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Today, I'll show you when to[br]use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator

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or InDesign.

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Now, most people are pretty[br]familiar with Photoshop

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and what it can do.

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People that use Illustrator,[br]however, are far rarer.

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Even rarer so, are[br]those that use InDesign.

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In this video, I'm going to go[br]through an overview of each one.

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So you know which one to[br]use for which application.

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Let's begin.

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Alrighty, let's get started.

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And in the most common[br]program out of the 3

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and that is Photoshop.

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So I've pasted in a standard[br]Chuck Norris picture

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off the internet, and[br]I'm going to show you

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how the image is made up.

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Photoshop is what we[br]call raster-based,

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which is a fancy word for saying[br]that it's based on pixels.

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If you weren't aware,[br]zooming in will show you

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exactly what this means.

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Pixel images are made up of[br]a grid of different squares,

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and each one of[br]those has a color.

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As you zoom out, they[br]start to blend together

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and that's how the[br]image is created.

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Photoshop is number[br]one for image editing.

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Photoshop is perfect[br]for taking an image

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off your phone, your[br]camera, or even the internet

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and touching it up.

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In this example here,[br]I'm going to play

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with the black and white[br]balance by changing the curves.

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One of the real strengths of[br]Photoshop is using the layers.

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You can see here I have[br]David Hasselhoff and Chuck

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Norris on two[br]separate layers, so I

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can move them around[br]independently of each other.

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By using the Transform[br]tool, it's very easy

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to resize, move, skew,[br]and add perspective

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to different objects.

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This is what makes Photoshop so[br]popular for those funny image

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edits, where people swap[br]the head from one thing

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onto another.

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Before we had Instagram filters,[br]we had Photoshop filters

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and there are[br]heaps of them here.

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There's a huge range[br]of effects that you

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can achieve with these filters.

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Here's an example of one.

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This is Liquify.

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Liquify enables you[br]to morph an image

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around using very little skill.

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The presets are very[br]powerful and not

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much time, having[br]never done it before,

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you can get something[br]that looks pretty crazy.

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Another really prominent[br]use for Photoshop

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is retouching fashion images,[br]whether it's needed or not.

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So in this example, I'm[br]going to use the Clone tool.

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So basically, I can hold down[br]the Alt key and set my target.

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And then when I[br]come back and paint,

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I will transfer that piece[br]of texture into its place.

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So this is commonly used[br]to get rid of imperfections

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and little marks and[br]things like that.

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And it adds to the[br]effect that people

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describe as being airbrushed.

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So we've established that[br]Photoshop is the number one

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program for editing[br]images, especially when it

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comes to print and web.

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So why do we need Illustrator?

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Well, let's revisit that concept[br]of Photoshop being pixel-based.

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Here I've got a simple[br]pattern where I've

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drawn a rectangle and a circle.

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Photoshop stores[br]this information

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by recording the color of[br]every single pixel on the grid.

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When we zoom in, we'll[br]see the problem with this.

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We can see here[br]that our circle is

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beginning to become pixelated.

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The way to get around this[br]is to draw all of our shapes

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in an enormous resolution.

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So that way we have to[br]zoom in for some time

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before it starts to pixelate.

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This, however, makes a[br]really big file sizes,

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which isn't quite ideal.

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If we switch to Illustrator and[br]have the same type of pattern,

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we can see the difference[br]between raster and vector

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graphics.

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Every time I zoom in here,[br]it simply redraws it,

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and you can see that[br]we never lose quality.

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If I hover the mouse[br]over, I can see

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that the vector is highlighted.

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Whereas Photoshop[br]stores the final image

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in a series of pixels[br]on a grid, Illustrator

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stores the instructions[br]to create the image.

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In this example, it[br]will keep instructions

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to know that there's a rectangle[br]here and a circle here,

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as well as the proportion and[br]relative positioning of each.

