Comparison of Photoshop and Illustrator

Photoshop

Things I prefer:

• You can see the pixels and edit them in more detail
• Has a better menu layout
• Has a more professional looking layering system

Things I am not too keen on:

• Some of the tools aren't as easy to access as they are on Illustrator

Illustrator

Things I prefer:

• The layout of the tools are clear
• You can have a larger variety of colour

Things I am not too keen on:

• It is really simple to do something wrong, but it is a lot more difficult to put it back right.
• You can't edit things in as much detail 

Which is better?

Well, for things, such as logo design, using Illustrator is better because it is like a piece of paper that you can draw on, where as Photoshop would be editing images into other images. Photoshop is formatted with pixels where as Illustrator uses vectors.

Why People Would use Each Program:

People who were editing real life photos would use Photoshop because you can make your photo more refined by editing pixel by pixel. If you were designing a logo, you would use Illustrator because it is more like paper and what you see, you get. Also, you can have access to a wider variety of colours.They would use Illustrator to create a logo, perhaps for a magazine, but they would also use Photoshop to edit a photo that would be going onto the front cover.

What I created:

I created a logo timeline on Coca-Cola through Illustrator.I created a photo of a wave breaking and added in a shark, a starfish and a bird through Photoshop. 

What I learnt:

I learnt that layers are your best friend on both programs because if you go wrong, you always have them to fall back on.
I learnt that when doing a task through Photoshop, virtually anything is possible, no matter how outside the box it is. I also learnt that when using Illustrator, your possibilities are slightly more limited, but what you can produce is really cool.


What I enjoyed:

I enjoyed editing pixels and making an image that isn't meant to be there, look like it is meant to be there on Photoshop.
I enjoyed being able to make images cartoonish and surreal on Illustrator.

What I found challenging:
 I found the technique of manipulating things more challenging on Photoshop because some tools couldn't be used together when I needed them to. I found editing images in more detail on Illustrator more challenging because you can't see tiny details of the picture as easily as you can in Photoshop. 

In the Future:

On Photoshop I would like to learn how to change real images into cartoon images and on Illustrator I would like to learn how to revert problems more easily. I feel that in certain aspects of both programs I am confident, however, when it comes to future tasks, I may need help with new techniques.