Adobe Illustrator vs Adobe Photoshop vs Adobe XD

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Adobe Illustrator

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Pros of Adobe Illustrator
Pros of Adobe Photoshop
Pros of Adobe XD
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    Vector Creation
  • 14
    Photo editing
  • 14
    Powerful
  • 11
    Layers
  • 7
    You can use it for anything related to graphics
  • 4
    Magic wand
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    Pen Tool
  • 2
    Easy to crack
  • 2
    Raster-based Image Editing Software
  • 15
    Free
  • 10
    Interactive Prototypes
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    Vector
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    Reusable elements/components
  • 8
    Clean Design
  • 5
    Imports Sketch files
  • 1
    Repeat Grid
  • 1
    Import Adobe files

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Cons of Adobe Illustrator
Cons of Adobe Photoshop
Cons of Adobe XD
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    Massive disk space usage
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    Adobe Updater to slow you down even more
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    Expensive
  • 1
    Not really a tool for web design
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    Clunky
  • 4
    Heavyweight
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    Memory hungry
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    Steep learning curve
  • 6
    No dark theme

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What is Adobe Illustrator?

The industry-standard vector graphics app lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography, and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.

What is Adobe Photoshop?

It is the best in the world of graphic design and image processing software that will realize any of your ideas. Create and enhance photos, illustrations and 3D graphic objects.

What is Adobe XD?

A vector-based tool developed and published by Adobe Inc for designing and prototyping user experience for web and mobile apps.

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What are some alternatives to Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe XD?
Adobe InDesign
The industry's leading page layout and design software enables you to create, proof and publish documents for print and digital media. Ir has everything to create posters, books, digital magazines, eBooks, interactive PDFs and more.
Inkscape
It is professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This software can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and complex paintings.
Sketch
Easily create complex shapes with our state-of-the-art vector boolean operations and take advantage of our extensive layer styles.
Affinity Designer
No bloat, no gimmicks, just all the tools you need, implemented how you always dreamed. It is a stripped back, pro-end workhorse that will always get your job done. It was created to thrive on the electric pace of the latest computing hardware. Live, responsive and incredibly fluid, it’s simply a joy to use.
Google Fonts
A library of 915 free licensed fonts, an interactive web directory for browsing the library, and APIs for conveniently using the fonts via CSS and Android.
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