed for more serious academic book and especially technical book publishing here. And so on, to much to list them all here. General for technical writing essentiell sidenotes/footnotes/endnotes, a formular-/equation generator (math, physics/chemistry), sentence & word count etc. into single project-files which together build the whole book/publication. ![]() So to say all the good stuff Indesign has knowledge wise ( obviously) stolen from their aquirement of FrameMaker, like book projects with seperation of TOC, chapters, abbreviousion-/ citations-/ bibliography - references etc. D'oh! But then again, I'm not necessarily a "pixel guy".)īut if you can't output what you want your print guy to print on paper by delivering them the PDF document they need, you're pretty much s*wed.Īs noted in some of those aforelinked threads, in those cases the best option remains PDF/X-4 export from Publisher, import that to InDesign, export to X-3 from there.Īny essential Indesign features that Affinity Publisher lacks?Įssential in the sense of what, things I personally would have mainly used it for, if it could deal with those things it's missing? - Well, in this case every thing which is essentiell for technical book writing and publications here. (I didn't even know about so many PS CS5 features until I read user complaints here on the forums about what Photo lacks compared to PS. Affinity Photo's workflows are great for what I need. I, for one, even prefer many Affinity workflows to Adobe's. Most minor bugs can be worked around by trying a different workflow. I've tried several times between 20, and I usually ended up rebuilding the whole thing in ID or in AI respectively because I couldn't get any accurate PDF/X-3 output from Affinity.īy the end of 2020 when v1.8.x appeared to have somewhat matured, it got better, so I decided to convert my projects from CS5 to Affinity, but still pulling my long but increasingly scarce hair while at it.Īs long as the design stays within the Affinity window, all looks fine and well. In the end, it's a question of how much the end result counts vs. □) So even if feature equivalents do exist, people may not necessarily be happy with the solutions the program offers. there's no such thing as Smart Objects in Affinity Photo. (Now wait until they figure out that e.g. I've actually seen someone complain about the foreground and background color swatches of Affinity Photo being arranged differently than in Photoshop. On the other hand, some users really seem to expect that the entire UX needs to be perfectly identical to the software they come from. There are users (and I think and hope these might be in the majority) who can adapt to different implementations quite easily and can find and accept workarounds for missing features. And there's more to it: What I've learned from following these forums is that people are not equally flexible in transferring their knowledge and experience to a new piece of software. ![]() Everyone has their own ideas of what is "essential"! In the meantime, we invite you to have a read through our large number of previous articles at your leisure, or alternatively download our The Vibe: 101 Legal Snapshots e-book from Amazon here.This is really the problem. If you have a legal topic or query that you would like Affinity Lawyer to cover, or if you have any suggestions in relation to areas of interest, we would love to hear from you. If you are not yet subscribed, we invite you to subscribe to “The Vibe” here (scroll to the bottom of the page) so you can be the first to receive our new articles when they are published. We publish our legal news on our Facebook page and website, in addition to including our new articles in a newsletter sent to our subscribers. Our goal is to provide information and value to our clients and the community at large, whether it be by highlighting common legal issues or questions that we see occurring, discussing legislative changes which may have an impact on members of our community or just keeping important issues at the forefront of people’s minds such as the importance of having a Will and considering your Estate Planning. Home of Legal News / Publications – Affinity Lawyers ‘The Vibe’ newsletter provides regular updates on a variety of legal areas including property law, employment law, family law, wills & estate law including recent legislation changes, legal issues to consider, and general legal commentary to keep you informed.
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