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Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design

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Overview

Learn how to use a combination of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to speed up workflows, leverage native file formats, layers, snippets, comps, and more.

Syllabus

1. A Powerful Combination
  • Using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign together
2. Using Photoshop Content in InDesign
  • Working with Photoshop layers
  • Creating layer comps in Photoshop
  • Using Photoshop layer comps
  • Using Photoshop snippets
  • Creating a Photoshop clipping path
  • Using Photoshop paths
  • Using Photoshop alpha channels
  • Grayscale images for monotone print
  • Grayscale images for duotone print
  • Vector Photoshop content in InDesign
3. Using Illustrator Content in InDesign
  • Illustrator layers in InDesign
  • Illustrator artboards in InDesign
  • Deciding between layers or artboards
4. Using InDesign Content in InDesign
  • Nesting InDesign documents
  • Imposing a document in InDesign
  • Exporting snippets from Adobe InDesign
  • Importing snippets into Adobe InDesign
  • Linking text between files
5. Placing Native Files in Illustrator
  • Placing and updating a Photoshop file
  • Using Photoshop layers comps
  • Placing and updating an Illustrator file
6. Placing and Linking Content in Photoshop
  • Embedding artwork from an Illustrator file
  • Linking Illustrator files
  • Placing and updating a Photoshop file
  • Applying nested layer comps
  • Placing and linking InDesign content
7. Exchanging Colors between Applications
  • Colors via Creative Cloud Libraries
  • How to export colors as an ASE file
  • Exchanging native Photoshop swatches
  • Exchanging native InDesign swatches
  • Exchanging native Illustrator swatches
8. Updates and Conclusion
  • Keep in touch

Taught by

Bart Van de Wiele

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