No program can do it all—and that’s a good thing. Can you imagine one application with all the tools you’d ever need for creating layouts, working with images, drawing illustrations, etc? You’d spend half your day wading through hundreds of menus and panels. And developing such an application would be a nightmare. We’re much better off having separate applications for specific tasks. So you need to know how best to use applications like InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator together in a smooth, efficient workflow.
And that’s the topic of the latest Lynda.com video course by David Blatner, InDesign Insider Training: Working with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Among the free sample videos you can check out are the following:
Blatner’s three rules of design and production
Copying InDesign artwork into Illustrator or Photoshop
Editing original artwork
For Lynda.com members, if you are currently signed in to your account, you can also check out these videos from the series.
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Sharing artwork with CC Libraries
Keeping Photoshop text and vectors sharp
Copying text from one program to another
This article was last modified on March 5, 2025
This article was first published on September 18, 2015
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