By Richard Goon on Monday, 27 March 2017
Category: General

When to use Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign

These three graphic apps are very powerful in their own right, but would You create an 8 page catalog in Illustrator or Photoshop or create a company logo in Indesign? Using the right app for the right project makes the design process better and design becomes more efficient because designers can work faster to create more options for their clients in less time.

Adobe Photoshop

The app was originally designed as a comprehensive solution for creating, editing and retouching any type of raster image. Since then, Photoshop has evolved a full slate of tools that allow users to do so much more. Fine artists use it to draw, sketch and even paint digitally. Photographers use it to adjust and transform their photos with color and lighting. Production designers use it to create web-ready digital images.

Use Photoshop when

Instead of Photoshop, Use another app when:

Adobe Illustrator

Since Illustrator is vector base, anything You create in Illustrator can be sized down to a emoji-con to a billboard-size in Times Square.

Use Illustrator when
Instead of Illustrator, use another app when:

Adobe Indesign

Adobe developed InDesign for the desktop publishing market, and it’s primarily used to layout newspapers, magazines, books, posters and flyers. Pretty much anything with large amounts of text should go straight into InDesign.

Use Indesign when

Instead of Indesign, use another app when:




Thank You 99designs.com

https://99designs.com/blog/tips/photoshop-vs-illustrator-vs-indesign/

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