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Every time we zoom[br]in or out, it simply

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follows those instructions[br]to redraw it on the screen

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and create it perfectly.

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For this reason, Illustrator[br]is perfect for doing things

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like logos.

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If we visit our teaching[br]tech logo here and zoom in,

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we can see that all of the[br]little shapes that make it up

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are made out of vectors.

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The advantage here is[br]that I can blow this up

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to the size of a building,[br]and it never lose quality.

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I can also shrink it down[br]really small for something

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like a business card, and[br]it'll look great there too.

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I face it in a[br]picture of the Hof

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to show that[br]Illustrator, in fact, can

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handle raster graphics.

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It doesn't automatically convert[br]them to vectors, however,

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so if you Zoom in, it still[br]will become pixelated.

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Illustrator is particularly good[br]for quickly moving and placing

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different elements to[br]create things like posters.

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It's important to[br]note that Illustrator

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does have a range of[br]raster-editing capabilities,

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but it's not really anything[br]compared to Photoshop.

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In fact, it calls it[br]the Photoshop effects,

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but it's still vastly[br]cut down from what

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you'll find in Photoshop.

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Despite being vector-based,[br]the fills in Illustrator

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are quite powerful.

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Here we have two examples[br]of different fills.

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The one on the left is[br]a straight gradient.

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You can bring up your gradient[br]panel, select your object

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and then change a[br]range of parameters

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to do with the gradient.

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You can also change from[br]linear to radial and include

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extra colors if you wish.

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This example on the right[br]isn't as well known.

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This one uses the mesh tool.

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You can see when[br]I hover over, it's

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divided the shape up[br]into a bunch of segments.

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If I come up with[br]the White cursor tool

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and click on one[br]of the segments,

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I can set the color[br]for that segment

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and it will try and blend it[br]into the other ones around it.

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Here's an example of a poster[br]made as an instruction sheet

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using Illustrator.

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All of the individual[br]shapes are vectors,

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and gradients have[br]been applied to make

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different parts stand out.

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In this program, it's extremely[br]easy to move things around

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and to place them.

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Here's another example of[br]some more advanced editing

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in Illustrator.

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Zooming in might make you think[br]that this is something that's

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been done in Photoshop,[br]but hovering the mouse over

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reveals that everything[br]is, in fact, vectors.

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This section on the front here[br]we can see is a gradient mesh.

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And we've also used some of the[br]filters from the dropdown menus

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to get the drop shadow[br]and the texture.

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Because this is in Illustrator,[br]every time we zoom in or out,

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it's redrawn and it[br]should never pixelate.

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Because Illustrator[br]is vector-based,

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it's also good for making[br]files for laser cutting.

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You can see here the pieces[br]for my heart puzzle from

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my Valentine's Day[br]3D printing special.

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Each one of them is[br]made up of vectors,

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and this is the type[br]of path that the laser

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cutter needs to follow to be[br]able to cut something out.

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So we've established[br]that Photoshop

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is great for single images.

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Illustrator is good for logos[br]and single page layouts.

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And that brings us[br]to Adobe InDesign.

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InDesign is what you[br]switch to when you've got

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to create a lot of something.

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Here, I've set up[br]an example page

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to show you some of the[br]ways that InDesign can work.

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Here's some features that[br]might be of interest.

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If you come to[br]either of the rulers

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and click and drag[br]across, when you let go,

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it'll leave a guideline.

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Now when you're[br]moving things around,

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you can easily snap[br]to that guideline.

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The text boxes are a little bit[br]different to other programs.

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You can see that[br]we can resize them

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and there was some[br]text hidden underneath.

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You'll notice there's[br]a red plus here,

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which is telling us this[br]text that's not fitting.

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When we hit the[br]plus, it'll prompt

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us to drag another text[br]box, and then the text

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will continue in that.

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If I resize the[br]original one, the text

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will flow between[br]them as it needs to.

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Now, images in InDesign are a[br]little bit different as well.

