When you should never use Photoshop for print projectsįor the love of all things that you love, do not use Photoshop to set type in your print projects. Your result will look significantly different than you hoped for. Again, you will regret not switching color modes to CMYK after you send it off to the printer. Flatten the work (merge layers) after you feel that your work in Photoshop is complete, and change the color mode to CMYK. To work around this: Create all your special effects, filter effects, etc. If you have Photoshop filters in your artwork, changing your work to CMYK mode, or even applying certain filters in CMYK mode seem to look desaturated or not look too good. However, remember to output ANY pixel based art work in 300 ppi resolution with CMYK color mode. If your business cards contain any textures, photography, special effects, blurs (not that I am encouraging this), or any type of pixel based design, Photoshop is obviously the best way to go. When it is justified to use Photoshop for business cards and other print projects So should you never use Photoshop to create business cards? There are times you actually want to use Photoshop to create business cards. EPS does support vector output, yet it still doesn’t mean this is the best practice to do so. TIFF does not output vector data but does output layer information and transparency. Yes I am aware that it also depends on the file output. But the most important thing out of all this is that IN THE END, it is outputted as pixel data. Yes Photoshop can draw paths using the pen tool. Yes Photoshop can bring in vector objects as “smart objects”. Yes Photoshop can output type, and even in vector “paths”. Just because the result looks fine don’t mean the practice is the best way.įirst off Illustrator type is by far superior in print output than Photoshop is. Despite the result and outcome of these tutorials being amazing, or perhaps you can even get it printed and it will look fine, it is a bad practice to get into an habit. These are what I call “bad tutorials” that teaches you the wrong way of creating a business card.
Adobe illustrator vs photoshop how to#
There is an alarming number of tutorials online that shows you how to create business cards in Photoshop. Let’s talk about business cards as an example. For the sake of yourself, please take this idea outside the window. One common misconception is the idea that it is good to use Photoshop to create stationary systems and logo’s. Photo enhancement/Photo color correction.However, again, the problem is that there are certain times when Photoshop is not needed (gasp!) to create certain projects. Adobe then started rolling out features that help designers create images for print, web, motion graphics and so on.
Adobe has recognized that many users were starting to use Photoshop to create elaborate UI designs, web page graphics, banner ADs, text effects and more. Photoshop was primarily created in the beginning as a photograph enhancing tool and not so much anything else like it is used today. The most important thing to know about Photoshop is that it is a pixel based program. The problem: The vast information network on Photoshop tutorials also causes people to become “too comfortable” with Photoshop and tend to “try” to do everything with Photoshop alone. These tutorials help you become an expert on this software. It is a good thing that there are a lot of tutorials on Photoshop, but there are some negative side effects within widely vast available information. As a matter of fact, there are so many tutorials that focuses on Photoshop that many people contact me stating that there are not enough tutorials on Illustrator or Indesign. There are a lot of tutorials on Adobe Photoshop.
Adobe illustrator vs photoshop update#
As more and more features get added from version upgrades and update patches, it is important as a designer to understand which software is the best solution to reach the optimal results in your freelance projects or your personal projects. This article/tutorial covers mostly the three practical software to use for art and design, which are, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. But most importantly the best practical approach on using “three” basic design platforms created by Adobe. Today I would like to clarify a lot of misconceptions regarding the Adobe Products.