Serif Affinity Publisher

Software Overview

Serif Affinity Publisher is a page layout application for designing print materials and digital content, such as magazines, brochures, invitations, website mockups, and social media templates. It supports various image formats and provides advanced layout tools, such as layout templates, typography tools, image-editing capabilities, color management tools, and live preflight checking for detecting errors.

Affinity Publisher supports various Adobe formats, including Adobe InDesign .IDML, Photoshop .PSD and .PSB, and Illustrator .AI files, and common image formats, such as .JPG, .PNG, .EPS, .SVG, .TIFF, and .GIF images. The software integrates seamlessly with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer, supporting the .AFPHOTO and .AFDESIGN file types, and also allowing you to switch to those interfaces when working in Affinity Publisher.

The page layout application comes with an array of page layouts, such as facing spreads, master pages, grids, and guides for content. In addition, the software provides typography tools, including text styles, text on a path, artistic text, text decorations, and OpenType support. Affinity Publisher also enables you to edit images and correct their colors. Finally, when ready to publish, the application checks for errors, such as typos, poor image resolution, and bleed hazards. And after editing, you can export to .PDF, .PSD, and common image formats, such as .JPEG and .TIFF.

Summary

Affinity Publisher provides capabilities for laying out your content to publish, whether digitally or in print. It supports standard image formats and several Adobe formats while providing helpful page layout tools. If you are looking for a desktop publishing alternative to the subscription-based Adobe InDesign, Serif Affinity Publisher is an excellent choice.

Primary File Type

.AFPUBAffinity Publisher Document

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