If you don't like Quark, WHY ARE YOU HERE? - yesweekend

Seems like the folks that you critizise have never used Quark (or couldn´t handle it). Being experienced with both Quark and Indesign due to customers demands I can see pros and cons for both apps. Quark is still my favorite.

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Thursday, January 29 2009 @ 07:21 AM PST

If you don't like Quark, WHY ARE YOU HERE? - almaink

Some people are forced to use this application because we work in prepress. That means we have to take jobs made in Quark and output those files to print on film or printing plates. Quark use to be THE application to use. But since version 7 added the ability to use transparency and no way to export it as live transparency, the program has been nothing but trouble. Until Quark gets with the times and stops using a postscript workflow it's worthless IMO.

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Thursday, January 29 2009 @ 08:33 AM PST

If you don't like Quark, WHY ARE YOU HERE? - DavidRavenMoon

You should NEVER use transparency with spots. Spot colors can't be transparent. You want to use a lighter CMYK version of the color. In fact you should never use transparency at all. It wont rip and has to be flattened, so why bother?

Do your fancy stuff in Illustrator where it belongs, not in Quark or InDesign. The people who complain about this stuff are newbees, or have never learned the correct way to set up jobs to print. These same people don't even understand what a spot color is, and also just love to send in layered Photoshop files and Illustrator files with no fonts embedded!

Quark is just fine, it's the people who don't know their orifice from a joint that are the real problem. And I've been in this field since 1979.

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Thursday, January 29 2009 @ 02:27 PM PST