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Oct 17 '07 by phyntosia

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Illustrator?

OK, so I've heard a lot of designers on here talking about Illustrator and LiveTrace. I've no idea what either of these programmes are. Where do I get them? Are they freeware/shareware/hideously expensive software? Which is better? I've got Photoshop, is that OK instead? Or does Illustrator have special powers I need?

Thanks for any help :)

tracerbullet on Oct 17 '07 at 4:20pm

Photoshop = Rasters and pixels
Illustrator = Vectors and points

tracerbullet on Oct 17 '07 at 4:21pm

Raster = lossy
Vector = lossless

d3d on Oct 17 '07 at 4:24pm

yes, hideously expensive. you can get an Education copy cheaper but i think they have restrictions.

mezo on Oct 17 '07 at 4:25pm

Photoshop to edit photos.
Illustrator to illustrate.

Bramish on Oct 17 '07 at 4:25pm

In laymens terms, if you draw using vectors, which can be done in PS but can be done better in Illustrator, you can enlarge it as much as you want without losing quality.

With raster images, such as things scanned into Photoshop, you have to design at least as big as you want the actual print to be.

melhel86 on Oct 17 '07 at 4:26pm

education version doesn't have any restrictions... none that I've found anyway and I use a non-education at work. Still expense for a student.

phyntosia on Oct 17 '07 at 4:42pm

So essentially Photoshop is OK to use but will just be more difficult to create images in? Gutted, everyone here seems to have Illustrator so I hoped it might be easier to pick up than that.

phyntosia on Oct 17 '07 at 4:52pm

Thanks for everyone's help, I appreciate the info :)