InDesign CS6 Retina MBP Support

[aarondavis1986]

I'm currently running CS4 and have just upgraded to a retina display MBP. I predominantly use Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and InDesign and believe the CS6 versions of these other programs have been issued with updates for retina display compatibility.  I am happy to upgrade to CS6 but only if I know there will be an update for InDesign CS6.  I do not want to purchase a creative cloud membership.

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

You will not see Retina support in ID CS6. It requires a complete re-write of the base code, which is happening for ID CC. It's will be available for Creative Cloud members starting on 6/17/2013.

[lesliejiang]

So sad about this...

[Mitch1987]

Do you know the scheduled release date for InDesign CS7?

Will it be released sometime yet this year in 2013?

[John Hawkinson]

It's now called "InDesign CC" (instead of CS7), and it'll release in mid-June.

[Peter Spier]

The new releases will be by subscription, only...

[Mitch1987]

OK, so... am I missing something? I thought "InDesign CC" is available for Creative Cloud members only. Didn't Adobe release "InDesign CC"  in May of this year?

I want to know when the next version of InDesign that is "retina display supported" will be available to purchase after IDCS 6?  Does anyone know what the rumored release date is?

I am getting a retina Macbook Pro and I don't want to have to get a subscription to Creative Cloud just to get ID CC for the retina display.

[Peter Spier]

The Creative Cloud susbscription model was introduced last may, but you had a choice at that time of obtaining your CS6 applications through a perpetual license or a cloud subscription. The next release will carry the CC version name, rather than a CS7, and will ONLY be available to users who choose to subscribe (current users of perpetual license products are eligible for discounts off the first year subscription price), and there will be NO new features added to CS6, nor will there be any new releases available other than through a Creative Cloud subscription.

[Mitch1987]

Ok, got it. Thanks!

[Peter Spier]

I guess what that means, as far as Retina support is concerned, is you will need to subscribe to the cloud, and June 17 is the expected release date for the new CC labled versions.

[Grafisk Kirkemann]

ID CS and CC have so far been the same applications, only with different licenses. If ID CC has been through all the re-writing to support retina resolution, why can't the updates just be adopted into CS?

I have subscribed to CC myself, I just don't understand the logic. But maybe it's just a marketing trick from Adobe to make it more attractive to subscribe to CC?

[Peter Spier]

It is not a trick. The code to support the higher resolutions simply doesn't exist in CS6. If it did you would not need to make the request, it would already be working.

[John Hawkinson]

Grafisk, I think you are confused by the marketing designations here. That is not surprising because it is confusing:

ID CS and CC have so far been the same applications, only with different licenses. If ID CC has been through all the re-writing to support retina resolution, why can't the updates just be adopted into CS?

I have subscribed to CC myself, I just don't understand the logic. But maybe it's just a marketing trick from Adobe to make it more attractive to subscribe to CC?

Let's clarify. InDesign CS6 is the same as InDesign 8. You can purchase it via perpetual license or you can subscribe via the Creative Cloud. If you subscribe via the Creative Cloud, it is not "InDesign CC"; it is still "InDesign CS6" via-the-Creative Cloud. These are the names you'll seeon the splash screen, etc.

The next version of InDesign is InDesign 9.

Up until recently, we would have referred to that as "InDesign CS7."

For marketing reasons, Adobe has decided not to use the term "InDesign CS7" and is instead using the term "InDesign CC." When you hear "InDesign CC" that means "InDesign 9."

Retina support (and other things) are features of InDesign 9, not of InDesign 8.

That means they are avaialble with InDesign CC (f/k/a InDesign CS7), not InDesign CS6.

Adobe has also made a marketing decision not to sell InDesign CC in perpetual license form. This is a company-wide decision and has basically zero to do with the InDesign team. (Same deal with Photoshop CC formerly-known-as Photoshop CS7, etc., etc.,)

Does this help to make it more clear? I understand it still sucks for you.

[Grafisk Kirkemann]

Thank you John, that was a useful explanation.

[tlecroy]

Hey, that's today! Where can I go to det the retina update for ID?

[Peter Spier]

The new versions are still a few hours off... Rumor is 8:00 p.m. Pacific time. They'll be available through Creative Cloud.