#ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR VS INDESIGN SOFTWARE#

The best way to think of a Vector is that its something created within the software, with photographs we have to bring the photo in to the programme and the only way to do this is by bringing it in as pixels. This is the one that is less commonly known about, Adobe Illustrator is a Vector based programme, with Vectors there are no pixels involved so everything we create is completely scale-able with no loss of quality. See my previous blog post ‘Whats the difference between JPEG, GIFF & PNG’ When do I use Adobe Illustrator? GIFF so they can be used in other programmes and uploaded to the web. PSD but these can only be opened in Adobe Photoshop, commonly images are saved as. The native Adobe Photoshop file format is. A word not commonly used for pixel based graphics is Raster graphics. Ultimately all images are resolution dependant so when you make them bigger the image reduces in quality and when you make them smaller the image increases in quality as the pixels become more dense.Īdobe Photoshop can only edit the pixels it cant increase the number of pixels so an image quality is only as good as it was when you took it in to Adobe Photoshop. However if you have an image that is 300 ppi and you double the size the ppi of the image reduces to 150 ppi. If you are looking at printing an image at high quality you will want around 300 pixels per square inch of the image (ppi). The density of these pixels dictate the quality of the image. So this is the one that is most commonly known as Adobe Photoshop is all about images, repairing them, restoring them, cutting them out from backgrounds and generally making people and places look a lot better!Īdobe Photoshop is all about pixels, every image is made up of tiny little pixels if you zoom in on an image you will see these pixels. After all you wouldn’t use a hammer to change a light bulb would you? When do I use Adobe Photoshop?

It is important however to know the difference and use the correct file types whenever possible as they are all completely different tools.

#ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR VS INDESIGN SOFTWARE#

Its a given that any Graphic Design Professional will know exactly when to use the correct software for the job, but for beginners starting out with the Adobe Creative Cloud is not always so clear cut.

Adobe illustrator vs indesign