User Reviews for Affinity Publisher 2

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4 months ago, PerihelionSummer

I Love Affinity Publisher

I usually don’t write reviews, but I use Affinity Publisher and love it! I use it for business cards, product labels, and much more, and it has all the features I need (and then some) at an affordable price to boot. The only thing I desparately wish it had is correct handling of variable fonts, considering I’ve purchased a few. The macOS (but not Windows) version of Publisher lets you select predefined instances or styles of a variable font (i.e., regular, italic, bold), which is better than nothing, but even that doesn’t work right. For example, if I choose the condensed style on a variable font, APub swaps in the correct, narrow glyphs (👍), but lays them out as if the text was normal width, leaving unsightly gaps around the letters (👎). That issue notwithstanding, I’m very happy with Affinity Publisher and it easily earns five-stars from me.

4 months ago, skoipad

Awesome Software Easy to Work with

I really enjoy using it. I create a free online magazine almost every month. Still learning to use it. Thoroughly explained videos and help tips from the developers make using this software super easy. Worth buying it. However after the recent update, it crashed a few times.

4 months ago, Former MS Publisher

Pre-purchase Trial

I should have tried Version 1 first. This publisher is not as intuitive as MS Publisher, where everything is available on one tool bar from drop-downs, and is extremely easy to use. I've learned how to locate most of the tools needed, having to make notes how to get to the location again. Help often refers to Version 1. For example: Fill a text box with color. Help says, Studio/Text Frame/Fill Stroke, but it's not how to do it on V.2: Window/Text/text Frame. Why not have a tool button for inserting a hyperlink, instead of multiple steps. Also need default hyperlink to be https://. people in the states universally use secure hyperlinks. Anyway, I've purchased and will get a better grip on usage—there's always a learning curve. Bonus: No annual fees, doesn't require cloud restrictions/storage, etc. Where's an replacement for MS Office that is not controlled by Microsoft and cloud? Ask me again to rate this software in three months!

10 months ago, botchweys

Affinity Designer 2 Falls Short on Text File Integration

While Affinity Designer 2 impressively supports the placing and linking of image files, its inability to handle common text formats like .txt, .rtf, or .docx is a marked limitation. I invested in the suite anticipating a seamless experience, akin to Adobe InDesign's long-established capabilities. The lack of text file linking, especially in an upgraded version, feels like an oversight. It makes the task of paper and proposal authoring far less convenient. Though the suite has many strengths, this particular shortfall has been quite disappointing.

1 year ago, ybalnashif

Excellent software. Issue on registering V2 is now solved.

I like affinity suite, and I use all of their three apps on both Mac, iPadOS, and now also on Windows. It is an excellent software. There was an issue when moving from V1 to V2. I actually, gave them one start initially. However, now, the issue is solved, and I really recommend the three Affinity apps.

4 months ago, ekrub88

Works wel

came from the CSS Adobe suite and the scope there was amazing. But I couldnt afford the upgrade to 64 bit to work in Newer Macs. this has been an admirrable substitute once you learn the system which was a steep learning curve but worthwhile. The Photo app is a bit more difficult to handle than Photoshop but still a bargain.

5 months ago, Microfoo77

Truly Incredible

The ability to switch between all three programs of the same suite in the same window is nuts. I'm so glad I get to learn publishing on this app as I can't afford Adobe. Thank you developers :)

2 months ago, ozark electrician

I like the program but it has bugs.

when i wrap text to curve and select all and try to scale it down the text wont scale down. it stays the same wile everything else scales down.

7 months ago, duotone

Moving from ADOBE

I have been an InDesign user for decades and had my doubts about AFFINITY. I am here to say, the AFFINITY apps are so tightly integrated and faster than ADOBE! Additionally, the iPad versions are amazing and allow me to work on the go! BUY IT!

1 month ago, M376950

Love it

Affinity has incredibly intuitive programs. Should have switched away from Adobe years ago!

2 months ago, wevmaster

Very Beautiful Software Tool

They built in everything I need and for a price that is beyond fair. Thank You to the Developers and their team. Beautiful Execution!

3 months ago, Wowie Zowie

Almost ready for Prime Time

I'd really love this suite if they interchange with Adobe was better. Losing text and layers when saving to a PSD or Tiff is a compatibility killer. Saving directly out to an Illustrator file would also be a plus.

3 months ago, NotAFakeReviewer34

Wonderful product

I rely on it to run my business and it's a pleasure to use. I love how well it integrates with the rest of Affinity design apps

1 year ago, JVP07

Great Publisher Software

This is one of the easiest and more relivable software in the market right now for Mac.

4 months ago, leonytse

Excellent app that made me ditch Adobe

I now live by it but it crashes/freezes more often than I like

6 months ago, Sevikha

Excellent tool!

