Grayscale Images are RGB

[David Creamer]

>From separate posts....

> I will not be doing a major catalog in InDesign. That would take who knows how
> long. Framemaker is the best thing out there for catalogs period.

I know both programs fairly well and could not make that blanket statement.
I would say it depends on the catalog, personnel, and other factors.


> Migrating to InDesign is a *** H U G E *** task and may not be able to
> provide enough functionality. InDesign is fantastic in many aspects, but
> Framemaker definitely has its advantages and is -- for some tasks -- far
> superior to InDesign.

There is a plug-in that can convert MIF files to ID (from dtptools.com).
Of course, with any conversion, there will be some clean up work.

Most people think that ID cannot work with large documents, but I was
recently conversing with users that have produced documents over 2000 pages.

I have a PDF that compares IDCS4, Frame 9, and Quark 8.1:
<http://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/SelectingDTPprogram_v2.pdf>


David Creamer
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