Adobe InDesign Reviews

It is well-suited for marketing or graphic designers who need to create content such as white papers and ebooks. It allows you to easily create large documents with more flexibility. It is less appropriate for informal documents that would be better off just using Microsoft Word. Knowing the difference in which scenario meets your needs can help you accomplish the project faster and ensure the right resources are used.

Adobe InDesign is an industry standard, and I would not trust a professional designer who did not at least have an intermediate level of knowledge in InDesign. It's best suited for multi-page documents, such as book publication, brochures or pamphlets. Its tools allow designers to build wireframe layouts, roughing in placement of images, text or other linked elements. The ability to create multiple page 'masters' allows for implementation of different template components for each document section. For example, the sections can use their own numbering systems, start at different intervals, have different background design components, and if the tools are used properly, they can be used to dynamically generate Table of Contents layouts which saves designers a lot of time. Content can be flowed between sections, so if additional text is added or the text area gets smaller, the text will flow to the subsequent linked text box. Additionally, it's well suited (and intended) for design all the way through the production process, so its print-ready export settings will typically accommodate professional print vendor specifications, supporting bleed, trim, gutter, and complex PDF export options.

InDesign is my preferred tool for publishing, but it is cost prohibitive, and it is not so far above other publishing software options to make it my 10/10 recommendation because of this price issue. For businesses, groups or individuals with 1) heavy software use, 2) ample budget, and 3) nearly constant work to be done, InDesign makes immediate sense. Designers who need web hosting will also find InDesign a great option, because the Publish Online tool is so simple and satisfactory. For those learning to use publishing or who cannot afford the monthly drain that an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription insists upon, another publishing program, such as Affinity Publisher or a free and open source (FOSS) option, would be more appropriate. Other reasons that might make the monthly commitment to Adobe InDesign and its fees unnecessary include if 1) you are only infrequently using layout software and don't use other Adobe products, or 2) you do not need the freedom and customization options and can do the work in a word processing software just as well.

Adobe InDesign is best for companies who rely on content to sell their products and need that content to be engaging. Even though the platform can be difficult to understand, it's worth it to invest the time to understand it if you have a complicated product. I have worked for two SaaS companies and selling software can require very detailed and technical explanations. Having Adobe would enable your marketing and/or design team to turn those technical details into colorful pages and graphics that keep prospective customers engaged. It would lower costs in the long run because you'll have employees with deep knowledge of the products creating these documents/graphics quickly rather than outsourcing to a design or marketing agency who would need to learn about your product and how it works for every piece of content you'll need.

Unless you're creating a catalog, I would not recommend Adobe InDesign for companies with products that can be explained in a photo or one simple graphic. It would be best to utilize Adobe Illustrator for those types of products.

We have a small staff and have recently been blessed with an intern who is familiar with Adobe InDesign. We are now able to do a large majority of printing and designing in house, instead of paying a company to do for us. This is saving us time and money. The fact that Adobe InDesign appeals to users of all ages is helpful in that they are entering the workplace already familiar with the software and don't require additional training.

One place where we have found that InDesign has been really useful is with our public relations team at our school. When we have upcoming events or anything going on at the school they will use InDesign to create the posters and flyers for those events. We've also tried it in a technology class and our students have loved it and the ability it gives them to create something.

It works well with almost any print layout project. The only time I choose to use something else, like Illustrator, is when the layout is more simple and graphic, such as logo design or astationery layout where I'm using elements from a logo in a simplified layout.

InDesign suits our organization and our needs perfectly. It is the main program the communications department uses on a daily basis. It helps us create the promotional materials we need for our various departments. The functionality of InDesign over the years has really us saved time and resources. We miss not having an actual install CD so will be forced to move to the cloud sooner than later.

Adobe InDesign is well suited to everyone and anyone creating magazines and brochures - I would not know where else to turn to create this type of document if it didn’t exist. If you are not creating printed documents you may be able to work with just Adobe Photoshop or a similar product.

As far as my experience goes, InDesign is a great tool to create layouts for all the possible print media, from a visit card to a book. Our company deals with travel, and it is imperative to produce high quality, visually attractive promotion materials: postcards, flyers, and brochures that are consistent in style and follow brand guides. InDesign is a great tool for this. It does not allow us to do image manipulation or create vectors, so other Adobe products have to be used instead.

I use InDesign to create comic books and instructional books with lots of graphics and diagrams (not at my present place of employment). If you are creating projects with large amounts of pages, InDesign is the tool to use. One of its main strengths is stability. If you have a file that is 500 pages with linked text and graphics, it will not bog down.

