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Design Software questions
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Baltimore and Cleveland
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Alright, i have been a PC user for my entire life. I recently purchased a BigAl for music editing, now i want to break into design and layout. I have always used corel for PC's and i realize that they make that for the Mac but i want to jump into the real deal ie. Quark or some sort of adobe program. Really i am asking for recommendations, i plan on using it for elaborate looking mailers and possibly cd layout. Please keep in mind that i will not only work with page layout but also picture manipulation. Thanks a ton and i do know quite a lot about software and how things work and i am a quick learner. Please help me out and thank you in advance.
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Yes, i do own a 17" powerbook and
people do stare...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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If you're doing this professionally (for money) then your best bet would be Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark. However, I can only speak for Quark 4 since I haven't upgraded as yet to the OS X native version. You might check out the Software and Graphic Design forums for more opinions.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Richmond, VA
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You might also check out InDesign from Adobe for the page layout aspect of it. I'm not sure how widely accepted it is in that field yet, since I don't work in it, but I have heard that it is gaining more widespread acceptance at printers since Quark dragged its feet so long at providing an OS X version.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Southern California
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I think this would honestly be better suited in the Graphics forum, but I'll take a stab at answering your questions.
While Corel is certainly good, I'd recommend using Adobe products. Photoshop is all but industry standard and Illustrator just keeps getting more powerful.
I have used both and have found Adobe to be more user friendly and ultimately, powerful.
As for page layout, I'd venture to say the former standard was Quark, but InDesign is quickly gaining market share.
With any software, I'd suggest using whatever helps you to achieve your vision. Most companies offer 30 day trials of the software for free. Why not download them all and put them through their paces?
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
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Adobe all the way...
I ditched Quark a long time ago, and am now using Indesign2. IMHO it is definitely the way to go.
ID1 was dog slow, 1.5 fixed a lot of it, and now ID2 is awesome. It has all the features of Quark, and to me, much better integration with PS and Illustrator, as well as being IMHO easier to use... Also it is much, much cheaper than Quark.
However, if you are looking at buying a whole 'suite' of Apps from scratch, I would buy the 'Adobe Design Collection' in a heart beat.
You get full latest versions (with full manuals) of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and Acrobat all for under the price of QuarkXpress... A very very good purchase.
Peace,
Marc
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Senior User
Join Date: May 2002
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Originally posted by The Placid
However, if you are looking at buying a whole 'suite' of Apps from scratch, I would buy the 'Adobe Design Collection' in a heart beat.
You get full latest versions (with full manuals) of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and Acrobat all for under the price of QuarkXpress... A very very good purchase.
yup. this is the way to go
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