fashion magazine layouts

**blueskies** · 03-12-2011, 02:26 PM

hi I'm a newbie in the macworld and I would like to ask how can I create magazine layouts in mac? Like those of the fashion magazine kind, I'm planning to have an online store soon. Can you recommend a software that I can use?

**Sponsor** · 03-12-2011 02:26 PM

mk · 03-12-2011, 04:19 PM

It doesn't really matter what "genre" of layout it is :-) all print layouts are generally done on the same types of software.

Most magazines and newspapers use Adobe Indesign (used to be called adobe pagemaker) and there is also Quarkxpress.

There are open source solutions to this such as Scribus.

HOWEVER if your doing this for the web (as you said its for an online store), I suggest you start learning HTML :-) or going to a web designer.

**blueskies** · 03-12-2011, 06:39 PM

oooops I think a newbie like me really needs to study all that stuff! thanks for the reponse!

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mk · 03-12-2011, 07:40 PM

yes because graphics and layouts are very different on print and the web.

YES Wysiwyg editors exist for the web (what you see is what you get) but they don't normally produce the same quality of work as hard coding html.

**anachanel** · 03-13-2011, 03:49 PM

Hi blueskies! maybe this would help? http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials...gazine-layout/ =) been planning to do this for a while but never really got around to it. Have fun!

**blueskies** · 03-13-2011, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by anachanel

Hi blueskies! maybe this would help? http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials...gazine-layout/ =) been planning to do this for a while but never really got around to it. Have fun!

thanks anachanel! will try to work on that tutorial!