HELP Please!

[Emz3773]

Hi,

I am a student at uni and have to design a poster using adobe indesign. I have no idea how to use the program, but am pretty good at photoshop. I was wondering if anyone knows if i design the poster in photoshop and print it, would my teachers by able to tell that i didn't use indesign? I don't have to hand in the computer file, just the printed out poster... Are there many difference between indesign and photoshop when it comes to designing a poster?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Emz

[budafist]

Why do you have to design a poster in Indesign? If this is for an Indesign class, then you are a fool. Why did you miss all those Indesign classes? Were you at home wondering how you could trick the tutor into thinking you weren't absent?

If you are really, really good and know how to construct a Photoshop file to look like an Indesign file, you might get away with it. Obviously, you don't know what an Indesign file would look like so you are doomed.

[urstwile]

Arrrgh, yes, there are huge differences.

For one thing, Photoshop is not a layout program, it's a graphics editor, specifically raster graphics. InDesign is designed to be a layout program.

There are huge advantages to using InDesign over Photoshop for layouts. For one things, all of your type will be vector, which means a lot when it comes to the final printing stage. Unless you want to use fancy file formats that are often incompatible for some types of printers, your type resolution will only suffer when you do everything in Photoshop.

In addition, Photoshop, because it wasn't meant to be used as a layout program, lacks a lot of layout controls that InDesign features, for example style sheets, which allow for consistency between similar blocks of copy.

I could go on an on, but you should buckle down and learn at least the basics of InDesign, especially if you plan on doing this type of thing for a living. Most printers would hate you for sending a layout that would be better off in InDesign entirely in Photoshop.

Not to mention that your file size will be huge.

Think of it this way:

Photoshop: editing of raster graphics

Illustrator: editing of vector graphics

InDesign: pulling all of the pieces together to form a layout that is suitable for printing and will not cause most printers to gnash their teeth and cry "why Flying Spaghetti Monster, why!!!!!?????"

[budafist]

InDesign: pulling all of the pieces together to form a layout that is suitable for printing and will not cause most printers to gnash their teeth and cry "why Flying Spaghetti Monster, why!!!!!?????"

I've yet to gnash my teeth and cry "why Flying Spaghetti Monster, why!!!!!?????" but I'm willing to give it a go if you think it will help :D

[urstwile]

That's just because you haven't been in the biz long enough, Buda. :)

[budafist]

Is it a sign that one has been in the business too long? Or should I accept it gracefully, as a milestone that befalls us all?

[PrintDriver]

InDesign: pulling all of the pieces together to form a layout that is suitable for printing and will not cause most printers to gnash their teeth and cry "why Flying Spaghetti Monster, why!!!!!?????"

When I get a bad file this statement is definitely NOT the first thing that comes to mind....

You know, it really depends on what this project is for and how savvy the teacher is. If it's for a design class, I simply cannot wait for the next batch of graduates... :rolleyes:

[budafist]

Hmmm...Emz3773, if any one of us was your tutor, we would be able to tell in about 2 seconds that your Photoshop file is not an Indesign file. So I guess that answers your question. If your tutor has any kind of knowlege in this stuff, then they will be able to tell the difference.

[Drawing a Blank]

I am a student at uni and have to design a poster using adobe indesign. I have no idea how to use the program, but am pretty good at photoshop. I was wondering if anyone knows if i design the poster in photoshop and print it, would my teachers by able to tell that i didn't use indesign? ................ Are there many difference between indesign and photoshop when it comes to designing a poster?

What year are you?
Are you a design major?

[CkretAjint]

...your teacher will know. They aren't stupid! And if they ask you to pull the file up on screen to review it, then what are you going to do to try and cheat the system?

Learn Indesign or your design carrier will be short lived once you graduate.

[pantonedream]

Learn Indesign or your design carrier will be short lived once you graduate.

Exactly. Cheat away, but the grades won't be what gets and keeps the job. It will all come out in the end.

[Typically]

the teacher should be able to tell. why not pick up the book you paid $90 for and read it and better your skill set? what are you going to do when you get a job and you have to setup catalog? are you going to do that in photoshop as well? like urst said

Photoshop: editing of raster graphics
Illustrator: editing of vector graphics
InDesign: pulling all of the pieces together to form a layout that is suitable for printing and will not cause most printers to gnash their teeth and cry "why Flying Spaghetti Monster, why!!!!!?????"

you should really know these things if you are going to be doing this for a living.

[MD]

Hmmm...Emz3773, if any one of us was your tutor, we would be able to tell in about 2 seconds that your Photoshop file is not an Indesign file.

Not that I condone such behavior but ...
If you don't rasterize the type layers, design the piece at 600 dpi and don't put layer effects on everything I bet you could get away with it.