Adobe Creative Suite includes two essential tools for web designers, Photoshop and Illustrator. Recently, my work purchased a copy of Adobe Creative Suite, and we have all began learning to use its tools and features. Although I am a diehard Quark fan, I must admit, over time, I've come to like it.

At first, I balked at the differences I found in Adobe Creative Suite because I was so used to using another program. Making the switch was somewhat awkward for me at first however, I can now use this tool quite proficiently accomplishing pretty much anything I could previously do with Quark, much to Adobe's credit.

A bonus feature that is included in Adobe Creative Suite that I really like is the image bank. I've installed it on my computer at work, and it's proven to be a great help to me in my daily job of updating our home page with stories and imagery. The image bank included on the Adobe Creative Suite CDs is enormous and is a welcome resource now that my traditional sources have become overused.

Since I loved my Adobe Creative Suite so much at work, we recently installed it at home too. Although my husband is yet to be convinced about Adobe InDesign Creative Suite being a contender to his QuarkXpress, I'm confident that he will be happy with its advanced features once he gives it a try. I've even heard that you can cloak InDesign to mimic Quark, if you really just can't get used to it.

Releasing Adobe Creative Suite as a package deal was an excellent move on Adobe’s part. They have revolutionized the tools used by designers across the industry, getting an upper hand on the graphic market. Of course there will always be those who swear that Quark is better than Adobe’s InDesign, however, purchasing the Adobe Creative Suite Indesign is much more economical. The cost factor alone is likely enough to end this debate once and for all.