Episode 128 The Difference Between Photoshop and Illustrator

Today on Make + Design, Carina takes a quick look at the differences between Photoshop and Illustrator and gives some of the reasons that good designers use both tools. Photoshop is super useful for everyday things like editing photos. Illustrator is the main tool for professional designers though.    The first difference that Carina goes into is the difference between pixels and vectors. In Photoshop, every image is divided into tiny little squares. When you enlarge pixels, the image begins to distort as the squares get bigger. In Illustrator, images are divided into vectors, which is just a line. When you enlarge an image in Illustrator, it continues to keep the same high quality. Illustrator is the place we’ll be for drawing and designing. Photoshop is great for brochures and photos.   The next difference that Carina delves into is layering differences. In Photoshop, we use the laying system to keep things organized. In Illustrator, layering is not as important. The pallet system allows designers in Illustrator to leave design work all over their artboard, which can help with creativity. Carina cautions designers who spend most of their time in Illustrator that it’s easy sometimes to forget to layer in Photoshop and things get disorganized quickly.   The place where Photoshop really shines is in the difference between .jpg, .tif, .ai, and .eps files. We all use JPEG and TIF files in everyday life. AI and EPS files aren’t used as often in everyday life and even our Illustrator files end up as JPEGs for final production. This is the biggest reason we need Photoshop. We want to give our end user a variety of ways to use our files.   Great designers use both!   __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY  __________   About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.   Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.   Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intentional