2786This graphic I found interesting because it reinforces some things I've conceptualized about the practice of graphic design and digital tools:
- Photoshop is teh awesum:
- Adobe is massive:
- QuarkXPress is the minority platform.
I don't think a designer should be necessarily counted out because he or she doesn't have skills in, say, Illustrator as well as Photoshop as well as InDesign. But the skills required to use all three at a basic level of proficiency are pretty transferrable from one to the other: the Beziér-based Path tool works the same basic way, and the difference between how a vector and a pixel conspire to make your .ai file different from your .ps file are quick to learn and become intuitive soon enough.
An enlightened teacher or mentor in the art and practice are essential, of course.
But if one's going to learn one, one should get into the others. Being a triple-threat Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesigner says more than you know how to use three important tools – I think it also shows that you're willing to rise to a certain challenge.
The biggest surprise? QuarkXPress isn't mentioned at all.
(via Pariah Burke's repin of Calvin Lee's pin at Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/pin/124974958379513909/)
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