Developer Serif’s Adobe InDesign competitor isnow available on Mac App Store.
The app has been in a free public beta phasesince last August.
A pro page design app for Mac and Windows akin to InDesign and Quark XPress, Affinity Publisher lets you combine images, graphics and text with precision and fine control you require in order to create professional layouts ready for publication, be it full-blown magazines, simple books, attractive brochures, colorful posters, reports, stationery and beyond.
Like other Affinity apps from Serif, Publisher is fully integrated withAffinity Photoand Affinity Designer, letting you launch these apps with a click of a button from within Publisher, and vice versa. It’s a true integration, not just a button that launches an app, and it takes advantage ofSerif’s StudioLink technology. “It’s the most fluid workflow ever conceived in a creative suite of applications, and the reason we named our apps Affinity,” Serif explains.
Although Affinity Publisher cannot open InDesign’s .indd files, the app is easier to use without being less capable than InDesign so everyone who has deemed InDesign an exercise in frustration may find Affinity Publisher appealing. An iPad version of Affinity Publisher is in the works, too. Moreover, upcoming updates to the iPad versions of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer will let those customers work with Publisher documents.
Serif also updated Affinity Photo and Designer with Mac Pro and Pro Display XD compatibility.
Affinity Publisher: features highlight
Serif has shared the key features of Publisher for Mac.
Professional layout tools
Advanced Typography
Perfect images and graphics
Built for your workflow
Professional output
Full integration with other Affinity apps
For additional details,check out the official website.
More pro apps hit Mac App Store
Earlier this morning, Photoshop makerAdobe releasedthe long-anticipatedLightroom for macOS on Mac App Store, its second major app on the store after Photoshop Elements 2019. This is now possible because Apple a year agorelaxedsandboxing restrictions so that major developers could put their apps on Mac App Store without breaking any rules.
Here’sHarris’s reviewofAffinity Designer for iPad with Apple Pencil supportand other perks.
Thus far, a few major apps have returned to Mac App Store, includingPanic’s excellent FTP client Transmit,Microsoft’s Office suiteand thepowerful text editor BBEdit. More app makers will return to Mac App Store later this year, including Bloom, Feral, Corel, Aspyr, Black Magic Design, Intua and Houseparty.
Pricing and availability
Affinity Publisher requires macOS Mavericks 10.9 and newer.
Although the app supports any Mac model powered by Intel’s Core 2 Duo or better with 4GB RAM minimum, the more resources you have the better. Although Affinity Publisher doesn’t require the latest hardware like complex games do, you’re recommended to use it on a fairly modern Mac with 8 gigabytes of RAM.
Grab Affinity Publisher from Mac App Store for $40, a 20 percent launch discount.
It’s a steal and keep in mind that the app doesn’t include any subscriptions.
