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. 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.

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