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politics and posturing???
by graceo - 3/8/05 7:33 PM In reply to: Politics and posturing. by R. Proffitt
I don't understand what you mean by this. Literally. Is your intent to scorn my question? Clueless as usual. I'm a beginner like the person who started this thread so nuance on this subject is wasted on me. 
I'm also someone contemplating some serious decisions and needing context for just abnout everything, so I haven't yet reached the level at which I can posture. That must come later. [hehehe]
Let me give you my best shot at understanding your post:
* DTP software may be unnecessary for a good many high quality productions for which a good word processing program is more than adequate. *
Am I close?
I may pursue this idea further by starting a new thread but if I get your drift I'm thinking if most of the publication files being exchanged these days are in the form of .pdf files, then whether they're word-processed or quarked or .....whatever doesn't *necessarily* matter a whole lot. Is this a fair inference?
About tools and politics.
by R. Proffitt - 3/8/05 7:54 PM
In reply to: politics and posturing??? by graceo
You're very close. For example years ago, only certain software such as Page Maker was acceptable for some as DTP. Today we know better.
The tool isn't the issue but the people that use such.
You don't have to look far to get great tools.
-> About .PDF files. I make them all the time from Open Office. Is that DTP? Could be.
Bob
NOT politics and posturing
by Pixelish - 3/9/05 6:34 PM In reply to: politics and posturing??? by graceoGraceo,
Having been in the business for over 20 years, the answer to the best software choice depends on your needs. Do you want to share files electronically or have them printed on a press? There is all the difference in the world between being able to create a PDF file that will print beautifully on an inkjet, docutech or color laser - and producing a file which will spot color separate or process color separate with the correct trapping and resolution.
In the Baltimore area, my graphics shop as well as my competitors prefer Quark Express for publishing/page layout software, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. These 3 pieces of software are the staples in any graphics shop. In-Design (made by Adobe also) is slowly gaining a following because it is so attractively packaged with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Does this mean you cannot create magnificent pieces to be published in other pieces of software - absolutely not!
There is much to know in this business - and it is a business I still enjoy each day. I have found the graphics community is pretty tight knit - we share information and help each other out. I think nothing of taking a call from a competitor and helping them with a Quark Problem - and I don't hesitate to call someone else in the business and rattle their brains about an Illustrator trapping issue. Politics and posturing have never played into the wonderful friendships I have built in this business!
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