Thank you very much!

4 weeks ago, OG121

V 2.5 Crashes with v2.4 files

V 2.5 update crashes with some older files v2.4. had to go back and download v 2.4 and disable updates

2 months ago, Zach_Ivonne

Great

Its is a great product.

2 years ago, jpollone

Wow! Amazing product and excellent value!

Yes, I am glad to give Serif Labs my money today. As an individual creator, I cannot justify the monthly tax of that other platform. For my needs the Serif Labs suite is just perfect. (I think the one-time purchase price of this suite equates to 2 months subscription of the other.) Please realize that I'm not a day-to-day professional, but I enjoy refreshed apps. I am currently exploring the samples in each product and it's quite fun. Honestly there isn't any harm if you want to remain on the older version of the apps. To help frame things properly, I'm fairly certain there are no show-stopping bugs. (Read: if you want to whine about the price, then don't upgrade.)

2 years ago, D9

Worth it for better performance & features

Amazing to hear the pricing complaints for the v2 upgrade. 2014 is when I purchased Affinity Photo v1, 2015 for Affinity Designer v1, and finally 2019 for Affinity Publisher v1...free updates ever since. So people are complaining on paying for a version upgrade to 3-8 year old software?! It's very smooth and comprehensive in performance on my "old" 2015 iMac and works flawlessly on my iPad Air 4, especially w/ the Apple Pencil. I'm enjoying the new Publisher and the added features for collaboration are a boon for my small design team. FYI, there's a 30-day trial for any of these Affinity v2 programs...so see for yourself if it's worth the upgrade price over years-old v1 software. :)

2 years ago, [--REDACTED--]

Affinity Photo/Publisher/Designer

I went ahead and purchased the universal license shortly after it became available, at the discount price. Even at full price, the universal license is a most excellent deal. Having used the Affinity product line for many years, I have no issue paying for version 2, especially when the one price includes the 3 affinity products, on all platforms. I'm happy to support developers who put out excellent work who don't nickel and dime their customer base. Keep it up!

2 years ago, Bob Kerstetter

Excellent Alternative to Adobe

Affinity makes easy-to-use professional quality software at affordable prices. Cannot understand why people complain about paying for an ungrade after eight, seven or even three years of use. Anyway, read the description for the new stuff. Using the software becomes easier if you read the manuals. The user experience is tons better than much more costly products.

2 years ago, TS Opus

Looking Good

Only $99 for three top quality editing Apps after 7 years of free incrimantal updates is an amazing value. The fact that it also includes the companion iPad apps makes it even better. I am most thrilled that it also includes release of the long desired page layout app for iPad.

2 years ago, mouradnyc

STILL BEHIND

Dear Serif, what kind of softwear in 2022 that doesnt support Arabic/ HEBREW/ RTL typing? i had a hope this version would solve the isuue, that a big community complained and wrote to you about in the first version, your managed to build a new softwear from scratch with new features but could not add a language that is spoken by over than 450 Milion person around the glob? whats your excuse this time ? this is totaly not fair or acceptable. as much as we like the softwear, we are not going to buy your next version, simply beacuse we see it as intentional exclusion of our communities.

2 weeks ago, printery

Affinity Publisher

El mejor programa que se puede utilizar hoy día. Non Plus Ultra. No hay que pagar por subscripción. Unpgrade son gratis. Humberto Ramón Hernandez Banuchi Lajas, Aibonito, Puerto Rico USA.

2 years ago, EdgeRegalo

Not an upgrade - just another greedy developer...

After recently purchasing the entire Affinity Suite (which wasn't exactly cheap) they have decided that users should shell out another $100 for these "upgraded" versions all the while making it clear that the old versions are NOT getting any updates. This is truly a developer scalping their loyal customers as hard as they can… I'd much rather go back to giving Adobe money every month knowing that at least THEY support their customers and the product.

2 years ago, Hedinus

Yes! And... some bugs

This is a five star app only if the following gets fixed. I love Affinity products. However, this one still has some major kinks to work out for publishing to a PDF. Biggest issue is rasterizing vector graphics in groups for no reason, diminishing the quality of the print if not caught. I had to copy and paste my whole design back into the original V1 program to export this correctly. Major feature needed: Export PDF to Booklet layout. You can "hack" this by using the print dialog, but that also has a bug in it that will result in some objects from other spreads mixing into unrelated spreads. No bueno. Hopefully these get fixed soon. Please reach out for more information.

2 years ago, Ahmed AlOzairi

No RTL support! Come on!

We are 2022 and we still find some amazing products lacking basic features, Right to Left Languages becoming essential, no Operating System, Word Proceesing, or Page Layout App does not suppport RTL. How could be that on a great product as Affinity. You are missing a great chunk of users by not supporting RTL.

