Robert Watcher
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A couple of months ago I made the decision to upgrade my current Affinity Photo application to version 2 - but at the same time took advantage of the special pricing to purchase the bundle of all three of their products - Photo, Designer, and Publisher.
While I started figuring our Publisher 2 for book design, I have quickly realized how superior it is over setting up each different image in layers with Affinity Photo - now that I am creating photo cards and notebooks. A Master Page can be created with the layout, including what are called picture frames, as well as text, and all images are stored in pages within the same project.
And the cool thing that I have been realizing, is that different Master Pages can be created that affect every page that it is applied to. So the same content for every different image that is generated for a card print out, can instantly change into a different layout by applying a different Master Page to one or all Pages. I found that extremely valuable for generating mock-ups of the cards and notebooks for marketing purposes. As an example I created several Master Pages along with the base card layout for printing, to generate these settings.
1 - 3 - created from background image of a small piece of stone on my daughters fireplace, a pic of an envelope, a picture of a pen (all taken quickly with my iPhone). The envelope and pen were opened in Affinity Photo where the tabletop background was removed for transparent background, exported as png’s. The white cards were created in Photo as a base layer with shadow, and a duplicate with the center cut to act as a layer to sit above the photo. Separate Master Pages for Horizontal and Vertical images.
4 - I used 2 background images, one with notebooks and tools, and the other a cut out of my hand holding a notebook (both taken with my iPhone). Two cutouts were made for the photo to show through when sitting on the layer under it.
While I started figuring our Publisher 2 for book design, I have quickly realized how superior it is over setting up each different image in layers with Affinity Photo - now that I am creating photo cards and notebooks. A Master Page can be created with the layout, including what are called picture frames, as well as text, and all images are stored in pages within the same project.
And the cool thing that I have been realizing, is that different Master Pages can be created that affect every page that it is applied to. So the same content for every different image that is generated for a card print out, can instantly change into a different layout by applying a different Master Page to one or all Pages. I found that extremely valuable for generating mock-ups of the cards and notebooks for marketing purposes. As an example I created several Master Pages along with the base card layout for printing, to generate these settings.
1 - 3 - created from background image of a small piece of stone on my daughters fireplace, a pic of an envelope, a picture of a pen (all taken quickly with my iPhone). The envelope and pen were opened in Affinity Photo where the tabletop background was removed for transparent background, exported as png’s. The white cards were created in Photo as a base layer with shadow, and a duplicate with the center cut to act as a layer to sit above the photo. Separate Master Pages for Horizontal and Vertical images.
4 - I used 2 background images, one with notebooks and tools, and the other a cut out of my hand holding a notebook (both taken with my iPhone). Two cutouts were made for the photo to show through when sitting on the layer under it.
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