Quark or Indesign... that is the question.

[Ulla]

I currently work for a company that puts out over 30 (48-64 pages) 8.5'x10' catalogs a year, as well as small print jobs. We currently work on Quark Xpress 4 and were looking for some imput on what would be best for our kind of work? Is the upgrade to 6 worth it, or would Indesign be more useful?

Thanks for any help!

Post Edited (Ulla) : 5/27/2004 8:00:51 PM GMT

[casedsgn]

I think this question holds the record for 'Most times asked'!!
Allen, is there any way to make a 'sticky' Quark vs. InDesign post that folks could refer to?

Anyway,

I'd vote ID. But that's just me...and everyone else who likes to work faster and more efficiently.
(did I say that out loud?) /emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Here are some articles comparing the two:

www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20604.html (http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20604.html)

www.ospreydesign.com/foreword/archives/000907.html (http://www.ospreydesign.com/foreword/archives/000907.html)

design.weblogsinc.com/entry/7932727748437138/ (http://design.weblogsinc.com/entry/7932727748437138/)

foliomag.com/design/marketing_adobe_design_vs/ (http://foliomag.com/design/marketing_adobe_design_vs/)

[D-Frag]

ID for me too :)



censored by the all mighty gods of reality. (http://www.broadjam.com/songtracking/playsonghifi.asp?songID=70045&play_file=6353_70045 &sessionID=AD25B69960314533A78B9AE267360C5E&sessio nINDEX=5525)

[Ulla]

I guess another thing I would like to know is what everyone else doing as far as what projects are you involved with that make you feel one is better than another?

[D-Frag]

Do a search on the forums please....as Case stated above, we have beat this topic to death, i can almost guarantee you no one else will continue this discussion with you.....sorry.



censored by the all mighty gods of reality. (http://www.broadjam.com/songtracking/playsonghifi.asp?songID=70045&play_file=6353_70045 &sessionID=AD25B69960314533A78B9AE267360C5E&sessio nINDEX=5525)

[casedsgn]

Layout is layout.
It doesn't matter if it's a crappy low budget brochure or a highly funded 50 page annual report.
You use the same tool...whether it be Quark or ID or Illustrator, etc.
READ THE ARTICLES. /emoticons/wink.gif

[snypa]

I'm new here, so I'll comment on this one time...InDesign!

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me,
than a frontal lobotomy!

[Pariah S. Burke]

A couple of other resources:

The Quark vs. InDesign website (http://indesign.iampariah.com), which includes commentary from hundreds of Quark and InDesign users (both and for and against).

An interview with David Blatner, author of 'Real World QuarkXPress' and 'Real World InDesign,' and the pre-eminent expert on QuarkXPress for the last ten years. In it he talks about both Quark and InDesign, and their respective futures:

http://design.weblogsinc.com/entry/7673671712512224/

[Keyare]

Pagemaker!



Oh damn. I just can't get that word to 'look' sarcastic enough.

[D-Zine]

Fkn ROFL Key!!!! maybe try Italics or something...haha ;o)

http://coastalcarousel.com/GDF/metatag3.jpg

LMAO @ Key!

[Pariah S. Burke]

LMAO2 @ Key

[Pariah S. Burke]

MS Publisher is all any desktop publisher or layout professional should ever need.http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/emoticons/icon_wink.gif


<SUP>(sarcasm, of course)





Sincerely,


Pariah S. Burke
http://www.iampariah.com


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Post Edited (Pariah S. Burke) : 6/17/2004 12:18:09 AM GMT