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When we click on them,[br]we have two functions.

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Generally, resizing[br]will resize the box

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and effectively crop the image.

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If you double-click, now you[br]can resize the actual image,

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but that doesn't resize the box.

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If you click on an image and[br]hold down Shift and Control,

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now you're resizing the bounding[br]box as well as the image

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in the same go.

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If we examine the[br]components of our design,

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we can see that InDesign[br]supports both raster and vector

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graphics.

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Zooming in on my[br]Chuck Norris image

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shows me that it is,[br]in fact, still pixels.

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If I come over to my[br]logo and zoom right in

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can see that the[br]vectors that make it up

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are still traced[br]around the outside.

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Despite this crest being[br]a vector from Illustrator,

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you'll notice that the quality[br]doesn't look that great.

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That's because[br]InDesign, where it can,

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keeps a reference[br]to the original file

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and then displays a preview[br]quality version only.

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That means if I update[br]this design in Illustrator,

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it will instantly[br]update in InDesign,

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saving me a lot of time.

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If I come up to view[br]overprint preview,

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it'll transform to the highest[br]quality possible to show you how

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it's actually going to print.

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Like we touched on earlier,[br]the real beauty of InDesign

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is when you need to do a[br]lot of something because

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of its templating system.

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You'll notice under[br]my Pages panel

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that I have my master[br]up the top, and then

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my actual pages down below.

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Let's make a copy of my logo[br]and set it up as a watermark.

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I'm going to double[br]click on a master

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and it turns black up here,[br]and the pages look blank.

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I'm going to paste in my logo.

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I'm going to resize[br]it and move it up

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to the top left-hand corner.

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I'm going to make a copy and put[br]it in the top right hand corner.

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Now, you would never[br]actually place this

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without white space here,[br]but as an example, for now

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it'll do the job.

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Let's double click to[br]come back to our page.

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You'll notice that it's been[br]applied because as this page is

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labeled with A which corresponds[br]to the A master at the top.

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As I add in New[br]pages, you'll see

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that each one automatically[br]Bears the image

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that we set up in our master.

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If I want to come back[br]to my master at any time

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and edit the way[br]this is positioned.

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When I come back to the[br]page, it'll instantly

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be updated there as well.

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We also have some[br]really good templating

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for our paragraph text.

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If I come to this[br]text box here and then

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make sure I have[br]paragraph styles open,

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I can add a new one from[br]the button down below.

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If I double click on it, the[br]control box will come up.

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What I'm going to do is rename[br]this one with whatever I feel.

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In this case, I'm going[br]to call it heading 1.

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Now, when I'm[br]editing other text,

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all I need to do to apply[br]this formatting here

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is to click on heading 1.

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In a complicated[br]document, you're

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going to end up with probably[br]five or six different paragraph

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styles.

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This means you can write and[br]edit your text in a program

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with spell check, and[br]then when you paste it in,

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it's very quick to[br]come back and click

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single time to set the type[br]of style that you want.

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Just like with[br]the master layout,

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paragraph styles can[br]be edited very quickly

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by double clicking them, and[br]then changing whatever we want.

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As soon as I hit OK,[br]everything in the document

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will come through and update.

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I can see this one here[br]has turned accidentally

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to the heading 1.

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So all I need to do is[br]put my cursor somewhere

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in the paragraph, and then do[br]a single click to revert it.

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Let's do a little recap.

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Photoshop, excellent[br]for image editing

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that includes the[br]images off your camera,

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and as well as graphic[br]designs and single pictures

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that you're making for a[br]variety of applications.

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Illustrator, excellent for[br]logos, and in some cases,

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single page graphic[br]design layouts.

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And finally InDesign,[br]which is set

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for making long documents where[br]you can use the templating

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to make sure everything[br]stays consistent.

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Well, that wraps it up.

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I hope you found this overview[br]and comparison very informative.

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Thanks for watching, and[br]I'll see you next time.

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