InDesign remains the go-to design tool for publications.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Adobe InDesign has been used for years as a go-to page design tool in our newsrooms. Following system changes, it has been successfully integrated with various content management systems and utilized for both newspaper and magazine design work. It is now primarily used for more complex magazine design work, since it has greater flexibility than the page design software embedded in our content management system.
Pros
- InDesign is excellent at creating impactful page designs.
- It gives great flexibility over the handling of images, including cut-outs.
- It's excellent for headline and text editing on the page.
Cons
- InDesign integrations with third-party systems can operate more quickly, but depending on the integration, saving and loading may be a bit slower.
- The handling of cutouts imported into InDesign is good, but creating cutouts within InDesign could be quicker and easier.
- Adding and removing pages from multi-page documents could be smoother.
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe InDesign is very well-suited to creating professional-looking page designs. If you want a newspaper or magazine to have attractive pages that go beyond simple templates, InDesign is the best option out there, to my knowledge. It's less suited to scenarios where people without page design skills are responsible for creating pages, as it requires some training and skills to use effectively.
