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Anyone who has worked in the field of graphic design in the last 10 years knows that Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are the industry leading programs software. In fact, if you find any magazine at a newsstand chances are very high for some or even most content was designed created using one of these programs.
Developed by Adobe Systems, these programs are the cornerstone of graphic design.

This article explains the main differences between these three programs and each is used in the design process

I think part of the confusion is that some tasks may be performed in more than One of these programs. For example, you can find the drawing tools available in vector Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, however, is the predominant vector program drawing. The key to getting the most out of these three programs is to understand what their Major functions are and how they can be used together.

Good so it takes each program separately. We start with Adobe Photoshop is probably the best known of the three. Photoshop is a professional software for editing images used mainly for editing and manipulating bitmap image. Bitmap images are images that are defined by their pixel structure. In other words, digital bitmaps can be broken into millions of small pixels and each pixel has its own attributes. Bitmap images are also known as bitmap images. The most common type of bitmap is a photographic image. Whether shot on film and scanned into the computer or digital shooting, images are composed of millions of small pixels. So Photoshop is simply a tool used for image editing. Also has the ability to do many things, but the main function of Photoshop to edit photos. If you go to your local newsstand and pick up any magazine, you probably very good as photographs in this magazine have been deleted or altered with Photoshop. Sometimes, time settings may be minor, such as lighting or subtle sharpness adjustments, and others that may be important as applying a filter or special effects. Photoshop is used for touch-ups – you never wondered why the models and stars film have cellulite forever or a double chin – The answer is Photoshop. Images can be composed of multiple images as a collage. This effect can also be created in Photoshop.

Adobe Illustrator on the other hand is a vector drawing program. Vector graphics are the main type of digital image. Unlike the maps bit, vector graphics consist of points which are connected by lines, each line is defined as a mathematical formula. Vectors are very good for the creation of images containing large sections of the same color. For example, a navigation button on your website, your company logo or any other no photo image would be better established as a vector. Illustrator is the world premiere of the vector drawing tool, so if you have been responsible for creating all kinds of 'level art' as a business profile, including logos, posters, stationery, etc, it is likely that you are using Adobe Illustrator. Adobe InDesign is the last of the three programs and is a design or editing software. InDesign is used to collect things like company brochures, newspapers, magazines, newsletters or advertisements. InDesign specialty is working with documents that contain a large number or text type. Often, designers use these three programs on the same project. For example, we recently created a new course this also use Illustrator to create our logo and graphics of some other vector, we used Photoshop to apply a special effect shade some bitmap images, and finally, we have imported all these elements of Illustrator and Photoshop into InDesign, where we added Copy and set design.

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About the Author:

Billy Gee has been training Adobe products for 10 years and is currently a Director with Training Connection, with offices in Chicago and LA. “The best way to learn these products is to attend a small instructor led class delivered my an industry pro.”

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