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As an Affinity user, I'm interested to try this out (just downloaded). I'm surprised they tried to put it all in one app. Affinity Publisher is quite different

As an Affinity user, I'm interested to try this out (just downloaded). I'm surprised they tried to put it all in one app. Affinity Publisher is quite different from Affinity Photo for example. Edit: Just checked out the app. They essentially put Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher together in one app, switchable from a tab. Honestly, it's executed well. I hope it stays free—these apps are legitimately useful replacements for their Adobe equivalents.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago
Combining vector and raster editors makes some amount of sense since the raster editor had some vector capabilities anyway, but yeah, tossing in layout/desktop publishing feels kind of weird. It's a bit like combining a microwave oven and a blender.
- mbirth 1y ago
  DTP is basically vector editing with an emphasis on text boxes.
- sgerenser 1y ago
  Combining a microwave oven and a blender, you say? They already did that: https://www.thermomix.com https://www.thermomix.com
- chupchap 1y ago
  No, I used to work in a newspaper and we were switching between text editing, graphic design and image processing tools for our work. This makes a lot of sense! That said, most magazines and newspapers have designated people to focus on each of these and the chances of one person having to shift between all three is a little narrow.
codeptualize 1y ago
It looks very similar to what they already had. If you had all three they all were already integrated, you can just switch between the different types of editing modes.
thewebguyd 1y ago
I was skeptical about the all-in-one but it's executed really well, to the point that now I really want Adobe to do the same thing for Lightroom (Classic) and Photoshop. Would be great to be able to switch between them on the same photo with tabs in one app. LR already uses ACR as the backend.
- turnsout 1y ago
  I 100% agree. It feels so clunky to do the LR -> PS -> LR roundtrip!

cosmic_cheese 1y ago

Combining vector and raster editors makes some amount of sense since the raster editor had some vector capabilities anyway, but yeah, tossing in layout/desktop publishing feels kind of weird. It's a bit like combining a microwave oven and a blender.

mbirth 1y ago
DTP is basically vector editing with an emphasis on text boxes.
sgerenser 1y ago
Combining a microwave oven and a blender, you say? They already did that: https://www.thermomix.com https://www.thermomix.com
chupchap 1y ago
No, I used to work in a newspaper and we were switching between text editing, graphic design and image processing tools for our work. This makes a lot of sense! That said, most magazines and newspapers have designated people to focus on each of these and the chances of one person having to shift between all three is a little narrow.

codeptualize 1y ago

It looks very similar to what they already had. If you had all three they all were already integrated, you can just switch between the different types of editing modes.

thewebguyd 1y ago

I was skeptical about the all-in-one but it's executed really well, to the point that now I really want Adobe to do the same thing for Lightroom (Classic) and Photoshop. Would be great to be able to switch between them on the same photo with tabs in one app. LR already uses ACR as the backend.

turnsout 1y ago
I 100% agree. It feels so clunky to do the LR -> PS -> LR roundtrip!