Illustrator VS Photoshop

[RedSphyxis]

Hey guys been using these two interchangeably for around 6 years now.

I'd often get asked by this question "What's the difference between the two? Isn't this just a way for adobe to make more money?"

So for the guys who are wondering what the hell's different about these two and for the guys who are still new to this business.(You can avoid a lot of newbie mistakes just by reading this)

 

Indian designer M.A. Kather created a project about the differences in illustrator and Photoshop explained in minimalistic visual design. What's your favorite?

SOURCE

 

This comparison might be biased towards Illustrator but it's just a simple way to help out new guys in this sort of business.

 

sorry for the long post here have a computato(computertato? idk)

[The Crazed Child]

Cool, I learnt this in ICT last term.

I prefer Photoshop because I can make the dumbest shit on there. Like editing game posters etc. And making memes. I can't forget that.

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's not really fair to compare them, seeing as they have pretty different uses. Also, Ctrl+Shift +Z would be multiple steps back in Photoshop (or is it alt? I can't remember). 

 

Photoshop is more useful for every day stuff, but Illustrator is more useful for people creating logos and designs IMO. 

[RedSphyxis]

It's not really fair to compare them, seeing as they have pretty different uses. Also, Ctrl+Shift +Z would be multiple steps back in Photoshop (or is it alt? I can't remember). 

 

Photoshop is more useful for every day stuff, but Illustrator is more useful for people creating logos and designs IMO. 

 yes they do have different uses, inb4 vector and pixel

 

I think the author is just trying to differentiate the two so that beginners and outsiders will know the major differences.

 

it's ctrl+alt+z

[omniomi]

Love the info graphic... Only comment would be that the correct terminology is "raster graphics" for what Photoshop does. Ie, Illustrator: Vector Graphics, Photoshop: Raster Graphics.

[Satlen]

Yeah, to compare these two does not make any sense. They are two different apps made for different purposes. 

 

Edit: Also, you probably should put that giant picture in a spoiler