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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 469666" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>IMO, neither one is "more powerful" than the other.</p><p>Quite simply put, Photoshop is an image editor and Illustrator is a drawing application (image creator). Photoshop was created as a tool for photographers, so they could perform "darkroom" tasks to their photos in a quicker and more efficient manner. Many of the tools in Photoshop (Color Dodge, Color Burn, Smudge, Sponge, etc) still carry the name of the "ancient" darkroom method used by photographers in the past.</p><p>Yes, Photoshop has some drawing tools and you technically can create things, but this is done at a fault. Not only are the drawing tools a little clunky (at least to me they are), your end result is a bitmap image.</p><p></p><p>Bitmaps are made up of pixels and can only be resized up or down to a certain extent before they lose quality.</p><p></p><p>Illustrator, on the other hand, uses vector imaging. This is the biggest difference. Vectors can be scaled up or down infinitely, with no loss of quality or integrity. This is much better for designing things. Illustrator also has an infinite "Undo" feature, if you make a mistake or want to go back a step or so. Photoshop has a limited number of History items you can cycle back.</p><p></p><p>I usually use a combination of the two. I create my work in Illustrator, then size it accordingly to whatever my final piece requires.</p><p>Once it is sized properly, I might then take it over and add some effect or details using Photoshop.</p><p></p><p>So to sum up:</p><p></p><p>If you want to create an image, then the best tool would be Illustrator.</p><p>If you want to edit a pre-existing image, then Photoshop will do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 469666, member: 2960"] IMO, neither one is "more powerful" than the other. Quite simply put, Photoshop is an image editor and Illustrator is a drawing application (image creator). Photoshop was created as a tool for photographers, so they could perform "darkroom" tasks to their photos in a quicker and more efficient manner. Many of the tools in Photoshop (Color Dodge, Color Burn, Smudge, Sponge, etc) still carry the name of the "ancient" darkroom method used by photographers in the past. Yes, Photoshop has some drawing tools and you technically can create things, but this is done at a fault. Not only are the drawing tools a little clunky (at least to me they are), your end result is a bitmap image. Bitmaps are made up of pixels and can only be resized up or down to a certain extent before they lose quality. Illustrator, on the other hand, uses vector imaging. This is the biggest difference. Vectors can be scaled up or down infinitely, with no loss of quality or integrity. This is much better for designing things. Illustrator also has an infinite "Undo" feature, if you make a mistake or want to go back a step or so. Photoshop has a limited number of History items you can cycle back. I usually use a combination of the two. I create my work in Illustrator, then size it accordingly to whatever my final piece requires. Once it is sized properly, I might then take it over and add some effect or details using Photoshop. So to sum up: If you want to create an image, then the best tool would be Illustrator. If you want to edit a pre-existing image, then Photoshop will do the job. [/QUOTE]
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