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QUARKXPRESS AND INDESIGN SOFTWARE
I don't think either program is perfect, but I think ID's imperfections will be addressed much more quickly. Brilliant print and digital content design begins with QuarkXPress, the original desktop publishing software for creative professionals. It's a difficult fight for Quark to win stop developing the product in the hope of retaining a percentage of designers, or try to take on the might of the Adobe integrated toolset. Ironically, the only strength that Quark has over ID, a strength that ID will never be able to compete with, is that Quark is less sophisticated. Many designers (and more importantly, art directors) appear to have tried ID in its early days, but were put off because it was too feature packed (slow) for the hardware it was being run on. I do quite a lot of freelance in and around London in very well established agencies, and have found that Quark is seen as a trusted work horse, whereas ID is still to earn its stripes. I have worked with very good designers who ONLY use Quark (as in no other applications at all!). The thing I love about ID is the fluidity of the design process.Īpart from the obvious (already knowing Quark inside out), other people that I have worked with are much more traditional in their approach, and simply aren't interested in what they see as ID's unneccessary "bells & whistles". For me there is no competition, but I'm very used to Photoshop and Illustrator, and design with layers, etc. I've been using both for more time than I care to think about, and have favoured ID ever since I started using it with v1.5. rather than the delete key), but now I think it comes down to the type of designer you are. QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS6 JStaff Markzware has added Q2ID for CS6 (InDesign plugin to convert QuarkXPress to InDesign CS6) to their extensive line of plugins for data conversion and preflight technology for Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress and Microsoft Publisher.


I never thought I'd say this, because I've always disliked elements of Quark (such as, my pet hate, command-k to delete.
