Affinity Publisher
Impressive publication software with incredible integration
with the Affinity suite.
$62.99 | AFFINITY.SERIF.COMAffinity Publisher is the third major piece of software in
the Affinity suite from Serif. It follows Affinity Photo and
Affinity Designer and builds off of their strengths. It’s an
impressive piece of dedicated publishing software which
can be used for designing magazines, books, programs, and
many other items that you’d print or publish. It integrates
with the Affinity suite seamlessly thanks to its StudioLink
technology. While Affinity Publisher has the feature set
and power for professional publishers, many will shy away
from it due to its lack of support for InDesign files.
There are two ways to look at Affinity Publisher: as a
standalone publication app; and as an integrated part of the
Affinity suite through its new StudioLink technology. By
both of these measures, Affinity Publisher is an impressive
application with enough power to handle the vast majority
of publishing needs.
While Affinity Publisher can be used as a standalone app,
its flagship feature is StudioLink, which allows it to
integrate with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer
seamlessly. If you have all three programs on the same PC,
you can tap the Photo or Designer studio icon to use all of the
respective app’s features directly within Affinity Publisher.
One of the best things about Affinity Publisher is that it
doesn’t require a subscription. It costs $62.99, and that’s it.
Compare that to Adobe InDesign, which costs $29.99 per
month, and the price difference is massive if you use the
product for just a few months.
If you want to create anything from website mockups to
magazines, Affinity Publisher is an excellent tool. It has a
clean interface, enough power to handle complex jobs, and
has an impressive feature list. Its integration with
StudioLink is one of the most impressive things Serif has
ever released. It allows you to edit photos, vector art, and
publication pages within the same app.
Despite all of the features and the excellent StudioLink
integration, many professionals will never use Affinity
Publisher and never could. That’s because Affinity Publisher
doesn’t support (InDesign Document) INDD files. It also
doesn’t support InDesign Markup Language (IDML) files,
though Serif states IDML support will come at some point.
If you work in an industry in which Adobe file support is
essential, Affinity Publisher probably isn’t for you. But if you
don’t need Adobe file support or you own or run a business
that is considering switching awayfromAdobe,Affinity
Publisher is a professional-grade all-in-onepublication tool
that doesn’t require a subscription. Sean EndicottWindows SOFTWARE
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