InDesign

[dadengs]

hey there pipol. this is my first post, so i'd really like to know what you think:

been using InDesign since version 1, so i'm very familiar with it. but i've noticed that a good number of layout/print production artists still have not upgraded to the app, not to mention their lack of knowledge about anything InDesign.

so as designers, what do you think the chances are of InDesign gaining the same level of adoption here in the country PageMaker's enjoyed for so long?

i'm even curious to know how many of us here use the app on a professional basis.

[hacksaw]

Hi and welcome to PhilMug. You'd be surprise by the number of creative pros here using InDesign. It has been discussed here. Just a tip, use the search function, its very helpful. :cheers:

~hacksaw

[dadengs]

thanks.

but still the question remains:
"so as designers, what do you think the chances are of InDesign gaining the same level of adoption here in the country PageMaker's enjoyed for so long?"

[hacksaw]

To answer your question, Adobe already stopped writing Pagemaker for the Mac after version 6.5 or is it 7? So there is a strong chance people will adopt InDesign as their page layout program of choice. I am only speaking in terms of Mac based users. Well, when you say creative pros, it is safe to assume that they use Mac platform and if they are already on OS X, there is no way but to either use InDesign or Quark Express, thats if they are coming for Pagemaker. You also have to consider that not a lot of local service bureau supports Quark. I personally jumped to InDesign after Adobe stopped writing Pagemaker for OS X and urged my color separator to do the same and they did. Now, I know a lot of local bureaus supporting Adobe InDesign files. So there it is. :cheers:

~hacksaw

[Edited on 9-5-2005 by hacksaw]

[stitch]

Originally posted by dadengs
thanks.

but still the question remains:
"so as designers, what do you think the chances are of InDesign gaining the same level of adoption here in the country PageMaker's enjoyed for so long?"

ID (CS2) will surpass the Pagemaker user base among designers. As the hardware develops and improves, there is not other way to go.

[chocque_addict]

I'm a junior art director in an advertising company and freelance graphic artist. Personally, I use indesign on my FA layout. But in the agency, we use freehand. I think Adobe should make Indesign as powerful as freehand, like illustrator and indesign combined while retaining their user-friendly interface. I think that's what keeping Indesign from being used widely by local artists. It's quite a hassle switching from a vector to lay-out program.

[dadengs]

perhaps that's the evolutionary roadmap of indesign in the long run, tho it would only be possible if adobe decides to "fade" illustrator in favor of indesign. but then again, with adobe and macromedia coming together- who knows? freehand's features merged into indesign may not be farfetched, tho probably not all of the former's capabilities since illustrator already has some of those.

also, you do know you can create simple illustrations within indesign (better with the CS version) and edit illustrator graphics (some of it anyway) dragged into indesign, right? i think that's the point adobe's banking on to make us still keep separate illustration and layout apps

[fuge]

Originally posted by chocque_addict
I'm a junior art director in an advertising company and freelance graphic artist. Personally, I use indesign on my FA layout. But in the agency, we use freehand. I think Adobe should make Indesign as powerful as freehand, like illustrator and indesign combined while retaining their user-friendly interface. I think that's what keeping Indesign from being used widely by local artists. It's quite a hassle switching from a vector to lay-out program.

do you think adobe should make indesign a powerful as freehand
now that adobe acquired macromedia? link

i stopped using pagemaker since version6, and switched to quark,
but after cs1 came out, whew! im in love with indesign! :love:

but still do use freehand as my vector app. :yes:

[Edited on 9.27.05 by fuge]

[dadengs]

maybe adobe will integrate some of the features freehand has that they won't integrate with illustrator. i definitely don't think adobe will make indesign a more powerful design app than illustrator, since 1) illustrator is a flagship product of adobe, and 2) it would only create direct competition with illustrator, which in the long run will not only create a confusing product line but also ruin adobe.

some of you might think that the combination of indesign and illustrator into one uber-app may not be bad, but think of it in real-world terms. what we'll get is this RAM and hard drive-hungry app that will might even make a souped-up G5 crawl. for those using freehand, it still takes a strong machine to do multiple page layouts in this app.

so for now i think adobe's doing right in keeping distinct features - and target users - for indesign and illustrator.

[cescanlas]

If you are regularly browsing the internet and upgrading your skills with their free video tutorials, one of the videos says, InDesign was created to replace pagemaker. They will soon remove pagemaker. I am also used with pagemaker since 1994. and i begun using indesign just last year.