Many Adobe programs accomplish different creative tasks. Many programs can perform different tasks but specifically handles attributes better than others. For example, audio can be edited in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. Audition is dedicated to audio editing and creation through more tools and effects.
Click here for a video to learn when to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator.
Depending on the specific use of design, text can be creatively manipulated for posters in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator has more creative tools with vector imagery than Adobe Photoshop based on raster imagery.
Below you will find the general purpose of some Adobe programs and their specific purposes.
Adobe Photoshop:
Raster Graphics Editor
Adobe Photoshop is an image editing tool used in creating and editing raster imagery, photo retouching, and manipulation.
Raster imagery is an image made up of pixels which are normally square picture elements, points, or dots in a photo.
Adobe Photoshop, like many other Adobe creative programs, has many tools to enhance video from effects, filters, and titles.
Adobe Photoshop can also be used in creating digital paintings, animated gifs, memes, website design, video graphics, social media graphics to elements used page layout software.
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Adobe Illustrator:
Vector Graphics Illustration and Design Tool
Adobe Illustrator is used in creating, manipulating, and drawing with vector graphics. Vector graphics or vectors are graphic imagery defined in terms of points connected by lines and curves forming different shapes.
With the use of vectors, Adobe Illustrator also provides creative and fun ways to use text or fonts. Illustrator is mostly used by digital or visual artists, illustrators, and graphic designers.
Illustrator can be used in printed and digital images from logos, icons, infographics, illustrations, posters and more.
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Adobe Audition:
Digital Audio Editor
Adobe Audition is a professional multitrack digital audio workstation (DAW) or software application used in recording, editing, mixing, and repairing audio.
Adobe Audition can be used to creating. enhancing or mastering audio for video, audio podcasts, radio broadcasts, sound effects, commercial spots, music, to voice-overs.
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Adobe Premiere Pro:
Multilayered Video Editing App
Adobe Premiere Pro is basically used to cut and edit video clips. Adobe Premiere Pro is a widely used multitrack, non-linear, video editing software used in film, television, music videos, and online video platforms.
Adobe Premiere Pro can import, edit, video, audio and graphics formats, as well as, arrange these elements on a timeline. Premiere also has many tools to enhance video from effects, filters, and titles.
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Adobe InDesign:
Desktop Publishing Application
Adobe InDesign is a desktop layout software primarily used for print, but also digital formats.
It’s used by graphic designers, creative marketing professionals to production artists to create brochures, multiple page publications or documents or other marketing materials. For layouts with a lot of text, Indesign should be your first choice.
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