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« on: October 08, 2006, 09:47:25 PM » |
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I'm checking out illustrator for the first time.... and it seems very similar to photoshop...
I've been told that if you are going to create graphics, that illustrator is the place to create, and photoshop is where you can do really in depth editing...
It seems like illustrator is more for magazine layouts... would like to hear your thoughts about adobe products for images...
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Jay
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2006, 06:55:57 AM » |
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Hi Starke,
Illustrator is definitely more for your actual design, creation and overall 'artistry' if you will.
Photoshop, is more designed to be for editing, layout, bringing graphics together, and making your Illustrator developed art to a web supported format (gif, jpg, png etc)
Most times, Illustrator, is used to develop company logos, or other artsy things.
I'm sure it's got more uses though.
It's much like Macromedia Freehand, which again, can be used for much more I'm sure.
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2006, 07:20:56 AM » |
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Hi Starke,
I have to agree with Jay on this one. Photoshop has long held a place in most peoples hearts since it can do some really great things to photos with very little effort or instruction.
There is indeed a huge following amongst the 'hobbiest' crowd since most people use it for touching up photos or some very basic graphics.
I personally use illustrator when I do any design work since its graphically oriented and was designed to create vector graphics. Illustrator is more difficult to learn but it is also much more versatile when it comes to graphic design.
Illustrator has been designed to work with graphic style layouts as Jay pointed out... it's best uses are for poster work, magazines and also logo and banner design.
These two programs are definitely designed for different aspects of image manipulation and the more that you use them the greater this difference becomes.
The thing to bear in mind if you're serious about using these two applications, use photoshop for image manipulation(photos & pics), and use Illustrator for graphic design.
I highly recommend using Illustrator since it is really powerful once you get the basics down. I used to be a photoshop user also but since my wife put me on to Illustrator, I only install photoshop for the odd psd file I come across.
I hope this helps.
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starke
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2006, 12:46:27 PM » |
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Thanks guys, yes, this does help.
I'm looking to mainly create banner graphics and simple to medium level/ability logos. I stumbled onto the symbols the other night, and I'm going to use them for some quick fun logo design.
It does seem to be a little more geared, certainly to print layout, than photoshop. Although, I won't need that feature as much, seeing the CMYK as a main choice made me think so.
Are there any libraries of symbols that you can download to add?
So far with my fooling around with illustrator, it's need... but I know that I'm only scratching the surface.
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Jay
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2006, 05:37:51 AM » |
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starke
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2006, 10:36:16 PM » |
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Cool, thanks Jay! Funny, it's interesting the different search results that you can get with the right word... like "libraries". Definitely had a few good picks.
Thanks guys for the help on this one...
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