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Motaware Page Studio

Page layout and publishing

Page Studio is a page layout and publishing application for your Windows PC. Build books, magazines and brochures from master pages, flow text through linked frames with styles, place your pictures, check the job with preflight and export a PDF for the printer.

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Version 1.0.0 · Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit

Comes with every paid plan, or buy it once. Without either, it opens and views documents. An alternative to Adobe InDesign, Affinity Publisher.

Motaware Page Studio with a magazine spread: a headline over three columns of justified text with a drop cap, a picture with text wrap, a pull quote and a tinted sidebar table, beside the Pages, Swatches and Paragraph Styles panels
A magazine spread with threaded columns, a drop cap, text wrap, a sidebar table and one spot colour. The layout, text and pictures were made for this example in Page Studio.

Prefer to own it?

Buy a permanent license — $100

Pay once and keep Page Studio without a subscription.

  • Every Page Studio feature unlocked
  • Use one key on 2 computers; move it to a new computer whenever you like
  • Covers every Page Studio 1.x update. Version 2 will need a new license.

$100

One-time payment. The key arrives by e-mail and in your account.

What you can do with Page Studio

Pages, spreads and masters

Set up a document with facing pages, margins, columns, bleed and slug, then let master pages carry the running elements. Override a master item on any page when a spread needs something different.

  • Master pages based on other masters
  • Sections with their own page numbering
  • Layers, ruler guides, document and baseline grids
  • Several documents open in tabs

Text that flows

Stories run through linked text frames across columns and pages. A paragraph composer chooses line breaks over the whole paragraph, with hyphenation and justification settings you control.

  • Paragraph, character and object styles
  • Tables, footnotes, lists and drop caps
  • Table of contents built from your heading styles
  • Text wrap around pictures and shapes

Pictures and links

Place images into frames, fit and crop them, and keep track of every file in the Links panel. Placed files stay linked and are never modified.

  • PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, WebP and SVG
  • PSD files placed as their flattened picture
  • Relink, update modified links, embed and unembed
  • CMYK JPEG and TIFF images kept as CMYK

Colour for print

Work with named swatches in CMYK, RGB or Lab, spot colours, tints and gradients. ICC colour management uses the document's RGB and CMYK profiles and the rendering intent you choose.

  • Process and spot colour swatches
  • Overprint settings for fills and strokes
  • Separations preview on plans with advanced features

Preflight, package and PDF

Preflight checks the document as you work and lists what needs attention. Export a PDF with printer's marks and bleed, or package the document with its links and fonts.

  • Finds missing links, overset text and low-resolution images
  • PDF presets for print, press and small files
  • PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4 export on plans with advanced features
  • Pages as PNG, JPEG or TIFF images

Works with AI assistants

The included command-line tool lets an AI assistant such as Claude build and edit layouts through MCP, and lets scripts export and preflight documents without opening the window.

  • Pages, masters, frames, text, styles, tables and images
  • Export a PDF or preflight a document from the command line

What your plan includes

Page Studio opens on every plan. A paid plan or a permanent license unlocks creating, saving and output.

  • Free $0

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Not included
    Print production
    Not included

  • Personal $10/mo

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Not included

  • Pro $18/mo

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Included

  • Family $25/mo

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Included

  • Business Starter $12/mo per seat

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Not included

  • Business Standard $18/mo per seat

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Included

  • Business Plus $25/mo per seat

    Open, view and preflight documents
    Included
    Create, save, export, print and package
    Included
    Print production
    Included

Print production means PDF/X export, conversion to a destination CMYK profile, CMYK page images, the separations preview and packaging with a PDF. Prefer to pay once? A permanent license unlocks every feature of Page Studio 1 on two computers, with no plan needed.

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Questions about Page Studio

What do I need to run it?

A 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Download the installer, run it, and sign in with your Motaware account or enter a permanent license key under Motaware Account in the Help menu. There is no Mac version.

Can I buy it once instead of subscribing?

Yes. A permanent license unlocks every Page Studio 1 feature, including PDF/X export, the separations preview and packaging with a PDF, on two computers. It covers version 1; a future version 2 will need a new license or a Motaware plan. You can move the license to another computer from the app.

Which plan do I need?

Creating, saving, exporting, printing and packaging need a paid Motaware plan. PDF/X export, conversion to a destination CMYK profile, CMYK page images, the separations preview and packaging with a PDF need a plan with advanced features. See Pricing for the plans.

What happens without a paid plan or license?

Page Studio still opens your documents, so you can view them, move through the pages and run preflight. Saving, exporting, printing and packaging wait until you have a plan or a license. You are never locked out of your own work.

Can it open InDesign files?

Not yet. Page Studio does not read INDD or IDML files, and it does not export IDML. You can bring text in from DOCX, RTF, Markdown and plain text files, and place your images again in a new Page Studio document.

Does it export PDF/X for my printer?

Yes, with a plan that has advanced features or a permanent license. Page Studio exports PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4 files and checks the structure of each file it writes. The files have not yet been validated with third-party preflight tools, so ask your printer to check a test file before a large job.

Page layout and publishing on your PC

Download Page Studio for Windows, then sign in with your Motaware plan or enter a permanent license key.

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