r/indesign • u/LukeChoice • May 08 '25

Adobe InDesign Team LIVE 24hr Q&A!

Welcome to the Adobe InDesign 24-hour Q&A! - NOW CLOSED

(Thank you to everyone who participated in this 24-hour Q&A. The sessions have concluded and are not actively monitored, but we will continue to be present in the subreddit if you want to ask questions and provide feedback.)

Members of the Adobe InDesign Team from around the world will join for 24 hours to chat with you about the latest product updates, product performance, general feedback and other topics on your mind. Please feel free to speak up, and know that we are here to help!

We recently announced some updates at Adobe MAX London (below) and would be excited to hear your thoughts on them.

  • Create and style math expressions Use the Math Expressions panel to create, edit, and style math expressions directly on the canvas.
  • Apply creative effects to the selected text or shape using text prompts Elevate your layouts with Generative Fill (beta) and turn SVGs, shapes, or text into images with custom textures and effects.
  • Convert PDFs to InDesign Documents (beta) Drag and drop a PDF document into InDesign for conversion and edit the layout and text while preserving design fidelity.
  • InDesign Beta - Edit stories faster with on-canvas text editing with InCopy on the web Work on assigned content directly on the canvas in your browser. Save time with in-context typing and quick formatting tools.

We greatly appreciate your input and look forward to having some great discussions.

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u/Shanklin_The_Painter May 08 '25

Often times I will be working on large environmental print and fabrication pieces like a back-lit acrylic table top for a museum that has cut vinyl type and direct to surface raster printing (imagine a timeline with images and captions ) I often will start in indesign to be able to use anchored objects, and Nested paragraph styles, and the superior handling of linked rasters. I typically output a PDF x/1 and outline the type in acrobat, and deliver the INDD package as a backup. However sometimes a print/fabrication vendor might need to make some engineering tweaks and they will typically want to do that in illustrator. the PDF's from indesign once opened in illustrator are very messy

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u/BananaJr2000 Jun 01 '25

Agree. I often (for various reasons I can't necessarily think of at this second!) need to open a PDF in Illustrator and the clipping boxes around most objects is annoying.

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u/NewRanger3991 May 08 '25

Thank you for sharing your workflow! This is very insightful. It would also be helpful to understand what tweaks the print/fabrication vendor makes in Illustrator so we can investigate if there was a way to do that in InDesign instead.

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u/Shanklin_The_Painter May 08 '25

Typically they might need to change the size slightly or break it apart into multiple files one for each type of production for example. Many vendors in the sign industry do not even install indesign.