Adobe InDesign Reviews & Product Details

I love how user friendly InDesign is! It has countless tools that allow me to showcase my creativity.

InDesign can sometimes be tedious with multiple layers of design.

InDesign allows me to create my own logos, flyers, and promotional materials. It helps me brand my business!

The ease of setting up presentation boards and layouts that carry over to the other sheets.

It can be frustrating having to relink all the images you place in the document if at one point you move them in your computer.

Having to do architectural presentations is a stressful task as is but InDesign helps with displaying all the vard work in a organized way. I alsohave used it to create a book and being able to change a master sheet which results in changing every sheet related to that at once (100 pages) is time saving.

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.

Links to Illustrator and Photoshop or other files. Styles are quite sophisticated Find and Replace that can store your own selected together with GREP. Layout features Good RTL. Ability to color different master pages

Crashes occasionally but at least your files are always saved. Would like more extensive search on variables.

Book production in several languages all in one file each with their own TOC. Flyers and brochures.

I love that you have the tools to essentially format a document any way that you would like down to the pixel level. You can move text around, design edge to edge, and make your documents look great without having to outsource design to another company/firm. I love the granularity with which you can use your creativity.

It does take some training, whether reading a book, taking a class, googling how to's or watching YouTube videos, it is unlikely that you will jump in and just get to work, like you would with other more intuitive, easy softwares.

Customization of documents. The benefits are not having to outsource to get a professional design. An example is creation of a proposal, Microsoft word is helpful as a word processor, however to create a professional looking proposal, that doesn't look like a school project, you need a more robust design software and this is it. It is industry standard and top of the line.

InDesign is almost as good as doing things by hand. I love how easy it is to use and how user friendly it is. Not only is the program really flexible, the UX is exceptional. Everything is very intuitive and makes logical sense as far as the labeling of menus go. It works seamlessly with its counterparts in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Via the cloud I can easily access all my files from other adobe products quickly straight from inside InDesign and the Adobe cloud. Swatches transfer easily from photoshop and illustrator as well. When exporting, I have a plethora of options depending on how I want to send the document. I do tons of client meetings in person, and likewise I have plenty to do online, so knowing I can export pretty easily to maximize my presentation to what I need is wonderful.

To be honest, I do a lot what I need on InDesign. If I had to be super picky... PDF formats don't open well on InDesign. Gradients don't work on InDesign natively. You have to go to photoshop to add a gradient.

I create all my proposals for work on InDesign. Consistently, I hear back how professional and beautiful my work is and often close deals without negotiation because I'm able to provide such a beautiful product. I've secured many many new sponsors because of my presentations. In addition, InDesign's easy-to-use interface makes it simple to make quick switches to mass produce proposals on the fly.

InDesign has so many capabilities. It is built for layout and does not fall short of any tool needed for this. It is easy to go from creation to publication, weather it is print or digital.

InDesign is a very large program so sometimes it runs slowly, but the power of this program outweighs this!

Creating portfolios and magazine layouts for marketing. This program allows me to properly layout my pieces to ensure perfection.

I do a lot of print artwork and Indesign is absolutely ideal for what I do. I do a lot of leaflets, brochures and also large out of home marketing, and it's all done on indesign. I find it easy to use and that I have added our brand colours to the library so I can easily access the font and brand colours as and when I need them really quickly. My company has a strict brand guideline which is easy to achieve with the templates I have set up in Indesign.

Sometimes my toolbar randomly detaches itself from the rest, and I have to reset it back to default. I also do find that having to press shift, ctrl and option to resize an image without distortion is a bit much, as default, most people would want to resize an image without distortion so it should be the 'default' drag setting, instead of having to press shift, ctrl and option.

I am not trained at all in graphic design, and agencies can be really expensive when it comes to artwork, so by teaching myself how to use indesign, I have saved my company a lot of money as a lot of what I've done is in-house. I've been using indesign now for 5 years and would say that during this time, I have skilled myself up to the level of a graphic designer.

When it comes to creating documents, magazines, or any other text-rich files, InDesign takes care of just about everything. The development on this program has made some of my largest projects seem like some of the simplest because of the way it's built out. It's a complex toolbox that's designed in a way that makes it easy to navigate and operate. Very few complaints here.

At times, the program struggles to export large files. When I say large files, I mean 100 page catalogs that have 2-4 gb of imagery and artwork stacked into them, so it doesn't come as a surprise that it gets choked out at times. While it's understandable that large files create a bottleneck at export, it does get frustrating when I'm stuck at my desk watching it to make sure the export goes through properly.

InDesign makes creating large, text-rich documents easy by allowing me to address things universally throughout the entire document rather than by artboard or singular design element. I've seen some people try and create their multi-page documents in Illustrator simply to make them more "designed" but it seems to create more work for everyone that attempts to use it. This is why I use Photoshop and Illustrator to create the complex elements before they're used in InDesign.

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard, and we use this software every single day - mainly for our presentation decks to clients. We did have to take a course on how to use this software, but it was well worth it. The interface is intuitive, and the flexibility with images and content (ease of manipulation) is by far the quickest and most precise out of all other design software we've tried. Adobe gives you a lot of options when it comes to exporting documents - including with image compression. All-in-all, we love this software above any of the others we've tried (including free online tools through Google). Since we also use the entire suite, it really helps to be able to move vector elements back and forth from Illustrator when we need to have graphics in true native (also saved on file size).

It's expensive (per month). We pay for the full Adobe Suite so we have access to all of the software - which we use! However, it does come with a hefty price tag. Also, they only give you 2 licenses (computers) to run the software on, so we're limited on who can use it in our company. We used to be able to purchase the software outright, but Adobe switched the way their plans work years ago.

We create all of our pitch decks to clients with Adobe InDesign. It's easy to duplicate, work with the layers, and swap images/content in and out per client all from one document.