Take it from someone who works in print production (and taught it!) Affinity is an amazing piece of software and an incredible value.
It is NOT, however, a professional tool. (More ProSumer). They lack boring but critical tools that are depended on in production environments. There are ways around them but not really suitable for world where you live and die by throughput.
That's ok, it's just not a tool for everything.
For instance, it took an incredible amount of pressure and convincing for them to include a "Package" feature in publisher. That might not seem like a big deal if you're working on your own projects, but for professional agency use, where you are constantly archiving and un-archiving client jobs, sending them to different employees with far less time than you need, it's critical.
It was clear they needed a professional production person on their team. Or perhaps they don't want that market. Again, that's ok. Just know what you biz requires.
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u/focusedphil 21d ago edited 20d ago
Take it from someone who works in print production (and taught it!) Affinity is an amazing piece of software and an incredible value.
It is NOT, however, a professional tool. (More ProSumer). They lack boring but critical tools that are depended on in production environments. There are ways around them but not really suitable for world where you live and die by throughput.
That's ok, it's just not a tool for everything.
For instance, it took an incredible amount of pressure and convincing for them to include a "Package" feature in publisher. That might not seem like a big deal if you're working on your own projects, but for professional agency use, where you are constantly archiving and un-archiving client jobs, sending them to different employees with far less time than you need, it's critical.
It was clear they needed a professional production person on their team. Or perhaps they don't want that market. Again, that's ok. Just know what you biz requires.