![]() Upon doing this, I set out to create two things: a site mockup, and a print flyer.įrom what I gathered tinkering with this tool, it’s supposed to be a faster version of publisher, with HTML capabilities (fitting with the format of prototype-to-web). I immediately delved into exploring the menu bars and the different options. This part at first glance made my comfortable. When you open it, it’s resemblance to Adobe Software is slightly uncanny. Genuinely waxing nostalgic and also curious, I perused their site and downloaded the product (the 3-day-trial) to see if I could really gain anything from it. From the simplicity of the new color picker tool to the innovation of exporting HTML5 Publications, QuarkXPress 2016 takes design and productivity to the next level.”1 Simply speaking, Quark’s website boasts the product as, “Building on the foundation of performance and reliability delivered by its predecessor, QuarkXPress 2016 is the must-have upgrade for every QuarkXPress user. QuarkXPress 2016 came out as software focusing on print and digital publication, promising a seamless way of creating, working on, and exporting files. However - lo and behold - it resurfaced around 2014, and again last year. Quark, while convenient, really fell by the wayside, it seemed, especially when Adobe Creative Suite came to fruition. Quark has long been known to anyone born before 1990 that lived through the MS-DOS era, with burgeoning software programs like Microsoft Publisher and the like. Just hearing that word originally brought a smile to my face. This brings me to something most people have forgot about (and may laugh out loud when you do): Quark. ![]() Adobe Creative Suite wasn’t always good to me, and I wish I would have re-trained myself in other software just incase, in the very beginning. I downloaded, tested out and reacquainted myself with the newest version of QuarkXPress - here’s why I did it, what I made with it, and why I feel it helped.Īs a graphic designer, I’m all too familiar with that sinking feeling, “Did I back up this project on a drive?” Or worse, to have lost everything. Why Visiting New Versions of Old Design Software Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing ![]()
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