The industry standard for creative studios
January 12, 2024

The industry standard for creative studios

John Crumpton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Acrobat

We use Adobe Acrobat for print proofing design work, such as catalogues for clients. It's the industry standard for sending artwork to press (ie the printer) in a format that can be used by their software (RIP). We also use it here for signing contracts and sharing these with clients.
  • Digital signatures
  • Digital paper
  • Artwork to the printer
  • Not the best UX for reading content digitally
  • New interface takes some getting used to
  • Print production
  • Digital signatures
  • Exporting single pages
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
It's the industry standard software for design studios, printing companies and agencies. We all use Adobe Acrobat to share PDF files. I have looked at other PDF readers, however they lack the power that Acrobat has. Particularly for print production where you need to see the colour separations and check you've not accidentally left a spot colour in there!
  • Helped save costs on extra plates at the printers -- several times!
It's good to hear that Adobe invests in security to protect users from data breaches and legal issues. I think all enterprises should do this. We don't use the share feature, preferring to send the final PDF file to the destination, so I can't comment if data breaches have affected our organisation.

Do you think Adobe Acrobat delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Adobe Acrobat's feature set?

Yes

Did Adobe Acrobat live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Adobe Acrobat go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Adobe Acrobat again?

Yes

Essential for sharing documents and artwork to press. The PDF file isn't the best way of reading content digitally, even though this was the intention. Jacob Neilson has written about this if you'd like to explore the usability of PDF files further. I prefer to turn content into a web page rather than keep it in PDF format.