Photoshop vs. Illustrator
- Thread starter Kavie
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yea you can come with some sick shit, I've been playing with illustrator for couple a years and eveytime I realize what it really can do I get intimidated and back off fearing I might just be wasting time...heres some simple shit done in illustrator(no PSD). Funny the whole reason I began using illustrator is to keep files sizes down but that didn't last long LOL!!!
the power of Illustrator is measured in time. I first started drawing this type of shit in 2d/architectural design using t-squares, french curves, eraser mask etc., but the shit took days...the shit below was just some shit I sketched and recreated for practice took 4o minutes...don't get me wrong the both of them are the shit hopefully in the future I can get into PS design hella custom brushes and get to painting some sick shit....
I design on templates from disc makers. I usually try to leave the layers and not flatten it so if it needs any adjusting its easier for the printer to do so without fucking with it to much. I design most of my text in illustrator and convert it to an outlined vector and export as a psd file. Then I open the psd in photoshop and drag the text vector to my file where I'm working on the rest of the artwork and usually fuck with the blending options to spice up the text. I try to leave as much unflattened as possible like i said and i don't have to worry about providing a font cuz all text is vectored already and will print fine.
Sometimes I have to drag it all to a template if for some reason (which is rare) I happen to start it without a template. I know that if you do it without one then flatten it and try to put it on template you will run into problems if you didn't set a big enough bleed area and you could risk having important text or a part of your image thats meant to be seen cut off. Which is why i try to leave it unflattened as much as possible or they will have to try to adjust by adding a border around your flattened work which might not look so good. Its always best to try to use the template of the clients choice for print if they already know who they are planning on going with for print and/or replication so that you don't have these problems later on.
LOL Its not even that hard to work with text in illustrator I think the problem is people are acting too stubborn to learn something new and expect to be able to work Illustrator exactly the way they have been working with photoshop. You need to just forget about what you do in ps and learn how to use Illustrators basics and you will see its not that big of an issue and might even be surprised to find out you really like it once you realize the potential it has for manipulating fonts and vector work.
Dude, Google Bitmap vs Vector.
most of these suggestions are wrong.
I can't just give you the game, but here are the basic rules:
Photoshop: Flyers, Posters
Illustrator, Corel Draw: Logos and 1 page designs
Indesign, Quark Xpress: Books, newsletters, and multiple page text documents
All three programs work together seamlessly.
To be a real contender, you'll need to know all three:
Bitmap, Vector, and Page Layout.
most of these suggestions are wrong.
I can't just give you the game, but here are the basic rules:
Photoshop: Flyers, Posters
Illustrator, Corel Draw: Logos and 1 page designs
Indesign, Quark Xpress: Books, newsletters, and multiple page text documents
All three programs work together seamlessly.
To be a real contender, you'll need to know all three:
Bitmap, Vector, and Page Layout.