Yeah, go to http://8.quark.com/, you can download a free trial. You can
upgrade from your earlier version of Quark. Take a look at what they can
do re Flash... a lot of great info links on their site. The thing about
InDesign is that their conversion to web layout from any given page
layout is pretty much limited to simple 'brochure' type layouts,
according to reviews, while Quark 8 has tons of interactivity functions.
http://8.quark.com/design_across_media.html
Check out how you can integrate with PS and other adobe apps
http://8.quark.com/cs_integration/
Don't forget, you can get Q8 several hundred dollars cheaper when you
upgrade from an earlier version (assuming you paid for it haha)
Earlier you said "...because I know that I won't get around to backing
things up on CDs and DVDs."
I have an external OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro hard drive, 1Tb... I just
drag-drop files I'm working on to it.... at least 2-3 times a day. No
sweat. You just have to kind of scare yourself and get into the habit of
backing up. About 3-4 months ago my G4 QuickSilver hd died on me... but,
all I lost was a ton of emails, since I've been backing up my stuff all
along, since 1996... I have over 200 CDs and DVDs with all my graphic
work done over the years... all of that is also on my external hard
drive, making it a snap to find any file really quickly, a real time
saver compared to rifling through a ton of CDs.
I also have a network of macs available since I have deadlines and can't
afford to have a mac die... the day the G4 died, I promptly went out and
got a G5 tower second hand and it's been great, really powerful. So, I
didn't miss a beat... I was busy designing a 40-page web site and have
that all backed up incIuding on my G4 Titanium Powerbook, ready to step
in at any time.
I buy all my macs (12 and counting) second hand and never throw any out.
Those legacy macs can be really useful... my Wacom tablet, printer and
scanner are unusable in OS X but I have an old mac on my network which
runs then on Mac OS 8.6
Kathy K wrote:
I might have to look at that—but I haven't used Quark much in the last
year. In fact, I just did some work in Quark from existing files and
could hardly remember any shortcuts or anything.
On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:
FYI Quark 8 is a way different re interface than earlier versions...
it mimics adobe modern interfaces, is very appealing. And it is far
superior to InDesign re building Flash output; can do most of what
Flash itself does right inside Quark... great if you're more of a
print designer than web designer, since you won't have to learn Flash
itself
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