Review - Publisher Plus for Mac from PearlMountain Technology

There are times when you will require a software or program that is inexpensive, easy to learn and yields fast result. And you normally don't achieve that using desktop publishing tools available in the market. But what will you do if I tell you there is one software that is only being sold for $19.99 in Mac app store, almost just a fraction of the famous desktop and illustrating tool out there?

Well, the common reaction to that news is a sigh of relief or a jump for joy but whatever your reaction is, PearlMountain Technology have you in mind when they developed the Publisher Plus for Mac so that you don't spend hundreds of dollars just to buy an app that you can use for creating greeting cards, menu, flyers, brochures, envelope labels, invitations, certificates, newsletters, adverts, reports, calendars, posters, and any printed materials you may need for your personal use or business.

Publisher Plus for Mac is a desktop publishing app that helps you create and design printed materials such as the ones I have mentioned above.


It's features are the following:

Key Features
Professional templates and decorations
•170 plus professional templates for flyers, brochures, newsletters, adverts, reports, calendars, posters, booklets, and more.
•Hundreds of delicate clipart.
•230 plus professional backgrounds.
•40 plus photo frames and masks.

Page setup
•Customize page size and orientation (landscape and portrait) of the page.
•Support customizing page margins.
•Create and edit multiple pages.

A variety of page objects
•Photo objects from iPhoto or from any folder in Finder.
•Apply delicate clipart to make the page looks amazing.
•Insert text object and edit the color, font, size, line spacing, text wrap and more.
•Add various preconfigured shape objects or create custom shapes.
•Add calendar to create custom calendars.

Editing features
•Reposition & resize, rotate any object at ease.
•Personalize opacity, mirror effect & flip of the objects.
•Select 230 plus preset backgrounds or customize background with your own images.
•Add color fill, stroke and shadow to any object.
•Select multiple objects to align, center and make same size of the objects as a whole.
•Auto snap between one object and another, and between an object and the page margin as well.
•Crop photo or manipulate the frame easily.
•Apply frames, mask, filters, etc. to photos and it is easy to adjust image colors.
•Manage layers of different objects.
•Support undo/redo, copy/paste and other common editing features.
•Support zooming in/out on the page, and Fit Width/Fit Page to view the page.
•Support displaying rulers in the editing panel for better alignment of objects.

Export, print and share conveniently
•Print the pages directly.
•Export the pages as JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc.
•Share the pages via Email, Message, Airdrop, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.

Price: $19.99 in iTunes/Mac App store

Compatibility: OS X 10.6.8 or later, 64-bit processor

My recommendation:

I recommend this software to everyone who needs to create materials usually done with an expensive desktop publishing tool. This is a very inexpensive application you can use without having to learn the nitty-gritty details of desktop publishing. It is simple and easy to use too! The outcome is professional looking prints that can be compared to the ones done by a professional. I will go for this app.


You may check this video out and watch the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejcrX4NKpvo

Disclaimer:

I received this full version of Publisher Plus from PearlMountain Technology for evaluation purposes. My findings/opinion are all 100% mine and may vary from yours. I only review products/services that I like, will use and find to be beneficial to my readers.

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