Swift Publisher 4 at Mac App Store analyse

macOS Sierra compatible

“Full-featured desktop publishing for next to nothing” - MacWorld 2015 (4.5 out of 5 Mice)

Swift Publisher is a page layout and desktop publishing app for designing and printing fliers, newsletters, brochures, calendars, letterheads, booklets, and much more.
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Whats New in Version 4

• El Capitan style look.
• 1,000 additional clipart images.
• 70 new design templates.
• Dynamic text fields.
• Industry-standard barcodes.
• Circle text tool.
• The new Photos app supported.
• Export to PNG added.
• Set page range for PDF export.
• Exchange documents between your Mac computers thanks to iCloud Drive support.
and more.
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Key Features

• Choose from over 300 pre-designed templates
• Use master pages to quickly create uniform pages for any project
• Set up a grid and place your own guides
• Achieve complex designs by designing on an unlimited number of layers
• Create columns with text that flows from one text box to another
• Configure text styles for a document and apply them with one click of the mouse
• Apply linear and radial gradients, draw freehand shapes, apply strokes, and more
• Choose pictures from a library of over 2,000 clipart images
• Import photos directly from iPhoto and Aperture for use in your design
• Edit photos and apply Core Image filters using the built-in image editor
• Apply one of over 100 image masks to any picture
• Add a calendar and edit both the appearance and format
• Save documents to iCloud and access them on your other Macs
• Set up bleeds and DPI
• Export to TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and PDF to send it to a print shop
• Print multi-page booklets at home while the app takes care of page order for you

Page Layout
• Customizable rulers that can be shown and hidden
• Generate a grid with just a few clicks of the mouse
• Place your own guides on the canvas to help with aligning objects
• Smart guides help when aligning design elements relative to one another
• Flow text from column to column using flowing text boxes
• Create multiple pages and navigate them all within the same document
• Design and print multi-page booklets right at home
• Design on multiple layers to achieve complex designs while keeping the canvas uncluttered

Text and Formatting
• Spread one text out over multiple columns with flowing text boxes
• Change the alignment, font, size, color, character and line spacing, and more
• Wrap text around pictures or other objects
• Insert a table into any document
• Set up text styles and apply them with just one click of the mouse
• Create vertical text
• Use the free Art Text plugin to design stylized titles for your document
• Apply shadows to text

Design Tools
• Draw rectangles, squares, and freehand shapes with the drawing tools
• Edit design elements together with the grouping feature
• Apply both linear and radial gradients
• Add a shadow and stroke to any design element
• Import photos directly from iPhoto and Aperture for use in your design
• Edit photos and apply Core Image filters using the built-in image editor
• Apply one of over 100 image masks to any picture
• Customize the included Smart Shapes and use them as frames for your images
• Insert images in TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS, and other formats
• Crop, rotate, and resize images
• Tint, tile, and control the transparency of pictures

Print and Export
• Print multi-page booklets at home while the app takes care of page order for you
• Export to TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and PDF and send it to a print shop
• Define bleeds and set up DPI
• Convert text to curves at export to avoid problems with missing fonts