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production_coordinator · Dec 6, 2005, 10:05 AM

Do most of you still design in low res?

Long ago I did, but I've started just designing in high res... to save time. I'm wondering what others are doing...

Chad A Wright · Dec 6, 2005, 10:44 AM

I design everything in hi-res. I used to use low-res, but as soon as I got something designed, the client would come up with something they needed a hi-res file for. It's just easier this way. Disc prices have dropped so much that running out of space with all those hi-res files really isn't an issue anymore.

eyevaan · Dec 6, 2005, 11:28 AM

I design in hi-res - create lo-res for final disks to printer in case they use an APR workflow... most of the OPI plants create there own with watched folders but the small companies appreciate the work I did in advance.

Funny though as Chad said, the price of disk space along with the speed of the machines [and I thought my beige box G3 in 1998 was fast] makes working in high res not just an option but part of an active workflow.

andi*pandi · Dec 6, 2005, 02:11 PM

I stopped using lowres for anything except initial brainstorming long ago.

KeriVit · Dec 6, 2005, 02:28 PM

Hi-res, it's just easier once (hopefully) the concept is approved

chris v · Dec 6, 2005, 11:20 PM

Headroom. Gotta have headroom.

That said, why is Quark such a dog with high-res display, while InDesign doesn't blink?

iREZ · Dec 8, 2005, 05:53 PM

Quark<InDesign

chris v · Dec 9, 2005, 12:12 PM

You know what Quark 6 on my Dual 1 ghz G4 reminds me of?

Quark 4 on my 33 mhz Quadra 950.

Still full of bugs, too. You can't even scroll the color pallette unless you've got an object selected, and half the time, my measurements pallette is blank when drawing new picture boxes. It only gives me x/y or size info AFTER I'm done making the box. half the time it works. No rhyme or reason.

art_director · Dec 9, 2005, 01:38 PM

My concepting and design is typically done before illustrations or photos are complete. This requires the use of scrap. For me, playing with FPOs at hi res wouldn't make much sense.

Westbo · Dec 24, 2005, 08:16 AM

Well just as many of us have settled in with 6.5, get ready for Quark7, coming soon in 2006.
Oh boy, here we go again.

W2

art_director · Dec 24, 2005, 08:19 AM

I'm not touching that sucker until I know for a fact that it's stable. I can't afford to lose the kind of time that QX 5 and 6 cost me.

Anyone else?

Westbo · Dec 24, 2005, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by art_director

I'm not touching that sucker until I know for a fact that it's stable. I can't afford to lose the kind of time that QX 5 and 6 cost me.

Anyone else?

I'm with you, A-D. Maybe when it too reaches 7.5 or whatever. Here's the link with some info:

http://www.printaction.com/default.p...ne/quark7brief

It seems that the main feature will allow "collaboration" allowing for multiple users to work on the same doc at the same time. What a stupid idea. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE ON? Just what we all need, an actual "design by committee" feature. Must be the way they do things in Quarkville. And, if you suffer from multiple personality disorder, this will be a living H3LL! LOL

Have a great holiday everyone!

W2

art_director · Dec 24, 2005, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Westbo

I'm with you, A-D. Maybe when it too reaches 7.5 or whatever. Here's the link with some info:

http://www.printaction.com/default.p...ne/quark7brief

It seems that the main feature will allow "collaboration" allowing for multiple users to work on the same doc at the same time. Just what we need. An actual "design by committee" feature. Think of it, if you suffer from multiple personality disorder, this will be a living H3LL! LOL

Have a great holiday everyone!

W2

WHY would they think that's a feature their consumer base would actually want or use?

Talk about a company that has no clue about their customers' needs / desires.

Happy holidays back at you, W2!

art_director · Dec 24, 2005, 10:49 AM

"Quark however, insists tools such as Photoshop are overkill for the print layout designers."

What kind of drugs are the people at Quark taking? Again, they have no clue.

In the long run Quark may be the "Quark Killer."

production_coordinator · Jan 7, 2006, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by art_director

I'm not touching that sucker until I know for a fact that it's stable. I can't afford to lose the kind of time that QX 5 and 6 cost me.

Anyone else?

6.0 and 6.1 were of poor quality, 6.5 put quark back to the 4.1 goodness I remembered.

I'm not going to jump on 7, but I'm going to keep it top of mind once it's out. It will be interesting to see if they finally embrace OS X... as 6.5 still feels like a OS 7 application.

production_coordinator · Jan 7, 2006, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by art_director

"Quark however, insists tools such as Photoshop are overkill for the print layout designers."

What kind of drugs are the people at Quark taking? Again, they have no clue.

In the long run Quark may be the "Quark Killer."

Quark needs to let go of the idea that can do anything beyond a page layout program.

If they spent half the money they have spent on web output, collaboration tools, image editing options (AKA, the stuff we never use) on QuarkXPress the layout program, we would be using QuarkXPress 12.8

art_director · Jan 8, 2006, 07:43 AM

Bingo!