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placing text over an image Photoshop or Indesign?

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    • November 15, 2017 at 2:37 pm #99646
      Walter Lieberman
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      Dear Folks,
      I am an Indesign newbie. I am making several charts for a book. The charts have photo for the background, but they need text over that background. Should I add the text in Photoshop and place the whole thing or should I make the image in Photoshop and place the text over it in InDesign? and Why?
      Thanks for your help!
      -Walt

    • November 15, 2017 at 3:38 pm #99651
      Dwayne Harris
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      It definitely depends upon the art

      Normally I deal with charts and graphs that were done in Photoshop or Illustrator. I do the Figure Titles and captions in InDesign and group them with the art/graph. But the figures and axis points itself are done in Photoshop or Illustrator.

      That is because while we may have to adjust the size of the art itself, we want the figure title and captions to always be the same size.

      What kind of charts are you talking about? Similar to Excel charts and graphs, or tables that could be done in Indesign? If more of a table, then I’d do the table in InDesign with the background behind it.

      I guess one way to look at is what has the best chance of needing to be edited? It’s much easier to edit a caption or table in InDesign. If you have to do it in Photoshop, then you need to edit it, then update the art in InDesign. So it’s a two-step process.

      But that’s just me. I’m sure others here will have different opinions and reasons why.

    • November 17, 2017 at 6:53 am #99708
      Karen Nelson
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      I agree with Dwayne insofar as it depends on the art. In my workflow, I use Illustrator to create files that contain charts/vectors, images, and text (such as tick mark labels in charts). I find Illustrator easier to use than Photoshop for adding quantities of text. I place the Illustrator files as links in InDesign. My chart/figure captions are InDesign text. If the text that you are adding is ornamental (for example, a decorative overlay on the image), then I think Photoshop would work fine. Again, it depends on the content. I’m interested in reading comments and advice from others as well. Good luck!!

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