Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design

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.

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

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