

AI : Paragraph style dependent upon Character style. In addition things like Character and Paragraph styles in Illustrator are, to me, backwards. Setting massive amounts of text in Illustrator can be a lesson in frustration due to how little management over columns Illustrator contains. While some of the text features can be similar between the two apps, only Indesign has a story editor, column settings, column splitting/spanning, grep searching, etc. Indesign handles a lot of text editing much, much easier and more fluently than Illustrator.
#What is adobe indesign cs6 used for code
The primary difference is which app has a stronger code base for a particular feature set. There is some crossover and some items possible in Illustrator are possible in Indesign and vice versa. Rather they are more strengths in the particular app.
#What is adobe indesign cs6 used for mac os
Nowadays, there are still reasons one may prefer Indesign over Illustrator but, similar to the Mac OS vs Windows, the reasoning is often based more on preference than actual hard limitations of either app.įew of the items below are black and white, right or wrong, reasons. Pre CS4 the immediate reason was a single Indesign document rather than separate documents for each page with Illustrator. In reality, since the implementation of multiple artboards in Illustrator the reason for using Indesign compared to Illustrator changed a bit. I have not creative talents and am dull as ditch water) to learn AI-CS5 and now I have to shift/move to InDesign just because (beacuse what?). You really can't teach an old dogs new tricks and it has been difficult for me (not that I am excusing my short comings of which I am well aware viz. Does it mean I am going to the wrong road and using the wrong tool for the job. Why are the brochures designed in indesign rather than illustrator OR more importantly do I really need to or have to "re-design" the above in indesign due to the benefits it offers (as some say given my readings on the net)?. Please see the below images for samples of what I have come up with. That really put a halt (stop! you are going to the wrong road) in my learning of AI-CS5. The problem as it happens, comes (as it always comes when new knowledge is acquired) when I read that most if not all brochures are designed in Adobe InDesign and not Adobe Illustrator. Having learned AI-CS5 (to some extend atleast) and helped by the Graphic Design Community (a million and three thanks to them), I designed the brochure in AI-CS5 and was very happy (as a noob) since it came out really nice (to me & the customer atleast). Having successfully (to some extend at least) designed a logo, letterhead, small and big enevelops (maybe a corporate portfolio?), I was asked by the customer to design a company brochure as well. My expertise (whatever level that maybe) is in web coding (html, css) and RDBMS with strong skills in Database Modeling. I am a noob in web design, graphic desgin, font theroy, color theory, guess all of the mixes that are crucial. You may know me (not that I am worth knowing) from my first question.
