

Many of these features have even been rolled into programs like Illustrator and InDesign as Adobe develops the Creative Cloud into a group of overlapping applications. Because of its ubiquity in the image-editing field, “Photoshop” has even become verbal shorthand for image manipulation, though Adobe frowns on the use of the name this way.Įver since it was first launched in 1990, Photoshop has gained a multitude of new features, both as a result of additions by the Adobe team and through plug-ins that are created by independent users. Photoshop is one of the most powerful graphic design applications around. Today we’re going to take a look at those two programs, what the differences between them are (especially difference when it comes to raster vs vector images) and why you should use them as part of your graphic design toolkit. However, some companies prefer the freedom that dedicated graphic design programs – like Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator® – allow them. When it comes to getting your banners or other items printed in the run-up to a trade show, many companies offer specialized design suites that take the need for years of graphic design experience out of the equation.

We’re taking a bit of a break from the trade show content to go graphic – as in graphic design.
