[Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

[Peter Gold]

There's a ton of thorough Affinity tutorials on YouTube, for Publisher and
the companion raster and vector graphic tools.

Publisher is probably NOT the FM replacement some of us might have been
dreaming about, BUT it's great competition for InDesign, sorry to say.  :)

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 4:52 PM Böðvar Björgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com> wrote:

> My first book cover in Affinity Publisher went like a dream. Affinity ver.
> 1.10 is also much faster than earlier versions.
> Also, FM2015 on my new PC loads referenced pictures much faster than my old
> Dell XPS laptop.
>
> Brgds,
> Bodvar
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> mán., 16. ágú. 2021 kl. 20:47 skrifaði Syed Zaeem Hosain <
> Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>:
>
> > Oops, sorry - the name is Designer Pro X.
> >
> > Z
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Syed Zaeem Hosain
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 1:46 PM
> > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <
> > framers at lists.frameusers.com>; Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.
> >
> > I have not tried Affinity [yet], but I recommend Design Pro X (the
> > perpetual version is at www.magix.com) for page layout as an alternative
> > to InDesign.
> >
> > I am not an InDesign user, so please take this recommendation with the
> > appropriate grain of salt - try it for yourself please!
> >
> > Design Pro X is a perpetual license (Windows only) and there is also a
> > cloud-based subscription version now (Argh - hope this is not an
> indication
> > of the future!) at www.xara.com.
> >
> > One thing that seems interesting: Affinity has a native MacOS version.
> >
> > And, Designer Pro X has a beta capability to read InDesign IDML files ...
> > Affinity has this support already supposedly. Not sure how important this
> > is for people!
> >
> > FWIW, I am goint to import an InDesign IDML into Design Pro X this coming
> > week, since I need to add some text to a document, and will see how that
> > goes. If it does not work, I will try Affinity!
> >
> > Z
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=
> aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com>
> > On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 12:46 AM
> > To: Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>; Framers List <
> > framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.
> >
> >    You said: If you need only a page layout program, don't buy
> FrameMaker,
> >    either.
> >    What would you suggest if you only need a page layout program,
> >    Affinity?
> >
> >    On 12-Aug-21 10:47 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> >
> > If you don't need a help authoring tool, don't buy Flare. Flare's
> > expensive because it takes a lot of development to keep up with
> customers'
> > evolving requirements.
> >
> > If you need only a page layout program, don't buy FrameMaker, either.
> > Its relatively high cost reflects its additional features such as
> > multichannel publishing, DITA, and the FDK.
> >
> > The document I round-tripped from FrameMaker to Flare and back wasn't
> > particularly simple, it was just consistently formatted.
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