Photoshop is an integral part of any print design/production workflow. However, to attain the utmost efficiency, I recommend utilizing the various ways that Photoshop can work together with the other applications in Adobe Creative Suite 3. The suite applications that are most commonly used for creating print graphics and layouts (besides Photoshop) are InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional, and Bridge. If you’re using QuarkXPress (which is not part of the Creative Suite package)…well, let’s just say that you’re missing out on some pretty cool features. QuarkXPress is a great layout application that works well with Photoshop, but it doesn’t offer you any of the suite integration features that InDesign does, such as the ability to place images directly from Bridge, or the ability to access and control layer visibility for placed PSD files. But even if you are using QuarkXPress, you can still take advantage of the file management features that are available in Bridge, as well as the tight integration between Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Create and Save a Custom Bridge Workspace The Bridge interface is easy to customize. The only items that can’t be moved, resized, or hidden are the tools and the title bar that are located at the top of the window.
- Start by taking a look at the built-in workspaces that come installed with Bridge. It’s much easier and less time-consuming to identify a built-in workspace that comes close to your idea of the perfect work environment and then customize it to suit your needs.
- Synchronize Color Settings through Bridge CS3 contains enhanced color management settings that can make screen colors come as close as possible to what you’ll see in the final printed piece. When you are using Bridge, the color settings for all the applications in the Creative Suite can be synchronized.
- When implementing color management into your workflow, I recommend keeping the suite applications synchronized at all times. The CS3 synchronized color settings are enabled by default. This means that all the applications in the suite are using the same color settings.
- Access Layer Comps from InDesign and Illustrator When it comes to print design, there is no other tool that gives you more creative control than layer comps. What makes this feature so attractive to designers is that it allows you to store all your layout ideas in one file and access them later in Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator.
- Using the Layer Comps palette, save several layer comps in a Photoshop layout document. The document can be a single-page (or single-spread) advertisement, a cover design, or any other type of print layout that contains a predominant number of bitmap graphics. Save the document as a PSD file.
- Import and Export Paths between Photoshop and Illustrator Photoshop comes with a vast array of custom shapes. However, despite the slew of choices that Photoshop gives you, you may still want to work with a custom shape that was created in Illustrator, such as a simple logo, end mark, or icon. It’s also not uncommon for a designer to want to base a vector illustration on a path that was originally created in Photoshop. Thankfully, shapes and paths can be shared between the two applications.
- Locate an Illustrator or Photoshop file containing a path that you’d like to share between applications. Use one of the methods described in this chapter to import/export the path.
- Create and Save a Custom Bridge Workspace The Bridge interface is easy to customize. The only items that can’t be moved, resized, or hidden are the tools and the title bar that are located at the top of the window.
- Start by taking a look at the built-in workspaces that come installed with Bridge. It’s much easier and less time-consuming to identify a built-in workspace that comes close to your idea of the perfect work environment and then customize it to suit your needs.
- Synchronize Color Settings through Bridge CS3 contains enhanced color management settings that can make screen colors come as close as possible to what you’ll see in the final printed piece. When you are using Bridge, the color settings for all the applications in the Creative Suite can be synchronized.
- When implementing color management into your workflow, I recommend keeping the suite applications synchronized at all times. The CS3 synchronized color settings are enabled by default. This means that all the applications in the suite are using the same color settings.
- Access Layer Comps from InDesign and Illustrator When it comes to print design, there is no other tool that gives you more creative control than layer comps. What makes this feature so attractive to designers is that it allows you to store all your layout ideas in one file and access them later in Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator.
- Using the Layer Comps palette, save several layer comps in a Photoshop layout document. The document can be a single-page (or single-spread) advertisement, a cover design, or any other type of print layout that contains a predominant number of bitmap graphics. Save the document as a PSD file.
- Import and Export Paths between Photoshop and Illustrator Photoshop comes with a vast array of custom shapes. However, despite the slew of choices that Photoshop gives you, you may still want to work with a custom shape that was created in Illustrator, such as a simple logo, end mark, or icon. It’s also not uncommon for a designer to want to base a vector illustration on a path that was originally created in Photoshop. Thankfully, shapes and paths can be shared between the two applications.
- Locate an Illustrator or Photoshop file containing a path that you’d like to share between applications. Use one of the methods described in this chapter to import/export the path.
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