Ever since CC launched as a subscription service I've been with them, really happy with how the pricing now works gaining access to all of the adobe products, not just some. Adobe is the industry standard and for that reason there are other other options; however so far they're not as good.
The price can be expensive at first in comparison to something like Canva - however there is really nothing quite the same and for that reason the pricing is attainable. If anything it would be awesome if it were slightly cheaper.
High-end production of design and creative solitions for an array of tasks. Where other products simply offer templated solutions or allow it to be an open canvas without great UI - Adobe makes it really simple and easy to work out great ways to design things.
Adobe Indesign is an excellent app for editing and designing purposes. It has all the high level professional tools to fikter and colour correct even remive adn add elements.
The interface in itself is a little intimidating as in it requires training since the interface is not very beginner friendly. With some guidnace you can get there I'm sure.
I used it to colour correct posts and images for the pagess i was in charge of. it helped in removing unnecessary elements out of the frame. It has got some good tools.
This tool is very comprehensive. There are so many ways to automate, share work and create many kinds of documents and books. I enjoy the ability to use styles to easily format the documents. I also like how easily it integrates with the other Adobe Creative Cloud applications. I think that it is helpful to have several of the applications as support for this app, but there is truly so much you can do with it on its own.
The cost , but it is a very great software. I also don't like that there are very few places to get 'hands-on' training for this application. Many community colleges offer continuing education style courses for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and other Adobe applications, but it seems the only way to get educated on InDesign is from online tutorials or expensive workshops in faraway cities. I think that there needs to be more localized training for people to learn how to make the most of this expensive yet expansive tool.
I am able to create brand documents and books and share assets with co-workers. I have found reduced frustration in creating print ready professional looking documents for commercial printers and online sharing.
For anyone who has had experience in any Adobe Creative Suite products, InDesign is another well-designed program that is easy to use and produces high-quality products. You can export and import from any of the other Adobe programs, you can work efficiently on the same project with other people on your team, and there are so many helpful guides within Adobe itself, as well as external sites and YouTube.
The subscription is fairly steep in price if you can't get it expensed through work. I miss the former model of "pay once use forever," unfortunately, many companies prefer the subscription model for profits, so this isn't an Adobe issue.
We needed a better quality program for creating mass reports and well-designed materials for supporters and funders. Our previous program only had the basics and didn't provide us with the sleek look we wanted. Since we swapped over to InDesign, we were also able to streamline our printing and digital report production.
InDesign is incredibly easy to use and has a slight learning curve. It is beginner-friendly and very intuitive. I used this software throughout school to create posters and presentation boards, and now I use it professionally to create presentation layouts and proposal templates. It is incredibly easy to bring in photos from files to create custom documents to suit your needs. They recently added features to allow you to import PDFs as well, which is a huge bonus.
Importing and moving around images can sometimes be tricky. Sometimes you will accidentally grab the image itself rather than the viewport/frame, which causes you to shift the image within the frame. This doesn't happen too often and once you learn where to grab images, it becomes easier. It is also incredibly expensive, as is the rest of the Adobe Suite. Unless you have access to this software through your school or business, it is difficult to justify the high price tag.
Adobe Indesign makes creating custom documents, posters, and presentations incredibly easy. It is similar to PowerPoint, but with many more options to add images and adjust settings with ease. You can easily place text boxes and images and snap to align them to margins, to align with each other, or to align with guides that you created yourself.
Adobe InDesign is user-friendly and uber-powerful, even for new users. I spent years teaching InDesign to teenagers, and they were quick to learn the basics. By the end of our training session, these students were prepared to use InDesign to create yearbooks with graphics, photos, and complicated text treatments.
The cost can be too much for some to manage on their own. Student discounts help a great deal, though!
I've used Adobe InDesign as my primary design tool — for brochures, books, posters, fliers, and more — since it first launched many years ago. It is so flexible that I started doing simple word processing in InDesign!
I like that Adobe InDesign seamlessly integrates with the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite. I like that you can create bleeds and spot colors within the document. It also exports high resolution PDFs that I sent to my printing company.
Price is a little high, and it will take some training or online tutorials to fully operate and use the software to it's full capabilities.
I use InDesign for flyers, booklets, brochures, invitations, business cards, trade show materials, etc at work and it has been a breeze. It also exports files out in high resolution with crop marks, bleeds, etc. so I can send to my printing team.
The program is flexible and allows for customized layouts with few steps and requirements. Versatility in options for both web & print design and its relationship with programs like Photoshop and Illustrator makes creating layouts for flyers, brochures and ads simple and less time consuming.
This isn't a disadvantage so much as it is an inconvenience for those who still use legacy software for home use, such as me. Legacy editions, in this case CS6, are no longer compatible with the latest versions of MAC OS and Windows software. New users are essentially pigeonholed into getting a subscription, which is a good deal overall, but considering I only use Indesign at home inadvertently I can't justify the price of a subscription. That being said, it's nice to have CS6 when I need it, but unfortunately, I made the mistake of updating the OS on my Macbook from Mojave to Catalina and reverting back seems like more trouble than it is worth.
I save time every day juggling multiple projects using InDesign. Being able to manage graphic elements on my workspace with ease has allowed me to accomplish more in any given day than using other third-party programs.