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I've been wanting to make a photography zine of some pictures I've taken over the last couple of years, but I'm at a loss for layout tools. I used inDesign in c
by jedimastert 6y ago
I've been wanting to make a photography zine of some pictures I've taken over the last couple of years, but I'm at a loss for layout tools. I used inDesign in college, but I'm really not looking to dip back into Adobe, even if it's "only" $20 a month.
Does anyone know some open source layout tools?
- meheleventyone 6y agoCheck out Affinity Publisher it’s not open source but it is cheap and pay once. Affinity’s tool are also great.
- JKCalhoun 6y ago+1 on Affinity Publisher. But I started with their (excellent) vector app (Design) and followed with Affinity Photo. So I'm sort of an Affinity fan now.
- danielheath 6y agoDepends what you already know. I have had good success producing pdfs with chrome and html, but if you want high-dpi images for print that may or may not work for you.
- etage3 6y agoI use Scribus. It can be rough around the edges, but I've made everything with it (magazines, pamphlet, art books...). https://www.scribus.net/ https://www.scribus.net/
- adyer07 6y agoDo you have a scanner? I think traditional “paste-up” style zines have such a cool hand-made aesthetic. Plus, no licensing fees for a glue stick :)
- nanna 6y agoI would recommend investing the time to learn and publish it in LaTeX (in all seriousness).
- southerntofu 6y agoFor classical layout, Scribus is fine. For more advanced stuff, Inkscape is really good at geometry and Krita really good at hand-drawing. If you're familiar with web technology, headless firefox/chromium can export to PDF, following @print and @page rules. There's a bunch of new(er) CSS properties for print usecases. i don't have anything to show yet but i've been delighted trying it out