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What is the difference between Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator?

Article by Jennifer Mears

Developed by the same company, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator have their own uses and unique tools. While Photoshop is mainly used by digital photographers and professionals alike to retouch and edit images, Illustrator is used to create vector-based drawing. It does not make one better than the other, but it is simply depending on your needs. Combining the two together will no doubt bring you unparalleled results.To say that Adobe Photoshop is popular would be an extreme understatement. The program has becomesynonymous with digital imaging. It is used to take any existing images and give it a more polished and professional look. Basically, your imagination is the only limit as to what you can achieve using Photoshop.There are some tools on Photoshop that you will find as well on Illustrator, but the latter will have a more complete drawing and vector art tools. Known as the worlds most used vector drawing tool ? if you are in charge of creating logos, letterheads, company profile, etc. ? most likely you will be using Adobe Illustrator. Hence, Adobe Illustrator is more suited for serious graphic designers.Using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator does not sound as complicated as it sounds. Since both programs share some basic components ? by mastering one, it is most likely that you already have the basic knowledge to run the other. Use Photoshop to retouch your images to become even more stunning or create something entirely unique by using Illustrator. It is recommended to use both programs for all your image creations and digital photography needs.It is not uncommon for designers to use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator on the same project. For example, they will use Illustrator to draw the logo, as well as other vector graphics, while Photoshop will be used to apply special effect to the images.Don?t put your company?s image on the line by bringing mediocre result. Bundled as the Adobe Creativity Suite, Photoshop and Illustrator will mean the difference between super quality graphic design and the less than stellar ones.Progressive Training can provide training classes that help you acquire the skills required to use the two programs effectively. You will learn the key functions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and understand how to use the two together to create your next masterpiece. This training can give you that vital edge to succeed in an increasingly competitive world.

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Question by starlight_940: What are the differences between Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4?
Hi, I am an avid digital scrapbooker and also design my own digital scrabooking kits. I currently use photoshop CS3, but I am contemplating making the upgrade to CS4. What are the major differences I might notice, and do they make it worth it to make the change? Any info you might have would be very much appreciated!
Also, would I be able to keep all my brushes, patterns, actions, plugins, etc and save them to the new program?

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Answer by Bumbleshank
The main difference I can see is the interface, it’s all a bit weird now… It’s like it’s been made for vista users, but it doesn’t look like vista (make sense?? no? thought so!)

I think there’s a couple more effects, but nothing an amature would use (serious pro’s I think)

My CS3 interface’s graphics kept screwing up (menus and things flickering), but I don’t get it in 4.

If you are used to CS3 and have no problems, I’d stick with it… it’s not worth the upgrade cost….

Everything is transferable from CS3 to CS4

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Question by Alright Blad: what is the difference between dreamweaver cs4 and the student edition?
what is the difference between dreamweaver cs4 and the student edition? are there any limitations to what it can do- essentially i want to create websites and put them on the internet. With this can I? because some things don’t allow you to go that far. Would a sixth form student in UK qualify as a student?

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Answer by ELfaGeek
The Student version is for “Non-commercial” use only. It’s a learning tool! That means you can’t charge users for designing websites. If that’s what you want to do, you have to BUY the full version.

And yes, if you attend school you qualify for a student version.

For more info, go to the Adobe website.

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Question by April D: What is the difference between Photoshop CS3/4 and Elements?
I have Photoshop CS3, and would like to know the major differences between that and Photoshop Elements. I RARELY work with photos, and mostly do illustrations using the paint brush, custom shapes, shapes, polygonal lasso, lasso, eraser, and of course the FX. Does elements have all this?

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Answer by chocotaste
Okay, for Elements, it has the paint brush and all the brushes that come with Photoshop, it has all the custom shapes that come with Photoshop and lassos, the eraser of course, and by FX, what do you mean? The only real illustration tool Elements doesn’t have is the Pen Tool.

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Question by April D: What is the difference between Photoshop CS3/4 and Elements?
I have Photoshop CS3, and would like to know the major differences between that and Photoshop Elements. I RARELY work with photos, and mostly do illustrations using the paint brush, custom shapes, shapes, polygonal lasso, lasso, eraser, and of course the FX. Does elements have all this?

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Answer by chocotaste
Okay, for Elements, it has the paint brush and all the brushes that come with Photoshop, it has all the custom shapes that come with Photoshop and lassos, the eraser of course, and by FX, what do you mean? The only real illustration tool Elements doesn’t have is the Pen Tool.

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Question by TAWright: What’s the difference between Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Elements 9?
I want to buy Adobe Photoshop, and I have seen two different ones; CS5 and Elements 9. What are the difference? Elements 9 is cheaper, by about $ 75.
And which is the best one to buy?

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Answer by Nahum
Photoshop Elements is fine enough for most casual work.

Regular Photoshop is preferred if you are going to make a career out of graphic design. It offers more options for professional printing, vector paths (that can be used in Illustrator), some more complicated filters and adjustments, can handle larger images, and offers scripting for automated editing.

