We read this by Finao recently : InDesign is becoming more and more popular for album design work, however, we do not recommend it for new designers. Unless you know your stuff with InDesign and consider yourself an InDesign master, don’t use it... There are more variables and settings to check with InDesign. Wrong settings and improperly sized linked images are easy to miss and are common problems we have seen with inexperienced (and even some experienced) users... We have also experienced more problems with file corruptions during upload with improperly exported or converted InDesign files. Let this serve as your warning, use InDesign at your own risk. Finao have an excellent point, and you won't be surprised if I agree and maybe add to what they're saying. ;) InDesign and Photoshop don't design "real" physical products (and generally the tools that are based on them don't either). Instead they're entirely dependent on the user to create a design that complies with all the producer's requirements, whether that be a book, a magazine, a poster, an album or whatever. One of the major problems album manufacturers can have is when the orders they receive are not "ready for production". Here's a great example. I believe photographers are familiar with the problem with respect to labs, but in fact it's far more difficult for album manufacturers. As one example, Asuka's File Checker is an attempt to address it, by stopping users from sending problematic orders. And that's why PJ has built-in presets for both labs and album manufacturers. Not very sexy but very practical. There is a lot to choosing an album design tool but getting orders to your album manufacturer and lab that are accurate, complete and ready for production is an important consideration. Warm regards, Danny