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- waynepixel
Hi
So I have been out of the business for 4 years because of family issues, and I was hoping to get back into Graphic Design. The thing is, I have 8 year commercial experience in web design, but I do not want to go back to designing website as I am crap at the programming and scripting side of things. So I was thinking about getting up too scratch with the print side of things and see how I get on.
My first question, are people still using Quark, or has Adobe Indesign moved into Quarks place. Any other tips, please advise.
- rafalski0
People still do print?
- letters20
You will find clients using Quark still. the industry is certainly moving toward/accepting InDesign – which is a blessing.
- OSFA0
People still design?
- misterhow0
Quark is barely breathing. I used to teach it at a local art school. InDesign has finally taken the reigns.
- madirish0
it is very much still breathing in newsprint and large-scale mags.....
unfortunately.
- waynepixel0
You will find clients using Quark still. the industry is certainly moving toward/accepting InDesign – which is a blessing
------------------------------If I remember right, Indesign was getting more used when I left the industry. I am only asking because I have to learn one of them, and it might as well be the one mostly use.
- ian0
I use Indesign mainly however some printers we use still only accept quark files. Which is a pain in the anus.
I think each studio has their preference but with Indesign & Illy & Photoshop all being bundled for less than the price of a quark upgrade, most studios will go the Indesign route me thinks. Learn Indesign but keep up to speed on quark too. you can never tell...
- OSFA0
Most of the printers I've used in the last 2 years accept InDesign.
- Raniator0
Learn InDesign. If a printer wants your business enough and they don't have it, they'll buy it...
- letters20
Learn InDesign. Its palette system and functions are aligned with Illustrator and Photoshop, which if you use currently make it easy to pick-up InDesign.
As for printers, I haven't found a printer in the US or Italy in the past 3 years or so that won't accept InDesign. they are usually tearing the files out anyways.
- mrdobolina0
The reason why many newspapers/magazines still use quark is that lots of content comes out of databases and is dynamically flowed into documents. I think this is one of the few reasons why anyone still uses that dinosaur.
- Witt0
lucky you - missed the paint drips.
- Witt0
it's still not safe to came back, you know?
- madirish0
exactly dobs...
and it is still amazing to me that no one will invest the resources to do this via an XML stream (whereby they could take it online very cleanly). but then again, we are talking about old-monster media houses that think the web is the evil out ot get them...
- johndiggity0
no one uses rotis anymore either.
- pascii0
good luck : ) quark is still in use here (overseas) and vers. 7 not that bad
- waynepixel0
Thanks for the advise chaps, indesign it is then.
- neue75_bold0
most people are actionscripting brochures these days...
- Bender0
n00b!
- waynepixel0
most people are actionscripting brochures these days...
Bloody Hell.