Comments on: Q2ID is now available for CS4

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:16:36 +0000

I agree, this plugin has become invaluable to my development. i found a coupon for all those interested http://www.markzwarecoupon.com

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:55:34 +0000

@Mark, While PDF2ID is very nice plugin it won’t give you anywhere near the quality translation that going from a native Quark or Publisher file will using Q2ID or PUB2ID.

PDFs don’t have paragraph or character styles or any of the other niceties you’d find in a native file.

By: greg

greg — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:00:33 +0000

i don’t think it’s minimizing the amount of work that goes into creating a plugin to say that an upgrade being half the price of the full program is not the kind of pricing that is going to get people who don’t absolutely *HAVE* to upgrade to do it.

thankfully i’ll likely never have to deal with a quark 8 file. we abandoned quark, which is why we bought the plugin, so we could convert old files as we needed to resurrect them.

By: Mark Hebert

Mark Hebert — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:10:35 +0000

Am I off base here or does this make sense?
I was thinking about this and I was working trough the cost justification of getting PDF2ID instead of Q2ID. It would be $50 more but I’d be able to convert any version 1.4 PDF to InDesign. I’d have to keep a copy of Quark around but I’d be able to take any PDF 1.4 from that and convert it to ID. Unless some client still demands I use Quark (I’m still on 6.5 and haven’t had much demand to upgrade) I think this would be far more useful way to go as I’m constantly getting PDFs to convert with NO source files to work with. The time savings alone could justify going this way than just Q2ID alone.

By: John V.

John V. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:08:17 +0000

No doubt it’s a great plugin, nothing else like it at the moment, but 1/2 again as much each year or so it seems, doesn’t make sense. But, to each his own.

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:42:13 +0000

Someone who already has CS3 and the earlier version really doesn’t need to upgrade. Like I said, I have the CS3 version that will open Quark 7 and earlier. Until I see a Quark 8 file, it’s just fine for me.

For someone just switching from Quark to InDesign starting with CS4 the $199.00 price is worth it and the minute I see a Quark 8 file that I need to work with, the credit card will come out for the upgrade.

By: John V.

John V. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:50:23 +0000

On a related note, Markzware will only give a free upgrade to anyone who bought the full version after Oct. 17, that’s 60 days heads up. $29, $39 I might have jumped…you know, they need to cover their butts a bit.

By: John V.

John V. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:48:43 +0000

I don’t minimize anyones work. I’ve been buying upgrades for almost 20 years now. But Quark 8 compatibility? CS4 compatibility? That’s it? I don’t know, I usually go for the upgrades just to keep everything in sync. I didn’t like it, but I paid the $99 to Markzware a few months after paying the full $199 because I had just gotten the CS3 and switched to Intel macs, and I had little choice, I had to have the CS3 upgrades or keep an old mac and all that. Fine, I survived, but to do it again a year later just makes me mad. We’re all in business to make money, but there is a line, and I think Adobe and others have finally crossed it for me. I just simply will make do with an older version for the first time ever. Maybe in 6 months when the CS4 upgrades are plentiful and cheaper will I try it. I guess when you are a one-man shop, $99 is a lot.

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:26:38 +0000

The new version adds Quark 8 compatibility. That said, it you upgraded recently contact Markzware ask them if you’re eligible for a free upgrade.

But please, don’t minimize the amount of work that goes into developing these plugins. Nobody has a gun to your head to upgrade. I’m not going to do it until I get a Quark 8 file that needs to be converted.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:01:51 +0000

I have found the Q2ID plug in to be absolutely invaluable. I haven’t upgraded to the version for CS3…because I still have that on the computer sitting right next to this one. I will probably hit the boss for the newest version when we upgrade to CS4 because I get files from everywhere and everywhen.

Fritz, you are absolutely correct about the instant export to inx. Anytime I forget to do that I am rather rudely reminded of the proper procedure.