Illustrator and Photoshop

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Feb 8, 2006
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Ive been a long time user of Photoshop since version 4. Ive recently needed a more robust vector based program. How hard would it be to transition into incorperating Illustrator into my Photoshop work? How different are the tools? Illustrator is primarily used to make vector shapes that are scaleable without distortion then you can import into Photoshop, right? Is this correct? Photoshop would add more color, effects and other manipulation, right? I also had the impression that Illustrator was used to mainly to make scaleable logos.. so no matter if you need your logo on a business card or on a billboard, you won’t see any distortion due to the vectors. Are all these assumptions accurate? I am trying to decide if Illustrator is right for me in use in conjuction with Photoshop.
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Mike Hyndman
Feb 8, 2006
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Ive been a long time user of Photoshop since version 4. Ive recently needed a more robust vector based program. How hard would it be to transition into incorperating Illustrator into my Photoshop work? How different are the tools? Illustrator is primarily used to make vector shapes that are scaleable without distortion then you can import into Photoshop, right? Is this correct? Photoshop would add more color, effects and other manipulation, right? I also had the impression that Illustrator was used to mainly to make scaleable logos.. so no matter if you need your logo on a business card or on a billboard, you won’t see any distortion due to the vectors. Are all these assumptions accurate? I am trying to decide if Illustrator is right for me in use in conjuction with Photoshop.

Drew,

I’ve read somewhere that PS rasterizes graphics imported from Illustrator, which would defeat the object of using it in the first place (do a Google). Also read that it also handles type better than PS. I think that you can save as PSD for use in PS as well.
Not sure re the tools but there is some inconsisancy between their keyboard shortcuts, what does one thing in PS doesn’t do the same in Illy. Saying that Illy is primarily for logos is like saying a paintbrush will only paint fences. It’s all down to the hand that wields it. I’d talk to the Illustrator dudes at adobeforum.

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Feb 8, 2006
"Drew" wrote in news:1139405109.414043.38450
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Ive been a long time user of Photoshop since version 4. Ive recently needed a more robust vector based program. How hard would it be to transition into incorperating Illustrator into my Photoshop work? How different are the tools? Illustrator is primarily used to make vector shapes that are scaleable without distortion then you can import into Photoshop, right? Is this correct? Photoshop would add more color, effects and other manipulation, right? I also had the impression that Illustrator was used to mainly to make scaleable logos.. so no matter if you need your logo on a business card or on a billboard, you won’t see any distortion due to the vectors. Are all these assumptions accurate? I am trying to decide if Illustrator is right for me in use in conjuction with Photoshop.

Yes your about right in your assumptions. Illustrator is a fabulous application it is to vectors what Photoshop is to rasters, especialy for vector paths, much more detailed than ps and you can import raters too or export vectors. Unless you specificaly need some raster image feature you won’t need PS for your vector work you can do everything in Illustrator. Master it and you can do anything you desire but be warned it’s a huge learning curve.

I would suggest some video traing disks to get you up to speed fast.

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Drew
Feb 9, 2006
Which training DVDs to you recommend? I was looking at totaltraining.com and from the looks of things those seem pretty indepth. But considering I may buy Illustrator (since it’s my first version of Illy, no upgrade price neither), and considering this will be my virgin voyage into Illy (worked in Photoshop since Ver 4, but according to my expereinces in the trial version… many differences. I like the Live Trace feature. That would allow a rough sketch of..say… a logo to be refined and vectorized from the looks of things. Worth it’s weight in gold).. I want the best training out there outside of a college enviorment.

One question… when you export from Illy into PS, do you keep the vectors.. or does it rat. it?I would like to have it remain scaleable from within PS. I’ll be working with Illy CS2 and PS CS1

Yes your about right in your assumptions. Illustrator is a fabulous application it is to vectors what Photoshop is to rasters, especialy for vector paths, much more detailed than ps and you can import raters too or export vectors. Unless you specificaly need some raster image feature you won’t need PS for your vector work you can do everything in Illustrator. Master it and you can do anything you desire but be warned it’s a huge learning curve.

I would suggest some video traing disks to get you up to speed fast.
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Mike Hyndman
Feb 9, 2006
Drew,

I hope you are buying your software with educational discounts, if, not go to the maufacturers website and check it out.
Illustrator tutorials 52 at the following
http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Illustrator/All/
Over 7K PS ones as well.

Good luck

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