Swift Publisher 5
This week Belight Software announced an update to Swift Publisher. This is the first major update since September 2015.
Last year I wrote about the cool use of the Calendar feature in Swift Publisher 4. It's still there, apparently, nothing changed with that functionality in this update.
Exciting New Features in this Release
- Spread Mode is here!
- Deposit Photo Integration
- Art Text Integration
- Add Google Maps to Documents
- New: 2D and 3D Text designs
- Custom Grids
Some Thoughts
I like the page spread functionality. I need to remember to enable it when I create my documents.
Deposit Photo is a good image library. Over 60 million high-quality royalty-free stock images and high-definition footage at the best prices to fill all your creative needs. Pretty sure you'll find the perfect image.
The new 2D and 3D text designs are very cool. However, I didn't see any way to change the colors of the text. I can see why it's worth getting Art Text 3. They should do a package deal for Art Text 3 and Swift Publisher
You can add rendered EPS files and documents can be exported as EPS.
With all the changes, the price is only $19.99. Certainly worth the investment of making great printed documents.
Bottom Line
If your looking for a strong replacement for Apple Pages and don't need a heavy hitter like Indesign, Swift Publisher 5 is the way to go. I was a big fan of InDesign CS2, and think that this is a suitable replacement.
This would be perfect for anyone that needs to put together flyers for PTO Events and Fundraisers.
Visit Belightsoft.com and download a trial version.