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Swift Publisher makes desktop publishing a breeze. You will easily be designing and printing colorful flyers, newsletters, brochures, letterheads and more.
This version is the standard downloadable package, that includes 1,100 high quality images (40,000 with Extras Pack), 130 designs and 100 unique masks will help you to layout high-impact documents. You can buy Extras Pack for $15. It increases the the number of image goodies to 40,000 and adds 100 fonts.
Watch online video tutorials.
Macsimum News says, "Swift Publisher is what Apple Pages should
This version is the standard downloadable package, that includes 1,100 high quality images (40,000 with Extras Pack), 130 designs and 100 unique masks will help you to layout high-impact documents. You can buy Extras Pack for $15. It increases the the number of image goodies to 40,000 and adds 100 fonts.
Watch online video tutorials.
Macsimum News says, "Swift Publisher is what Apple Pages should
What's New
Version 2.3.8:
- Corrected the problem with blurred shadows not displaying and printing properly in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
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| Downloads:57,482 |
| Version Downloads:2,499 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Author Tools |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:09 Sep 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $44.95 |
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Swift Publisher makes desktop publishing a breeze. You will easily be designing and printing colorful flyers, newsletters, brochures, letterheads and more.
This version is the standard downloadable package, that includes 1,100 high quality images (40,000 with Extras Pack), 130 designs and 100 unique masks will help you to layout high-impact documents. You can buy Extras Pack for $15. It increases the the number of image goodies to 40,000 and adds 100 fonts.
Watch online video tutorials.
Macsimum News says, "Swift Publisher is what Apple Pages should have been." If the tech-savvy people at Macsimum News feel that Swift Publisher is a superior product to Apple Pages, then it's worth giving it a try. MacUpdate thinks you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Easy-to-Use Page Layout Tools Create multi-page documents with the same background by setting a master page. The Background and Foreground layers allow you to create complex designs without cluttering your workspace. The smart guides make aligning objects in relation to one another a breeze. The adjustable layout guides and rulers help you place your objects precisely.
Flexible Text Tools When creating newsletters or brochures you can create columns using linked text boxes. You can make text wrap around objects when adding images to text portions. The customizable text styles allow you to quickly change the text for headers, titles, captions, etc. You also have the option to create lists at the click of a mouse and produce tables with text and graphics.
Design Tools Among various tools you will find tinting, tiling, rotating and ability to control the opacity of objects, you can add shadows and color fills. There is also a large collection of customizable Smart Shapes which you can fill with images to create beautiful collages or frames.
This version is the standard downloadable package, that includes 1,100 high quality images (40,000 with Extras Pack), 130 designs and 100 unique masks will help you to layout high-impact documents. You can buy Extras Pack for $15. It increases the the number of image goodies to 40,000 and adds 100 fonts.
Watch online video tutorials.
Macsimum News says, "Swift Publisher is what Apple Pages should have been." If the tech-savvy people at Macsimum News feel that Swift Publisher is a superior product to Apple Pages, then it's worth giving it a try. MacUpdate thinks you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Easy-to-Use Page Layout Tools Create multi-page documents with the same background by setting a master page. The Background and Foreground layers allow you to create complex designs without cluttering your workspace. The smart guides make aligning objects in relation to one another a breeze. The adjustable layout guides and rulers help you place your objects precisely.
Flexible Text Tools When creating newsletters or brochures you can create columns using linked text boxes. You can make text wrap around objects when adding images to text portions. The customizable text styles allow you to quickly change the text for headers, titles, captions, etc. You also have the option to create lists at the click of a mouse and produce tables with text and graphics.
Design Tools Among various tools you will find tinting, tiling, rotating and ability to control the opacity of objects, you can add shadows and color fills. There is also a large collection of customizable Smart Shapes which you can fill with images to create beautiful collages or frames.
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David Blum reviewed on 01 Feb 2012
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"...The program is in active development and we prepare v.3 for release. The structure of Swift Publisher was re-built and there was no sense to concentrate on adding grouping feature before completing these changes.
An update should appear on August - September this year."
It's now October 10 and still nothing.
And this from the developer's own forum:
"When will Swift Publisher 3 be out? Any info on upgrading?"
and the response:
"Hi,
I expect the release of the third version in the middle or end of 2010.
Nick"
To the developer: don't insult your customers by constantly making promises you have no intention of keeping.
I for one am sick of waiting and am going to buy another product. More than likely iStudio Publisher, a few dollars more than Swift Publisher but has more features.
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Like $ir M. and Lvdoc I own Swift Publisher, a really good application I think, but like them was wondering what was happening with the 'grouping' ability promised back in 2008.
This afternoon I emailed BeLight Software, the developer, asking when and if 'grouping' was going to be added. Within an hour or so I had a reply saying that they are currently working on version 3 which should be available August - September. Now the really good news - 'grouping' will be available in version 3.
This will, I think, take Swift Publisher from being really good to fantastic!!!!
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If, however, Swift Pub ever delivered grouping functionality (as promised back in Apr. 2008), it could have real game-changing potential; note, though, that it has since bumped only from 2.3 to 2.3.3.
Lots of time - not much improvement - the natural question arises: how active is this software's development? (Not intended as criticism)
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sjha reviewed on 03 Sep 2009
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wserbia reviewed on 29 Dec 2008
-new pictures are added to a document
- fonts are changed
- saving a document
I just purchased the software today and it has already crashed twelve times within a six hour period. The last crash caused my iMac to completely freeze requiring a manual restart.
This is too bad since it has everything my wife has been looking for in an affordable application for simple booklet layouts. I'm running this app on an late 2007, 24" iMac with a 2.8Ghz CoreDuo and 4GB of RAM.
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I contacted them useing ichat and had immediate response explaining in simple english which I could understand to reduce the percentage size of the pictures by 50% using image tricks and this took no time at all.
This I did and all problems solved, and the quality difference in the picures seems very small. I have bought this product as I am very pleased with it. It is a little slow but I assume they are big files and for the price thats not a problem.
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It has never, ever crashed for me, in fact it is so solid that it never occurred to me to be an issue. There were a few other issues, but never stability.
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rubaiyat reviewed on 21 Jul 2008
I turned to Swift because of frustrations with Pages' inability to produce spot colors and bought the clipart as well.
The ClipArt is pretty cheesy and looks just like the wmf stuff you get with PCs. I don't think I would have bothered if I'd known. The templates are fairly ordinary as well, but some like that.
It is built around Cocoa so appears familiar to most modern Mac users, but it is not as refined in design and polish as iWorks.
Still the price is about right for what it does.
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This is rather technical update that is aimed at improving program stability and fixing some quirks. Grouping functionality will be added as promised in the next major update. Which currently is being in development.
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The problem is in the way Adobe opens this PDF file. The same result occurs when opening your document with Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 on Mac as well. Maybe Adobe renders them into the lower quality to speed up display process, you may check Adobe settings to try to fix this.
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Add your voice to those asking Apple to make Colorsync usable.
Apple has dropped the Pro Print industry in favor of undiscriminating consumers, despite all the chin music to the contrary.
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/compresspdfworkflow.html
I can suggest you to use PDF filters to reduce file size, filters are available in Options menu in Export dialog. You can contact our tech-support if you need more assistance.
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