Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop is the most famous and popular program among designers and ordinary users. It is designed to work with bitmap graphics – that is, images made of pixels. In photoshop prepare layouts for online advertising, for outdoor he little fits. They also process photos in Photoshop: do retouching, color correction. Many people choose it to work with illustrations.
Adobe Illustrator
Illustrator is needed to work with vector graphics – that’s when elements are not represented by pixels, but by a mathematical formula. In Illustrator you can work on an identity (logos, brand graphics), layout advertising layouts, create vector graphics.
Figma
Figma was created as an alternative to Adobe (XD) and Mac (Sketch) products. It is a program for working on interfaces and websites. But the functionality and accessibility allows you to work on other tasks: presentations, advertising graphics. With the right skills you can even work on the identity.
Adobe InDesign
Adobe is a highly specialized product. Designed for booklet, magazine and book layout.
Adobe After Effects
It’s useful for working with animation. As a basic tool the program is used by motion designers: those who specialize in animation, special effects and video editing. But often it is also used by graphic designers. For example, to animate elements of the brand identity.