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people seem to think Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are interchangeable design programs and you can pick and choose what you want. This is not true so here’s what the programs are DESIGNED FOR:
PHOTOSHOP: is a raster, pixel based program. meaning you cannot scale things over and over and keep resolution. this should be use for photo based projects with textures, some type, dramatic blending modes. good for some posters, collages, composites, album art w/ photo, etc.
ILLUSTRATOR: is a vector based program! type and spars have no size limit, you can scale and no res will be lost. AI is a strong program for logos, type design, illustrator art, etc. you have very detailed control. this should your primary starting point program for logos.
INDESIGN: this is a little bit of a mix of PS and AI imo. It’s for layouts like magazines, books, zines, pdfs, presentations etc. the layout and grid features are very powerful and really make PDFs look amazing.
the power of knowing all 3 is using each program to their strong suit. use photoshop for cool textures and photo collages, illustrator for strong type and logos, and pull it all together in a well laid out pdf to send to a client.
yes you can make a logo in photoshop and yes you can make a magazine layout in illustrator, but that’s not exactly what the programs are designed for. using each to their respective fullest gives you so much more control for your project.
typo in my illustrator tweet!! spars was supposed to be logo* kill me lmao
