![]() Note that Publisher uses the less-well-known name ROMM RGB for ProPhoto RGB. As outlined in my article on the topic, I prefer using ProPhoto RGB and 16 bit color depth to retain as much information for printing as possible. The screenshots below show the corresponding spread settings.Īlso important are the document settings regarding color space and depth. I decided on leaving 15mm margins, respectively 41mm on the inner side for the non-printable area where the paper is mounted in the album. The actual dimensions of this paper is 331x305mm. I am using the square Hahnemühle 12x12” content paper, giving ample space to photos in both portrait and landscape orientation. While InDesign may be a bit more powerful, I went for Affinity Publisher, since it ticked all the boxes for me, at a fraction of the costs (at the time of writing, InDesign costs $ 20.99 per month, while Affinity Publisher comes at $49,99 for a permanent license).īefore starting to layout, it is necessary to configure the document and spread parameters in Affinity Publisher, which was fairly straight forward. Scribus was lacking in the color management area, but Adobe InDesign and Affinity Publisher both fulfilled all my requirements. So next I looked at desktop publishing software, concretely Adobe InDesign, Scribus and Affinity Publisher. Also saving pages would have been quite troublesome. My first try was with Adobe Lightroom, however their book printing does not support custom formats, and their normal printing function only has mediocre support of text elements. Support of color management and the ProPhoto color space.Be able to save the whole book and come back to make changes later.Support of photo and text elements with easy and intuitive layouting.My requirements for the layouting/printing software were the following: I chose Affinity Publisher to design and print my portfolio. In this article I will describe my workflow for printing the portfolio, and show you some photos of the finished product. The custom-made leather album from Heiner Hauck was still waiting for me, as was a stack of Hahnemühle’s prepunched and prescored Photo Rag Duo paper. ![]() Unfortunately a lot of other projects stalled my progress and only now, under the third Corona-lockdown here in Austria, I have been able to pick up where I left back then. This is quite an issue for portfolios as they are often sent by email.Īdobe_pdf_export_test.indd adobe_pdf_export_test.pdf affinity_pdf_export_test.afpub affinity_pdf_export_test.Book Printing with Affinity Publisher and the PRO-1000Īlmost two years ago, I started preparations for printing my first self-printed portfolio. In such a simple example the file size produced by APub is almost 3x larger! Experimenting with different amounts of compression produces similar outcomes with considerably bigger PDF sizes compared to InDesign's results. PDF export and compression settings have been kept the same using a raster DPI of 250: This is a one page layout (1920x1080px) with one image, some text and a couple of shapes which I have created in both Affinity Publisher and InDesign. I am working on a 30 page document but I have replicated the problem in a simpler file. Although similar issues have been raised on the forum before, I haven't been able to find a solution. I have been having some issues with file size when exporting to PDF from Publisher.
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