Indesign noob.
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- inteliboy
For someone who knows Illustrator well, though never used Indesign - how difficult is it to get up to speed with it?
- Continuity0
The frames around artwork take a bit of getting used to.
- hey thanks - exactly the kind of heads up I'm after. time to research/learn...inteliboy
- but they work correctly, unlike in Illustratormonospaced
- This is true. I just wasn't used to having the artwork nested in a frame I could manipulate independently, is all.Continuity
- You can do the same in both. In Illustrator the masked area is still annoyingly selectable.monospaced
- ali0
You will have it in no time and wished you had learned it sooner.
- Atkinson0
on a basic level it's very easy.
- BaskerviIle0
did you ever use quark? if so you'll already know it.
otherwise, might take you some time to get the finer point of the typography etc but it's worth it. Illustrator is for drawing, not for layouts!
- rascuache0
This book should probably come with the software. Absolutely essential.
- jimzy0
Yeah its very easy to get to grips with.
You should be able to get up to speed very quickly if you are familiar with illustrator. Indesign is much better in so many ways, especially when working with type. A book would be ideal to get you up to speed, or half a day of one to one working with someone that knows it very well would give you all the basics to get you started.
- ESKEMA0
I recommend this site. The best tutorials for ID and they're free.
www.theindesigner.comYou will see that ID is actually (along with AE) the only professional software adobe has. All the others seem unfinished.
- erm photoshop? lolckentish
- Autosave in temp file for example... PS has not.ESKEMA
- InDesign is radmonospaced
- inteliboy0
cheers all.
so far loving it, is almost like CSS + illustrator in one for formatting. Did know Quark years ago but have completely forgotten everything.
- monospaced0
All I have to say, right now, is do NOT try to illustrate in InDesign. While you see your familiar pen tools, you will just frustrate yourself trying to do anything too precise. Adobe wants you to use the "suite." That leads me to my main point, which is don't compare this with Illustrator at all. They are different applications and rightly so.
- ESKEMA0
Paste more simple objects. If the objects become too complex, just place the illy file.
- monospaced0
Ugh, chrisRG. Like I said!
Do NOT try to treat InDesign like it's Illustrator. Simply don't! Leave the vector art to Illustrator.
Learn to Place. Place is your friend. Place is where it's at. Learn it, live it, love it.