From the blank page to the print file.
Four programs for design work on the Mac. The file is yours: no subscription, no account, no server requirement.
When the tool becomes a rental
You pay monthly for programs you once owned.
Stop paying and you lose access to your own work. That is not a purchase, that is a tie.
Your files sit in a format only a subscription opens.
A format tied to an account is not an archive. It is collateral.
You need four programs and pay for ten.
The suite sold to you is larger than the work you do.
The flow
One job, four steps
This is how a design job runs through the suite. Every step has its program, and there is no export detour between them.
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Draw
Logo, mark, illustration. Bézier paths with a real path editor, symbols with instances, artboards for every format of a campaign.
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Edit the image
Cut out, retouch, set colour. Layers, masks and adjustment layers stay editable until you flatten them.
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Typeset
Text flows through linked frames, master pages carry the grid, mixed page sizes in one document.
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Output
PDF/X for the print shop, PDF/A for the archive, PDF/UA for accessibility. Redact, compare, measure.
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What is included
AnnexDesign Vector
Draw, illustrate, construct. Paths, symbols, artboards.
AnnexPhoto Image
Cut out, retouch, set colour. Layers and masks stay editable.
AnnexPublish Layout
Text through linked frames, master pages, imposition for print.
AnnexPDF PDF
Read, annotate, edit, redact. PDF/X, PDF/A and PDF/UA.
Free in the beta
Four apps, no tiers. No app in the suite has a cut-down edition, and no feature sits behind an upgrade.
Free
Free beta up to version 0.x — download now
Download freeThe beta is free of charge. It is provided without warranty and without liability for defects, except for defects fraudulently concealed (§ 524 BGB). We are liable only for intent and gross negligence (§ 521 BGB), for injury to life, body or health, and under the Product Liability Act. Beta software may contain errors — back up your data.
What we promise
Six promises
Free in the beta
No subscription, no account, no trial period. The beta is provided without warranty.
Valid offline, permanently
Activation holds without a network. The license server is convenience, not a condition.
Two devices
Usable at the same time, transferable by you at any time.
Free updates
All updates during the beta are free.
Native on Apple Silicon
No Rosetta, no translation layer between you and your Mac.
Nothing leaves the machine
Diagnostics run locally, telemetry is off by default.
What the suite cannot do yet
The suite is in beta. Colour management via ICC profiles is built in but not verified in every output chain. For very large layouts beyond a hundred pages we have no reference figures. What is missing is listed in the release notes, before you download.
Ready when you are
The suite is in beta and developed in the open. Free in every 0.x version, no trial period.