For most of my studio work, I use Illustrator. A vector is an image or graphic that if you stretch really big or really small, it will not blur because it is based on mathematical formulas. Unlike Photoshop, Illustrator is a vector-based program, ideal for creating logos, illustrations, patterns, icons, and infographics. Using Photoshop to create any text-based or logo-based graphic will significantly limit you as well as impact the quality. Logos and media kits created in Photoshop will NOT be as crisp and formatted as beautifully as if they were created in Illustrator and InDesign, respectively. When you scale Photoshop files, you lose quality.

Do not use Photoshop for any graphics, logos, text-heavy documents, text layout, etc. Use Photoshop for photographs, blog post and social media graphics, collages, and mood boards. Photoshop tends to be the most familiar piece of software. It’s great for animated gifs, mockups of products or printed work, photo manipulation, and photo editing (color balance, brightness, saturation). Photoshop is a photo editing software, a pixel-based program. Your results will never quite look as right as if you used the correct software (InDesign). While there are thousands of articles online teaching you how to make an e-book using Photoshop, you are essentially using the wrong tool for the job. The same goes for Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.Įach piece of software in the Creative Cloud serves a purpose. I mean, you might be in a situation where you #lifehack, but overall, you use certain tools to accomplish certain tasks. You’d don’t use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail, and you do not use a hammer with a screw.

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