Fantastic product for multi-page or multi-asset design
September 10, 2019

Fantastic product for multi-page or multi-asset design

Chad Carman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe InDesign

Our creative services department uses it to design our bi-monthly publication, Bugle. Our marketing department uses it to design everything from video thumbnails to social media graphics to ads to emails. It is an easy to use solution to laying out designs more than it is applying creative styling and allows us to do so in a quick, efficient manner.
  • Great design layout.
  • Saved on our network drive and allows us to pass projects between one another.
  • Doesn't allow multi-user editing at once. If it's open on one person's device and they forget to close it, you can't edit it. More a problem of network storage than the program.
  • Isn't designed to apply creative stylings to photos/images/graphics.
  • Allows our Creative Service team to work together on projects.
  • Easily allows individuals to pick up where another left off and get a project done.
  • Very simple training to do basic things.
I previously used Photoshop to attempt to do the same designs. Photoshop is great for single-page designs or layouts whereas InDesign is best for replicating layouts or making multi-page documents. This serves really well for print magazines or for emails whereas Photoshop works best for single-page documents like an ad.
I have not used InDesign's support as our staff is rather knowledgable on it.

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

Yes

Are you happy with Adobe InDesign's feature set?

Yes

Did Adobe InDesign live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Adobe InDesign go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Adobe InDesign again?

Yes

Adobe InDesign is best suited for scenarios where items need to be laid out. Hence the term "Design." It works nicely as a complement to Photoshop or Lightroom where you can apply creative styling to items that you need to. Really simple to efficiently create multiple instances of a specific layout.