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Originally Posted by Az A Bay Bay
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you. sir. fucking. moron. much.
back to the topic it's amazing what I'm reading, gosh...
First: You can make vector images with Photoshop. I repeat:
You can make vector images with Photoshop.
Second: you can resize without loss vectorized images made with photoshop. I repeat:
you can resize without loss vectorized images made with photoshop
Is it clear enough? The difference between what you all are calling vectors (which is the common name for Bezier curves) is not that you can do vectors with one program or another, but the output rasters in CURVES (Illustrator, Flash, Corel Draw) as Photoshop output is in PIXELS.
Now, if you read this thread you'd think photoshop can't make vector images (that is shapes with edition nodes) and furthermore, even if you can, you can't resize it. ABSOLUTELY WRONG. You can make shapes, add all nodes you want and resize it the size of a building as long as you have the PSD files (before anybody says anything, you can't resize without loss an image made in Illustrator unless you have the .AI files).
So, going to the differences... there are many. The most noticeable of them is the pixel vs curves resolution as mentioned. But most of the other differences are concerning to specific tasks. Basically we could say Photoshop is the most complete image program, Illustrator takes 1/50th of Photoshop and developes it to create a new product with more specific features for that tiny part of Photoshop that are the illustration tools.
And pls stop with "Illustrator is for printing", I finish all my printing work in PS even if I use Illustrator, same as 99.99% of magazines (as we're at it, Corel Draw is way more extended in graphic arts industry than Illustrator). Unless you're meaning InDesign, Quark or something else SPECIFIC TO GRAPHIC DESIGN (as opposed to "web" or "electronic" design), the "illustrator is for printing" debate is senseless.
In short: illustrator makes better and more appealing vectorized images due to the curves raster. Other than that, you'll use Photoshop for everything else.