iStudio Publisher is intended to create your own professional-quality documents. In this respect, it lets you design practically any type of document you can think of, such as invitations, greeting cards, yearbooks, newsletters, flyers and brochures.
The app has a nicely crafted interface that goes very well with its purpose. Although it is very easy to figure out, as it looks quite the same as other editors, you can still get to learn more about it from its excellent user guide.
iStudio Publisher supports most of the features you can find in similar products. For instance, it allows using master pages to guarantee there is uniformity in all the publication. Moreover, it automatically breaks text following a link to continue on another page. Likewise, the tool lets you use various types of shapes that you can fill in with images. It is also good that you can use it to scale text both horizontally or vertically.
Besides, the tool provides a great deal of freedom in terms of positioning objects. In this respect, all text and graphic items are contained by shapes. Thus, by changing the shapes, you can practically do anything you want with the elements inside them. What is more, you can even write text along curves or the borders of the shapes.
All in all, even though iStudio Publisher has certainly fewer features than other more sophisticated applications, it has a much more affordable price and a less steep learning curve. Therefore, it is excellent not only for professionals but also amateur users. It is then up to you to give it a try and see whether it is what you are looking for.
Pros
- Less expensive and easier to use than other similar software
- Great collection of templates
- Shapes contain other objects
- Supports master pages
- Automatic links to other pages
Cons
- Fewer features than other more sophisticated publishing tools offer