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The Accessibility for InDesign and Alt-Text for InDesign plugins are now available on Adobe Exchange or via the Creative Cloud app.

The plugins should assist in the creation of accessible documents in InDesign. Let me know what you think about it. #indesign #accessibility

Accessibility for InDesign
exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/9e4

Alt-Text for InDesign
exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/1c6

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#Affinity はいいぞ! :vivaldia_2:

:tony_happy: #3D#生成AI と縦書きを除いて #Adobe の DTP 御用達アプリ(#Illustrator #Photoshop #InDesign)でできることはだいたいできる
:tony_wee: その 3 アプリのファイルフォーマットは実質共通(#Illustrator #Photoshop #InDesign がそれぞれのファイルをどのアプリでも非破壊で編集保存できることを想像してほしい)
:tony_laughing: #Adobe よりも動作が軽い!(自分比だけど、他の人からもよく聞く話
:tony_santa: #Designer#Photo を購入済みだと、#Publusher のアプリの中で機能や UI を #Designer#Photo に切り替えて作業ができる(#Publisher が実質 3 アプリを統合したソフトにパワーアップする)
:tony_laughing: 縦書きや日本語のオープンタイプフォントの機能は使えない(フォントの字詰め有効化とか)けど、擬似的に縦書きを有効にする文字を回転したフォントや、日本語の文字機能を #Affinity で使えるように改変したフォントを有志の方が提供してくれている(このあとのスレッドを参照)

しかもいまなら #Affinity の 3 つのアプリを #macOS #iOS :apple_inc: Windows :windows: のすべての環境でしかもサブスクではなく買い切りでずっと使えるユニバーサルライセンスがブラックフライデーセールで通常の半額の 7,900 円で買える。

しかも、そもそも #AffinityDesigner には Anatolli Babii という人がつくったシンプルアイコンイラストみたいなデータがアプリ内蔵のアセットとして始めから収録されてて、このアイコンデザインを別のサイト(例えば下記)とかで買うと、普通に一万円を超えてくる。

iconfinder.com/families/simply

セール前から、「アイコンデータ個別に買うより、ただでさえ #Affinity Designer (単体)を購入したほうが安い」という良くわからない状態だったのに、今のセール期間なら「有料のアイコンアセットが安く買える上に、3デバイスで3アプリをずっと使えるライセンスがついてくる」という価格設定のバグみたいな事が起きている

IconfinderSimply Flat by Anatolii Babii on Iconfinder.comIconfinder is the leading search engine and market place for vector icons in SVG, PNG and AI format.

When it comes to "page design"/DTP, most people know of InDesign, or the free Scribus. But there's another free tool too for all OSes (including Linux): Viva Designer. Very advanced, and with a good UI, albeit not open source. They have a time-unlimited free tier that doesn't lose too many features over the full version.

#dtp#linux#indesign

EDIT: We conquered the beast! Some files were total duds, but some are pretty good! Thanks to everyone who helped me get these files flipped. :blobfoxheart:

Can someone with Adobe #Indesign help me out?

I've got some old .indd files from college that I want to put on my portfolio website, but I can't convert them to PDF without having InDesign or signing up for the Adobe mafia's Acrobat subscription service.

In all fairness, I don't even know what they look like. I don't remember what the assignment was, or even if these are worth trying to preserve to a portfolio—

A question to the InDesign crowd of Mastodon: Let's say I wanted to create a "custom character" that I can repeatedly use in a text (the same way you would use a letter or symbol, i.e. "A" or "€").

Essentially a symbol that I've designed myself and want to use as part of a font / glyph set.

How would I go about that?

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@remotesynth Well. About simplicity yes But not about anti-capitalism!

On the contrary, JamStack-like tools allow you to integrate tools you invest into, the ones that you choose.

E.g. yesterday I was building an #11ty shortcode that extracts from #InDesign outputs carefully laid out by graphics designers. Capitalism accepted.
And one day, it'll be another tool.
Lock-in not accepted.

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@jpgaubier @digital_carver @ubuntustudio I have. Unfortunately awesome #FOSS apps like #darktable do not yet provide feature parity with #Adobe #Lightroom. I need #InDesign and #Photoshop for clients, so a #Windows11 VM is still required.

I've started using #MuseScore for my own engraving and it is close to meeting #Finale but I still need Finale for industry compatibility. I'm moving toward replacing #Premiere with #DaVinciStudio, though.

Sadly lots of industry standard apps require #Windows.

Para quien lo necesite, algunas #alternativas a #Adobe gratis o de un solo pago:

#Photoshop 👉 GIMP o Affinity Photo
#Lightroom 👉 Darktable
#Illustrator 👉 Inkscape o Affinity Designer
#Indesign 👉 Scribus o Affinity Publisher
#Premiere 👉 Blackmagic Resolve
#AfterEffects 👉 Blackmagic Fusion
#Audition 👉 Un DAW o Izotope RX
#DreamWeaver 👉 Pinegrow
#Substance3D 👉 Armory3D
#FillAndSign 👉 PDFgear
#Dimension 👉 Blender
#Fresco 👉 Krita
#Behance 👉 DeviantArt
#Figma 👉 Penpot

Edit: cambio Foxit por PDFgear