InDesign! The Favorite

This post is going to focus on my favorite program! InDesign! A lot of people view it as the most boring or even most difficult, but I think it's the most useful. Although you can't really design spectacular designs with it, you can layout stuff for final print or publishing. I find I enjoy getting stuff ready for print and into other hard copy items more than the actual design aspect of projects. Also I'm pretty laid back and designing things just isn't my forte. 

Overall Adobe InDesign is a program that helps you position and layout designs and text for final production. It helps minimize any mistakes and helps locate any previous mistakes. I find it very useful in showing me where I have overlapping text or images. This means that certain images or text are being cut off by one another. The preflight feature at the very bottom of the screen lets you know if you have any errors which is very useful.

The main reason I like InDesign is specifically in the Fonts category. You have an unlimited option on what kind of fonts you want to use, and you are easily able to download new fonts from the internet if you wish and it will not hinder your progress. It is also very beneficial when you have unsupported fonts, it lets you know right away and asks if you want to update the font before continuing. Although most people, including myself, spend hours and hours looking over fonts trying to find the best one for the job. But I find once I have chosen one that works well with the project there is a certain sense of satisfaction. Another tip for you all! Do not implement text into the design in Illustrator or Photoshop then importing the design into Indesign. Once you have saved that project in the previous programs it is very tedious to go back and fix text because it wont print well or show up well on a website. Do that portion in Indesign!