What's the diff? I was told that Illustrator includes Photoshop, not sure about that though.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Nooope.
The two programs overlap somehat in terms of capabilities, but are independent software. Illustrator leans more towards the "drawing from scratch" side of things and always struck me as a little counterintuitive in terms of functionality and with a steepish learning curve. Photoshop is a balls-out image editor that's usually best for mangling with some sort of imported material (ie scans and such), although you can draw from scratch. It's a little bit more "fun" and lends itself to web graphics far better than Illustrator.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Illustrator = line art program (vectors... think Flash) that can handle some pixel art.
Photoshop = pixel art program (raster... think a GIF) that can handle some line art
[ October 23, 2001: Message edited by: Charles Capps ]
Posted by Obi Juan (Member # 90) on :
Personally for versatility and usability I prefer Paint Shop Pro, though my job usually requires me to use Photoshop and Illustrator. Course Adobe products are known for power and bad online documentation--not usability.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Cool job. I use Photoshop 5.5 for all the graphics on my website. I've tried Illustrator, didn't much care for it and uninstalled. Instead I have Corel Draw 9.0.