illy or indesign?
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- SLAZ
working on a dvd spread, and the keyart will have a lot of photoshopping and shadows and such on it. think it is better to use Illustrator or InDesign? I dont know InDesign that well... but is it a better appp to use for this?
- madirish0
multi-page spread or one big art board w/ trims?
if the latter, Illy no question.
- horton0
Illustrator.
unless its a thick multipage booklet.
- phatlee0
Personal preference...
- CincodeMayo0
I used to work for a dvd design co., and we did our layouts in Quark. It was horrible. We could have easily been working in Illy the whole time. I think you can do the same (maybe even better) in InDesign, but you can easily do it in Illy, especially if you're doing it 2D, where the front, spine and back panels all line up.
- blastofv0
InD if you need multi-page or more advanced type styles etc.
InD is better set up for managing multiple photos/linked artwork as well, but either will work
- SLAZ0
thanks guys... i am doing it all in PS right now because of all of the PS work on it, then i will drop it in Illy or Quark, havent deceided yet.
- enfocusmedia0
I would have done the main set-up in InD and placed all my PS and Illy work into it.
Different strokes for different folks...
- DeviceUnseen0
I don't get this. Illustrator is a drawing program and Indesign is a layout program. Quark is not in the same league as Indesign in terms of usability. Use Indesign as much as possible since it's designed for layout, don't worry it has all the Illustrator stuff in it that you'll need. Trust me, once you learn it, you love it.
Death to Quark!
- emphor0
i'd use indesign for the type layout (plus you can place raw illy & PS files for vector & photo art respectively)
- ********0
InD. for sure!
The Illustrator export engine is fucked up, so when you export whatever you made with photos from it, you will risk having white lines in it. You might not spot it right away, but the print will show it! Adobe knows about it, and are fixing it in CS3.
- aliceblue0
so...
if you were doing a simple logo
and incorporating into a biz card
what would be your weapon of choice???