Graphic Design- Week 11 (Lesson 13)

For lesson 13, we were instructed to identify and discuss 5 things we learned about using Photoshop and Illustrator, and post it to our blog. Below is my reflection on using the two Adobe programs together.

1. Images, such as shapes, created in Illustrator can be used as clipping paths in Photoshop by bringing them in as new layers and using them as backgrounds.
2. Illustrator is a vector program, and will allow you more freedom if you are going to create something that will need to be various sizes since vector shapes are 'math' based you wont have problems with images being pixelated when they are made larger. This creates a problem when using them together because images in Photoshop are raster based and images become pixelated.
3. Other problems resulting from using the two programs together, is when you move an object that contains color from Illustrator into Photoshop, all the paint effects are lost.
4. Illustrator can either place or open Photoshop files, and placed Photoshop images can be used as objects in Illustrator, but linked files can't be edited within Illustrator.
5. Opening Illustrator files in Photoshop isn't the same as placing an Illustrator file. When placing files, the placed files will inherit any characteristics of the opened Photoshop document, such as resolution and color mode.