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Adobe Photoshop vs Adobe Illustrator


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#1 AshleysDesigns

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 06:55 PM

Which would you say is superior? I personally like Illustrator myself. ;)
Does anyone know the differences?

#2 like an angel

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 09:13 PM

they are very different in usage .. illustrator is made for designing from scratch , so you draw & design your own work.. and it's vector based so it's preferable to use when creating logos or any designs that often requires changing size without losing quality.

Photoshop is a photo editing program in the first place & IMO is the best in that field.. it's used to deal with photos any designs based on pixels. it have many photo editing tools, actions ,filters....etc that's not in illustrator.

i love both for what everyone can do!!

note: Excuse my for my english i didn't want to use some big definitions from the internet , i just wrote what i know in my own words :) .

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#3 MarvelDesign

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 12:45 AM

Illustrator is great for vector images, creating logos... I usually edit my artwork in Photoshop, and find that Illustrator is best for editing and creating typography. ILLUSTRATOR LOVE!!

#4 NKDesigns

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 05:31 PM

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#5 JvZ

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 06:16 PM

As far as I know Adobe Photoshop is a pixelated graphic designing while Adobe Illustrator is Vector graphic designing.

#6 NakamuraToki

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:01 AM

It's kinda an inner battle when you want to get a project done but both applications compliment each other perfectly, especially in web design

#7 Austin

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 03:31 AM

The main difference is what the two programs are doing at the base level. Photoshop manipulates images on a pixel by pixel basis. Illustrator uses vectors (which are based on mathematical equations, allowing your computer to interprite where a line should or should not be.

#8 sunface

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 02:24 PM

Hi AshleysDesigns!
Please don't compare these two softwares
Adobe Photoshop is bitmap (Pixels)
Adobe Illustrator is vector (Coreldraw also)
but both are best in this field.

#9 locours

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:35 PM

I think you can't compare the above because they don't even compete each other. Both are made for completely different needs. As many people stated above, photoshop deals with mainly pixel images,and the illustrator for vector images. Illustrator doesn't have enough tools edit raster/pixel images and photoshop has limited tools to handle vector elements.

#10 MrMillennium

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:37 PM

I am a Photoshop man myself. I like the notion of creating creative concept art pieces. I continue to have a love for movie magic. So Photoshop is my app. But with respect to Illustrator, it is my idea app for designing logos, flyers, posters and many other design material for print.

#11 chrisbills

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 12:16 PM

Photoshop is just editing[photo] software, Work on Illustrator make your vectors, import in photoshop, render .jpeg simple.

#12 Motoko

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:55 AM

It really depends on the project I am working on. I love Photoshop and it's many add-ons, but it lacks the crisp Vector capabilities of Illustrator.

#13 Hanami

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 08:08 AM

They serve a different purpose. If I had to compare though, I find myself using 95% Photoshop and 5% Illustrator.

#14 Jobzz

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 06:44 AM

Depends of the type of work you are looking for. Both are great, phothosop awesome for effects an photos, ilustrater is great for logo design.

#15 fredcmartins

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:09 AM

Hi there,

I think that Illustrator is most handy for my job, and without it my illustrations was no so easy to do. But Photoshop is the greatest image software and it helps me to achieve other level of output.

It's like two eyes, they complement each other perfectly.

#16 sanonyp

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:13 AM

photoshop for effects and illustrator for vector! :D

#17 Hazzaps

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 05:04 PM

illustrator is vector, mainly used for logos etc. photoshop is raster, mainly used for photo editing and web design!

#18 NKDesigns

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 06:44 PM

I usually use both programs to compliment each other, but Illustrator is more for logos and designing and photoshop is what is in its title. "Photo"

#19 aless

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 07:47 PM

This is not about what you like the most, this is about what software you need in order to create something specific. They are not the same, each of them gives you different tools, you don't should compare them.

#20 arthouros

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Posted 05 August 2012 - 03:01 PM

both are great in this field! i think would be best to compare illustrator with corel ;) when i will say illustrator is the best!




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