Re: More on InDesign VS Frame

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

See my comments below ...

        - Dov

At 8/20/2002 11:26 AM, Thomas Eagles wrote:
>> From: Dov Isaacs <isaacs@Adobe.COM>
>> Subject: Re: FrameMaker vs InDesign
>
>> (1) Both FrameMaker and InDesign (starting with InDesign
>> 2.0x) can handle "long" documents. However, some features
>> in FrameMaker, such as those associated with
>> autonumbering and variables, certainly would make
>> FrameMaker a better choice in many instances.
>
>True. I wonder, though, how long it will be before InDesign has the plug-ins to make it do everything FrameMaker does now, plus all that it already does better than FrameMaker (typography, etc)? Then, eventually, FrameMaker will become a 2nd class citizen in the long document field. Or will it... ?


Make NO assumptions vis-a-vis FrameMaker becoming a "second class
citizen in the long document field."


>> (3) InDesign definitely has a tremendous edge in terms of
>> graphics tools compared to FrameMaker.  <snip> For
>> FrameMaker documents, "serious" vector graphics 
>> artwork really needs to be prepared in programs such as
>> Illustrator and imported into FrameMaker as EPS (or
>> possibly PDF).
>
>Yes, but why *wouldn't* you just use Illustrator/Photoshop when you want to edit or create graphics? InDesign has limited tools in this area, and if you want the whole 9 yards, you need Illustrator and Photoshop anyway. Or Freehand. Just a thought...


There is no question that Illustrator and its ilk can run rings
around InDesign in terms of the number of features it has with
regards to vector artwork. And obviously, neither InDesign or any
similar program provides any image editing. But for vector graphics
used for a large percentage of documents that would be edited with
InDesign, the depth and sophistication of InDesign's vector artwork
editing capability is quite sufficient. This is alas, not true with
the vector artwork capabilities of FrameMaker at this time.


>TTFN.
>
>Tom


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