![]() That said, if you’re doing it semi-pro, not really complex stuff, Affinity Publisher might be a better choice than Quark, it’s cheaper (free at the moment). Besides, working with others, they expect InDesign files of course. It makes me sad, but there is no alternative to InDesign. Scribus, if you want to yell at your computer, that‘s what I‘d recommend. I wanted to like them, but I constantly hit a barrier with most basic things. Besides, if you‘ve only used InDesign before, expect a learning curve, intuitive is not a word associated with Q.Īffinity makes toy software which they market as pro apps. Quark is playing catch-up and is bad at it. I say that as a Quark user back in the day, before InDesign destroyed it (and rightfully so). Quark may be #2, but it is the #2 of 2, barely visible on the horizon, maybe it‘s just a dust spot. Although I did enjoy CS4 more than CCwhatever-incremental-update-we-put-in-a-year. As much as I hate Adobe, InDesign is the software I hate the least. If you are layouting professionally, don‘t waste your time. The best point: they continue to improve. Yes, they should improve all over the place, but finally - I can do what I want using Scribus. Color workflow / Raw text workflow / Usability / you name it. On my 'to do' list is writing/publishing an e-book at which point either of those would be the tool of choice, but simple brochures some of which are taken to a professional printer, most other publishing programs will suffice. Sometime Scribus seems to be a bit slow (under 32 bit architectures) - but on 64 bit architecture the speed is quite good. InDesign and QuarkExpress are both overkill where the only advantage is learning the workflow of the program for more advanced projects. I will probably skip it as I have been impressed with the beta's of Affinity Publisher (after years of delayed promises that it was coming) as my current needs are very modest. Is it worth the upgrade just for that only to find that 2019 has one other must have basic fix? That is so basic, it should have been in the original version.not a later upgrade. (Image credit: Serif) The best InDesign alternatives can offer equally excellent (and in some cases, dare we say it, better) desktop publishing features but without the need for a monthly subscription to Adobe. 2018 corrects that, simply click the button for the desired framing style like InDesign. With 2017 if you want it to fully fit the frame which is sized for the document, you have to go and re-edit the photo so the borders match that specific frame size. 2017 uses the frameholder concept similar to InDesign, and while unlike InDesign you can choose embedding or linkage, the problem is with the frames themselves as it lacks the photo resizing flexibility to fit the frame that InDesign has simply by clicking a button. 2018 has a whole list of new features/refinements, of which for me only one is critical. An example.I own 2017 and eligible for the 2018 upgrade for $185. However, its shortcomings are its shortcomings. Click to expand.While I haven't tried them all, and certainly not some of the more aged ones like PageMaker, but arguable QuarkExpress is #2 behind InDesign, particularly when you consider the very high cost, professional useage - both current an historically the leader before InDesign existed, and features most of which few people use all of. ![]()
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