For anyone making print designs, InDesign is the go to standard, more so for booklets, pamphlets, anything with multiple pages or designs that have a lot of copy in layout, such as product detailers and one sheets. If you're doing posters, or badges or anything that has quite a bit of built in creative flair, is recommend sticking with Illustrator. You can use it, but you'll be exporting elements constantly from Illustrator.

Abode InDesign works very well with text distribution and combining text with images. It provides fundamental dynamic resources for a good layout. Adobe InDesign is less appropriate for editing images and building infographics. However, it is fully integrated with other programs on the Adobe platform that have these features. It has import tools that work in partnership with this additional software.

I love the program. Regularly, I am creating newsletters, brochures, and other communication materials with Adobe InDesign. It works great for all of these purposes. Generally, if a project is text-heavy, or if you are considering using Microsoft Word for it (both frequently happen for me), then Adobe InDesign works excellent in those situations. If you need a high degree of control over photos, other images, or you're looking to create graphics, then you would likely need to ID in conjunction with another program. I recommend it all the time, though with the caveat that it's not cheap. I am fortunate enough that my organization pays for the full Adobe Suite, which is primarily used only by me.

Adobe InDesign has allowed our creative team room to create anything from small to large print formats. Some of the scenarios that Adobe InDesign has allowed us to improve our workflow is that we can create character, paragraph, and object styles to our design project easily saving us so much time. The only thing that would make this application perfect is the addition of additional vector tools.

Adobe InDesign is an incredible print design tool for experienced designers and developers. It lets you create custom layouts quickly and effectively...if you are familiar with the tool and understand the underlying logic of Adobe systems. If you have the time to devote to learning how layering works and how all of the small simple creation tools can be combined to create more complex elements, you will find this to be maybe the most helpful tool you can use.

InDesign is a great tool for marketing teams and other departments who need to create professional documents for online and offline needs. It is powerful enough to create great-looking print materials and yet can be basic enough that it can be self-taught to do simple projects. While other programs may do something similar, Adobe seems to have figured out many necessities for design professionals.

I recommend the Adobe InDesign app for layout designing; it has lots of tools and offers resources for different needs; it's the interface. It is very similar to other Adobe software, and it's easy to use if you already have familiarity with it. If not, at first, the lots of tools can seem overwhelming, but it probably won't take much until you dominate everything. It's great to design instruction books, catalogs, and other long-format books that demand graphic design inside, integrating well between images, graphics, and text. If you end up needing a more complex graphic design, then jump to Illustrator for a vector drawing, with more tools at hand, and when it's finished, export back to Adobe InDesign.

Designing printed brochures, flyers and information booklets is where Adobe InDesign shines. It's not a tool to edit images, although you have some options that help you avoid having to open up Photoshop. The two applications work hand-in-hand, and I can't use InDesign without going to Photoshop every once in a while.

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard when it comes to graphic design and print layout. It has all of the tools necessary to create stunning materials (brochures, business cards, sales materials, postcards, etc.). It is also great for digital and web products if you want everything to look crisp and clear. Its packaging and export features are amazing because they give you exactly the print-ready pdf, assets, fonts, and information that printers need. Adobe provides amazing support, and there is a wealth of information available if a designer needs help doing something.

I like to tell people that if they are designing anything that is more than one page/artboard, that they should use InDesign. For documents that are one artboard (and not just artistic in nature) Adobe Illustrator is typically a better tool. Having native support for PDF Files built-in makes it an incredibly powerful tool for documents that will be printed offsite or by a 3rd party.

If you are doing professional graphic design, and especially if you are doing design for print or for digital publishing (PDF, etc.), Adobe InDesign is exceptionally good. For magazines, newsletters, books, DVD and CD jackets, business cards, signage, fliers and brochures, newspaper ads, bulletins, etc., it is an ideal software app. However, it does require a somewhat advanced level of computer operator skill, and the initial learning curve is a bit steep.

I would not recommend it for someone whose needs are more in line with what Microsoft Word or Apple Pages can do.

I love Adobe InDesign. It can be extremely helpful for all aspects of marketing design, from graphics to PDFs. Although it's always best paired with Illustrator and Photoshop, it's a perfect central hub for design projects. We have used it for countless projects over the years, including massive print projects where reliability is crucial.

Any project that is going to be over 6 pages long should be done in InDesign just for the page organizational capabilities alone. The paragraph/character menus and tools are far more advanced than other Adobe programs. If a project is vector or image-heavy AND limited pages, we tend to favor Illustrator.

Adobe InDesign is well suited for creating custom, attractive, high-quality reports. It's not great for time saving and efficiency, so if you haven't learned the program and are short on time, it wouldn't be ideal.