Photoshop for Designers: Working with Illustrator

Expand your creative options. Learn how to move your artwork between Illustrator and Photoshop and take advantage of the strongest features in each program.

Introduction

• Combining Photoshop with Illustrator

1. Moving between Photoshop and Illustrator

• The difference between pixels and vectors
• Copy and paste Photoshop artwork into Illustrator
• Copy and paste Illustrator artwork into Photoshop
• Open a Photoshop document in Illustrator
• Open an Illustrator document in Photoshop
• Place a linked Illustrator file into Photoshop
• Place a linked Photoshop file into Illustrator
• Export an Illustrator file to PSD format
• Export Photoshop paths to Illustrator
• Share artwork using Libraries

2. Converting Pixels to Vectors

• Create an abstract vector portrait
• Create a line art vector portrait
• Convert an image to a flat color background
• Create a dramatic park service poster
• Recolor traced artwork

3. Shapes and Symbols

• Convert an Illustrator symbol to a Photoshop shape
• Use Photoshop Shapes in Illustrator
• Use a shape as a clipping mask
• Combine vectors and pixels in a landscape poster

4. Miscellaneous Techniques

• Create a color palette with Object Mosaic
• Create a seamless pattern
• Create an abstract background
• Create a typographic treatment in Illustrator and apply texture in Photoshop
• Add texture in Illustrator
• Combine vectors and pixels in a composition

5. Using Photoshop to Animate an Illustrator Pattern

• Create the Pattern in Illustrator
• Create an animated GIF in Photoshop

6. Create a Mondrian-Style Composition

• Color with Live Paint and Shape Builder
• Separate the colors to Layers
• Paint the rectangles using the Photoshop Mixer Brush
• Apply Finishing touches in Photoshop

7. Create a Vintage Postcard

• Warp the type
• Expand the type and preparing the pictures frames
• Create and batch apply a unifying image style in Photoshop
• Use Clipping Masks to put the images inside the letters
• Apply the finishing touches

8. Create a Retro Travel Poster

• Prep the image in Photoshop
• Trace the image in Illustrator

Conclusion

• Goodbye