Who still uses Quark?
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- Laslo_Kovacs
Who here still uses Quark? Is it really still used? It the hype over its death just that- hype?
- 5timuli0
Of course it's hype. I think the majority still use Quark, I don't know of anyone or any agencies who use InDesign.
- NonSeff0
please...
retarded question
- ********0
Most of the top agencies in the world have switched over to InDesign. So I don't think the hype about Quark being "dead" is just hype. I think that Quark will ultimately survive but it will never be the company it once was.
I tend to find that there are still a lot of companies still using Quark but it tends to be older/low-end companies or in-house design groups that don't have the budget to upgrade.
Most of the agencies/studios/designers doing the top work I found have switched.
Personally, InDesign kicks the crap out of Quark. I use InDesign CS2 every single day of the week and am in love with it.....except, that I will say, CS2 is a beast and requires a lot of your computer.
- 5timuli0
InDesign may be getting better reviews and may even be a better product, but people stick with what they know. Most don't have the time to migrate to an alternate way of working, especially not if they've used it every working day for 10 years. Quark'll be around for a long time and I doubt that Adobe will ever draw everyone away from it.
- inhaler0
Don't Believe the Hype.
-public enemy.
- NonSeff0
"Most of the top agencies in the world have switched over to InDesign..."
can you qualify this statement?
prolly not
- ********0
both are being used, It's good healthy competition.
- ********0
Quark'll be around for a long time and I doubt that Adobe will ever draw everyone away from it.
5timuli
(Nov 8 05, 09:51)------------------------------
I agree with this but Adobe has taken a TON of people away from Quark.
and, just to clarify, I don't mean to say that everyone still using Quark sucks at design or anything like that....even though thats kinda what I wrote....I didn't mean it to read that way. What 5stimuli said in the last post is probably the most accurate.
P.S. - InDesign is better than Quark so if you are buying new and not upgrading then get InDesign.
- ********0
"Most of the top agencies in the world have switched over to InDesign..."
can you qualify this statement?
prolly not
NonSeff
(Nov 8 05, 09:54)----------------------
I actually can. Give me a little bit to find the article on this and I will post it here.
- Laslo_Kovacs0
The reason I asked this, was that a couple years ago I tried to take a class in Quark and it was caneclled due to low enrollment. I then took an InDesign class which was bursting with students. When looking for work it seems like Quark is needed. Do you all just know both and feel totally comfortable with both? How ridiculous to have to know two different programs that are used for the exact same thing.
- ********0
NonSeff, I don't mean to be a douche here but maybe YOU should know what you're talking about before jumping all over someone else......
- C_ville0
last week was the best week of my career....went from Quark 4.11 to InDesign CS2.
finally in heaven.
(cheap ass accounting bastards...)
:)
- ********0
Laslo.....the best thing I can tell you....being a freelancer/contractor myself is to know both Quark and InDesign like the back of your hand. Unfortunately its one of those things that you just have to know right now. You will get more work and be better off for it.
- mayo0
How ridiculous to have to know two different programs that are used for the exact same thing.
Laslo_Kovacs
(Nov 8 05, 09:59)Not really. It makes you more marketable and flexible. It allows you to work with files that are given to you.
- NonSeff0
hmmm, an adobe press release
- spendogg0
I do not use Quark!
- NonSeff0
i think the best pulse on this debate would be a printing presses preflight dept.
i'll bet the top design agencies to total user ratio is like 2%
meh
- Laslo_Kovacs0
I do agree that a designer should know both, but it is still a bizarre situation. With other jobs you don't need to use two variations of Word or something (although I will contradict myself because there are a lot of database type programs that you may need to use, but they generally train you on them).
- NonSeff0
it all ends up as printing plates/
so what is the big deal of how you get there.
- davey_g0
Been using it for 10 years but am currently making the switch to In Design...hard to leave what you know though...