adobe creative cloud has a lot of apps
for all sorts of workflows from video
editing to graphic design to augmented
reality
and i'm going to run through what all of
them do and how they work together in a
creative workflow
check the description below for time
codes for the different workflows as
well
let's start with adobe's apps for design
and layout which are photoshop
illustrator indesign acrobat spark
capture in copy and bridge if there's
one app you already know and love
it's probably photoshop as well as photo
manipulation it has the tools to bring
graphic design elements to the next
level by integrating photos textures
and effects to create movie posters book
covers and
anything where the imagery is the focus
you can use it on your desktop and on
the go as well
illustrator is the best place to design
logos experiment
with colors and create vector designs
its vector-based workflow allows you to
create incredibly complex or huge
designs with the tiny file size and
maximum editability
indesign is the app to go to for layout
and page design
for print and digital media indesign has
all the tools you need to create and
publish books digital magazines ebooks
posters
interactive pdfs and more acrobat allows
you to save and share high quality pdfs
that are easy to protect and look right
on
any screen you can review documents in
real time with your team
sign documents electronically create and
edit pdfs as well
spark is the quickest way to produce
video and graphic assets for social
media to promote your business or grow a
social following
it's available on mobile and web for you
to make videos memes
newsletters or whatever you want with
your own designs or
tons of templates that you can customize
to your brand capture lets you use your
mobile device as a vector converter to
turn photos into color themes patterns
type materials brushes and shapes and
then bring those assets into your
desktop and mobile apps like photoshop
illustrator
and dimension to use in all of your
creative projects
these apps are all tools for design and
layout in a nutshell indesign is the
main layout app for larger documents
photoshop helps add effects and details
to bring images to the next level
and illustrator for logos and vector
design spark is a much simpler templated
online tool for those with
either less design experience or those
who need to make a lot of content
very quickly and there are also two more
really useful apps as well
in copy to help you edit the source text
in indesign documents
and bridge which is the best way to keep
your files organized
adobe's video and motion apps include
premiere pro premiere rush
after effects animate audition character
animator
media encoder and prelude premiere pro
is an incredibly robust video editing
application for film tv
and the web you can color correct your
footage mix audio add titles transitions
effects and craft your raw footage into
polished films and videos
premiere rush allows you to create and
edit new projects from
any device it's got all the essentials
from premiere pro simplified and
optimized so that you can go from
shooting your footage
to sharing online as fast as possible
perfect for those wanting to get started
sharing videos on youtube
instagram and tick tock after effects is
the app for motion graphics and visual
effects
it's perfect if you're wanting to create
animations combine videos and images
or take your footage to the next level
with amazing effects
you can apply hundreds of effects to
remove unwanted footage
objects or even people from your footage
adobe animate formerly known as flash
allows you to create html web banners
interactive animation for games tv shows
or the web
and you can create frame by frame
animated cartoons animated avatars or
just bring your banner ads to life and
quickly publish to multiple platforms in
just about any format audition
is the place for audio it is a
comprehensive toolset that includes
multi-track waveform and spectral
display
for creating mixing editing and
restoring audio content
it's designed to accelerate video
production and deliver a polished mix
with pristine sound from sound mixing
videos to recording podcasts it is the
go-to
for the best audio character animator
uses your expressions and movements to
animate characters in real time
it's so fast that you can live stream
with an animated avatar
using your camera and microphone
character animator matches your
expressions from
syncing lips to tracking your eyes so
from creating videos on instagram and
youtube to high-res videos and
professional podcasts you have
everything you need there are also two
really useful apps to help in the
backend
media encoder and prelude they help
organize and output your footage
making it easier and quicker so you can
focus on the creative stuff
now to adobe's photography apps
photoshop lightroom
lightroom classic photoshop express and
photoshop camera
photoshop is a powerful piece of image
editing software to transform photos
and remove and add features you can
quickly and easily manipulate
photography
but also create your own designs
illustrations and artworks it can also
be used in ui and ux workflows but it
isn't a core feature
lightroom comes in two flavors lightroom
and lightroom classic
both applications essentially let you
bring out the best in your photos
punch up the colors make dull looking
shots vibrant
remove distracting objects and
straighten some skewed shots
it's also a great way to easily organize
all of your photos and share them
lightroom is cross-device and available
on mobile and ipad 2 with images saved
to the cloud
lightroom classic is optimized for
desktop for more of a traditional
photography approach tethering your
camera to the computer photoshop express
is essentially photoshop
for your mobile you can edit your images
in a few clicks
remove blemishes apply effects and
enhance your photos to post
straight to social media or even send
them to photoshop if you want to take
them to the next level with more
advanced tools
photoshop camera is an intelligent
camera app that orders suggests a wide
range of lenses and filters to make your
images stand out
the lenses and camera effects can be
applied before or after the shot
and it's really easy to swap them in and
out so you don't have to worry about
changing your mind later
all of these apps can improve your
photography lightroom is for when you
want to tweak and enhance what's already
in them
and photoshop is for when you want to
take your work and create something more
by really manipulating it or integrating
other elements now let's take a look at
adobe's illustration apps illustrator
fresco and photoshop
illustrator is the top vector graphics
software used by designers and artists
to create everything from web and mobile
graphics
to logos icons book illustrations
product packaging and billboards because
it uses vectors
art that is stored as paths rather than
as pixels it can be scaled up
infinitely without any loss of
resolution illustrator is also soon
coming to the ipad as well
fresco is built for the latest stylus
and touch devices and it brings together
the world's largest collection of vector
and raster brushes
plus new live brushes that give
realistic oil and watercolor effects
to deliver the most natural painting and
drawing experience this is the app to
use if you want the closest digital
experience to illustrating with
traditional media
photoshop again not just for photo
manipulation and image compositing
also has a huge library of brushes and
tools to create stunning illustrations
digital paintings concept art and even
animation
now for adobe's ui and ux apps xd and
dreamweaver
with adobe xd you get one powerful tool
for your whole ui ux design process you
can create user flows
wireframes high fidelity designs
interactive prototypes animations and
more with no need to switch between
multiple apps or worry about keeping
designs in sync
in dreamweaver you can quickly create
and publish web pages almost anywhere
create code and manage dynamic websites
easily with a smart simplified coding
engine
you can access code hints and quickly
learn and edit html
css and other web standards now onto 3d
and ar
with dimension and aero with dimension
you can create engaging
3d content faster with high quality
models materials and lighting
you can visualize your branding
packaging and logo designs in 3d
drag and drop vector graphics or images
onto a 3d model to see it in real
context
aero allows you to design and share
augmented reality experience using
assets you've created in dimension
photoshop
illustrator and more really quickly and
really simply
aero automatically optimizes your assets
for ar so you can see them in real time
pitch concepts and prototypes to clients
by putting your work right in front of
them
lastly but not leastly adobe's web apps
and services
the hands portfolio stock and spark
the hands has an online platform to
showcase get inspiration and discover
creative work you can upload your own
projects engage with other creatives and
broadcast your process
widely and efficiently portfolio allows
you to quickly and simply build a
professional website to showcase your
creative work that looks professional
with adobe stock you can find high-res
royalty-free stock imagery to add to
your creative projects
photos vectors illustrations videos
audio 3d assets design and video
templates you can even access high res
and preview images right within creative
cloud applications
and spark that i mentioned before lets
you quickly produce custom
branded graphics and videos for your
social media channels newsletters and
websites
with adobe creative cloud you get access
to all of these apps that are designed
to work together so no matter the size
of your team
whatever you're creating and wherever
you are in your workflow
you don't need to focus on the tools you
can focus on what's most important
to the project
you