Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design

2h 31mIntermediate2020-02-19

Authors

Bart Van de Wiele

Head of Solutions Consulting and Tech Evangelism at Adobe

Course details

Explore ways to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign as a powerhouse combination to save time, simplify workflow, and create impressive work. Discover the value and benefits of using native file formats in each application to make round-tripping easy, and learn how you can speed up production workflows using techniques involving nesting, snippets, layers, comps, and more. This course also covers importing and exporting, file placement, working with artboards, embedding files, linking files, and sharing between applications.

Topics include:
- Placing and updating files
- Working with layers
- Importing and exporting snippets
- Using Photoshop alpha channels
- Deciding between artboards and layers
- Working with native files
- Using Creative Cloud libraries
- Exchanging text between InDesign and Illustrator
- Linking text between native InDesign files
- Exchanging colors between applications
- Working with Photoshop Smart Objects
- Applying Photoshop paths

Skills covered

Digital PublishingIllustrationInDesignIllustratorImage EditingPhotoshopPhotographyGraphic DesignAdobeAnimation and IllustrationOne-Off

Concepts

1. A Powerful Combination

01 - Using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign together

2. Using Photoshop Content in InDesign

02 - Working with Photoshop layers
03 - Creating layer comps in Photoshop
04 - Using Photoshop layer comps
05 - Using Photoshop snippets
06 - Creating a Photoshop clipping path
07 - Using Photoshop paths
08 - Using Photoshop alpha channels
09 - Grayscale images for monotone print
10 - Grayscale images for duotone print
11 - Vector Photoshop content in InDesign

3. Using Illustrator Content in InDesign

12 - Illustrator layers in InDesign
13 - Illustrator artboards in InDesign
14 - Deciding between layers or artboards

4. Using InDesign Content in InDesign

15 - Nesting InDesign documents
16 - Imposing a document in InDesign
17 - Exporting snippets from Adobe InDesign
18 - Importing snippets into Adobe InDesign
19 - Linking text between files

5. Placing Native Files in Illustrator

20 - Placing and updating a Photoshop file
21 - Using Photoshop layers comps
22 - Placing and updating an Illustrator file

6. Placing and Linking Content in Photoshop

23 - Embedding artwork from an Illustrator file
24 - Linking Illustrator files
25 - Placing and updating a Photoshop file
26 - Applying nested layer comps
27 - Placing and linking InDesign content

7. Exchanging Colors between Applications

28 - Colors via Creative Cloud Libraries
29 - How to export colors as an ASE file
30 - Exchanging native Photoshop swatches
31 - Exchanging native InDesign swatches
32 - Exchanging native Illustrator swatches

8. Updates and Conclusion

33 - Keep in touch