2 years ago, Mr T Diggler

Great Suite.... But

I absolutely love the Affinity suite... however, there is currently a debilitating bug in Affinity Publisher. I am constantly running into file corruption problems when saving and opening up projects. Please fix this problem.

2 years ago, Dnb guy

wont open after several installs

I cant review it since it wont open for me. im running ventura 13.0.1 i'll increase the rating if it opens for me. it runs great on my ipad. ive tried reinstalling 3 times and alwasy the same result.

4 months ago, Gam'r515

WORTH THE MONEY!!! ESPECIALLY ON MAC

I was a PC user for decades and transitions to a Mac after seminary. I also used Microsoft Office exclusively for writing and for the publisher app. Unfortunaltely, Microsoft doesn't see the need to make a publisher version for Mac. After much research, and much wasted money on much more expensive programs, I discovered Affinity. Compared to the priced of the other "editors" and "publisher like" programs, the price of this program was way better and the user reviews were all glowing (except for those who obviously not real publisher users). So, I paid for the licence that covered all three Affinity apps. This app has a very user friendly interface. There is a short learning curve, but there are so many YouTube videos that give help. When I am trying someting new, I simply google "Affinity 2 how to..." and up pops an appropriate video. I use this program for all my church social media production, weekly bulletins, directories, event flyers, printing stickers and nametags, and other editing of recieved files from others that can't edit on the program they have on their computer. In summary, YES, get this program. in addition to all of the things i came up with here they have add-ons that you can buy to enhance your creations. Make yourself look professional without hiring one, or spending porofessional money. FIve Stars - and yes, i have recommended it to a friends, several actually. Pastor Rob

Description

**Try for free for 30 days, no sign-up required** Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription. A next-gen version of the Mac App of the Year software, Affinity Publisher 2 delivers an incredible design experience. Whether you’re creating a book, magazine, marketing materials, social media template or something else, it has everything you need to make beautiful layouts ready for publication. And with the ground-breaking ability to fully integrate with other Affinity apps, it’s completely revolutionizing the way creatives work. REFINED & REDESIGNED WITH POWERFUL NEW FEATURES • Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons • Completely revamped Layers Panel • Book creation and management – combine multiple Affinity Publisher files as chapters, with linked text styles, table of contents and indexes • Footnotes, sidenotes, and endnotes via new Notes panel • Style Picker Tool • Quick grid • Autoflow of multiple images and multi-page PDFs • Layer visibility override for placed linked files (PDF/DWG/DXF and Affinity files) • AutoCAD DWG/DXF import, place, and edit • Place linked web images using their URLs • Resave packages with auto-update of resources • Force scale of stroke, effect and fills on object resize PROFESSIONAL LAYOUT TOOLS • Facing page spreads • Live master pages, including nested master pages • Image frames with intelligent scaling options • Advanced guides, grids and snapping • Tables and custom table formats • Wrap text around any object or image with fine padding control • Create text frames of any shape • Link multiple text frames together across your document • Text column dividing lines ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY • Full control over character and paragraph styles • Comprehensive OpenType support • Text decorations, drop caps and initial words • Flow text along any path • Advanced flow options and hyphenation • Baseline grid and text frame rulers PERFECT IMAGES & GRAPHICS • Link or embed images in your document • Place PSD, AI, PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, DWG, or Affinity files • Correct and enhance images with non-destructive adjustment layers • Precision engineered pen and node tools for creating vector curves and shapes • Boolean operations to add, subtract, combine, and divide shapes • Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls • Live preview of all effects, blend modes and image adjustments BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW • Fully optimized for the latest Mac hardware and operating systems, including M1 chips • IDML & XLSX import • Section manager to organize your documents • Pan, zoom and scroll through documents at 60fps • Regular Expressions search and replace • Savable undo history with alternate futures • Customizable keyboard shortcuts and savable presets, including studio layout presets for the UI layout • Smart master pages • Automatically generate indexes and table of contents • Manage and create anchors • Consolidate images linked from various locations into a single folder • Merge multiple documents together into a single file • Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again • Collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder using the Package feature • Convert pixel layer to image node • Integrate text and image links into documents by merging from external data sources • PDF passthrough PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT • End-to-end CMYK, PANTONE© and spot color • Crop, bleed, and registration • Live preflight checking • PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 output for professional print FULL INTEGRATION WITH OTHER AFFINITY APPS • Instantly switch to the advanced photo editing features of Affinity Photo and precise vector tools of Affinity Designer without leaving Affinity Publisher with StudioLink • The most fluid workflow ever conceived in a creative suite of applications