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kenzie · Chanel

QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I was actually reading up on these last night. I can't tell you which is better or what the difference is, but FWIW I have noticed that a lot of job postings require familiarity with Quark and I don't think any have mentioned InDesign.

kenzie · Chanel

ILoveChoo wrote:

I was actually reading up on these last night. I can't tell you which is better or what the difference is, but FWIW I have noticed that a lot of job postings require familiarity with Quark and I don't think any have mentioned InDesign.

Yeah, I've noticed this, too. But I've also noticed postings that mention Adobe familiarity in general, so I would assume InDesign is part of that. I guess if you know Quark (which I do), you'd probably be able to figureout InDesign, right?

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

quark used to be the industry standard, but more and more agencies are switching over to indesign. they are very similar and i don't think one is better than the other. i used quark for years but learned indesign a few years ago to stay on top of things and now that is all i use.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

adobe developed indesign to complete their monopoly on graphic arts software and drive quark into the ground. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they're going to be pretty successful, because they are selling all three systems for a comparatively cheap bundle, which I assume will entice many companies to get and use indesign. I've never used either, but from what I have heard, they are quite similar, but indesign is actually easier than quark.

kenzie · Chanel

sephorablue wrote:

adobe developed indesign to complete their monopoly on graphic arts software and drive quark into the ground. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they're going to be pretty successful, because they are selling all three systems for a comparatively cheap bundle, which I assume will entice many companies to get and use indesign. I've never used either, but from what I have heard, they are quite similar, but indesign is actually easier than quark.

Yeah, it's Adobe Creative Suite and you actually get more than just PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign. I forget what else comes with it but it retails for about $1200, which is pretty cheap considering that just one of those programs alone retails for about $800-$900.

halleybird · Hermes

hotcocoa wrote:

quark used to be the industry standard, but more and more agencies are switching over to indesign. they are very similar and i don't think one is better than the other. i used quark for years but learned indesign a few years ago to stay on top of things and now that is all i use.

this is true for newspapers, as well -- most are making the switch, albeit slowly.

We use Adobe Pagemaker right now, and I am DYING for InDesign, but it will only run on Mac OSX, and our stupid district won't upgrade from OS9. The things you can do with it are SO cool. My designer friends prefer it to Quark, though they say it's harder to learn.