There are 30-day trials for both programs available. I’d try Elements first to see if you’re able to do everything you need:

http://www.photoshop.com/

Keep in mind that if you don’t have a prior version of Photoshop, you have to buy the full $ 700 version, not the upgrade version.

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Question by TAWright: What’s the difference between Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Elements 9?
I want to buy Adobe Photoshop, and I have seen two different ones; CS5 and Elements 9. What are the difference? Elements 9 is cheaper, by about $ 75.
And which is the best one to buy?

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Answer by Nahum
Photoshop Elements is fine enough for most casual work.

Regular Photoshop is preferred if you are going to make a career out of graphic design. It offers more options for professional printing, vector paths (that can be used in Illustrator), some more complicated filters and adjustments, can handle larger images, and offers scripting for automated editing.

There are 30-day trials for both programs available. I’d try Elements first to see if you’re able to do everything you need:

http://www.photoshop.com/

Keep in mind that if you don’t have a prior version of Photoshop, you have to buy the full $ 700 version, not the upgrade version.

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Question by : What is the difference between Photoshop cs4 and photoshop cs4 extended?
What is the difference between Photoshop cs4 and photoshop cs4 extended?

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Answer by bobby769
You can view the differences here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/compare/

I’ve never used either one of those programs but it looks like Extended adds Video editing capabilities.

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Question by Carly: what is the difference between Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop 7?
Is there any difference between photoshop CS4 and Photoshop 7? Are they both compatible with windows vista? I am debating over the two but i dont really know the difference…
What is better, Photoshop CS4 or Photoshop 7?

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Answer by Amon
Version history with significant changes is at wikipedia in tabular form from Photoshop 0.63 to CS4(11).

7.0.1 Mac OS ‘Classic’/Mac OS X, Windows August 2002 Camera RAW 1.x (optional plugin)

CS (8.0) Mac OS X, Windows Dark Matter October 2003 Camera RAW 2.x
Highly modified “Slice Tool”
Shadow/Highlight command
Match Color command
Lens Blur filter
Smart Guides
Real-Time Histogram
Detection and refusal to print scanned images of various banknotes[2]
Macrovision copy protection based on Safecast DRM technology
Scripting support for JavaScript and other languages
Hierarchical layer groups

CS2 (9.0) Mac OS X, Windows 2000 / XP Space Monkey April 2005 Camera RAW 3.x
Smart Objects
Image Warp
Spot healing brush
Red-Eye tool
Lens Correction filter
Smart Sharpen
Smart Guides
Vanishing Point
Better memory management on 64-bit PowerPC G5 Macintosh machines running Mac OS X 10.4
High dynamic range imaging (HDRI) support (32 bit per channel floating point)
More smudging options, such as “Scattering”
Modified layer selection, such as ability to select more than one layer.

CS3, CS3 Extended (10.0) Universal Mac OS X, Windows XP SP2 or later Red Pill April 16, 2007 Native support for the Intel-based Macintosh platform and improved support for Windows Vista
Revised user interface
Feature additions to Adobe Camera RAW
Quick Select tool
Alterations to Curves, Vanishing Point, Channel Mixer, Brightness and Contrast, and the Print dialog
Black-and-white conversion adjustment
Auto Align and Auto Blend
Smart (non-destructive) Filters
Mobile device graphic optimization
Improvements to cloning and healing
More complete 32 bit / HDR support (layers, painting, more filters and adjustments)
Faster launching

CS4, CS4 Extended (11.0) Universal Mac OS X, Windows Stonehenge October 30, 2008[3] Smoother panning and zooming and fluid canvas rotation
OpenGL display acceleration in Photoshop
Native support for 64-bit on Windows Vista x64
Adjustments panel
Auto-blending of images
Masks panel
Improved Adobe Photoshop Lightroom workflow
Content-aware scaling
Better raw image processing
Extended depth of field
Dramatically enhanced color correction
Auto-alignment of layers
New file display options (tabbed document display and n-up views)
New file management and workspaces with Adobe Bridge CS4

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Question by Waldo: What’s the difference between Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator?
I tried Wikipedia, but it just describes Illustrator as “vector-based drawing program” and photoshop as “graphics editing program” but doesn’t really give a lot of detail of what you can actually do with each. So, what is each best for? Which is better for creating content for web pages?

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Answer by R.F.
Both Photoshop and Illustrator are graphics editor, but they edit different types of graphics.

As you saw on Wikipedia, Photoshop is for editing bitmap images–images drawn with tiny dots, or pixels. This is like exact painting where if you resize the image, the dots get bigger or smaller. If they get bigger, the image looks jagged.

Illustrator is for editing vector based images–images that are drawn with mathematical computations. Vector images scale, meaning because the image is mathematically rendered, you can resize it however you want, and it will scale smoothly with no jagged edges.

But neither Photoshop or Illustrator is used for web design. Some graphics designers use Photoshop to create mockups of a web page, but graphic editors do not create web pages.

For web design, the most popular software is Dreamweaver. But seriously, you can use any text editor too.

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