Photoshop or Illustrator First?

I'm really a complete newbie to this suite of software in general, and I'm unsure of the best application to learn for my needs.
I'm primarily interested in graphics and drawing rather than photo editing, so it might seem like the obvious choice to go for Illustrator as the package to learn.
But I'm told that Photoshop can do a lot of what illustrator does. And also that photoshop is much more diverse in its capabilities. Is this true? If so, would it be a better investment of my time to learn this package first instead?
Any advice appreciated,
Thanks,
Adam

The basic difference is whether you intend to do Raster graphics (pixels, resolution-dependent) or
whether you intend to do Vector graphics (math computation-based, resolution-independent). Do more research and see which will work better with the type of artwork you are inclined to create. If you create drawings with a lot of complex shading you can still use Illustrator because of its Mesh gradient tools but Photoshop will be better, especially when used with a tablet for more natural-media based creation. But if you're doing drawings that are more ink-based with high contrasts and decide you wish to create clean, sharp lines and curves that can be displayed on billboards as well as on Flash-enabled websites, I would learn Illustrator first.
But it is entirely possible to learn both in tandem and that would be the Best possible solution. This is why Adobe sells the Creative Suite, which bundles programs that you might need to use in conjunction with one another.

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First of all sorry for my english
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idunnoisok wrote:
I recently installed Photoshop and Illustrator CS6 and they tend to lag even on just during normal work operations like zooming, opening a file, selecting a tool, browsing menus etc etc.
... And I got 30GB left on my hardrive which is little but I believe is enough.
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Cpu: Intel Core i7 2.3 GHz
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
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I've often heard people starting a project in illustrator then "bringing it in to photoshop" to do other effects....won't that rasterize the work you did in illustrator?
Yes, it will.
And if that's the case, why not start and end the project in photoshop?
First, because just as there is a multitude of things you can do by editing raster images, there is a multitude of things you can do in vector-based drawing that you can't do in raster imaging.
Second, the resolution independence of vector graphics is not a matter of whether your work will be rasterized; it's a matter of when. Everything eventually gets rasterized. When you print vector graphics, they are rasterized by the printer. When you display vector graphics on a monitor, they are rasterized by the monitor. In fact, even while you are editing vector paths, you are viewing what you are doing as a raster image on your screen.
Third, raster imaging is lossy by nature; not just in terms of resolution but also in terms of color conversion and color correction. So it's quite common to create a vector-based graphic and keep it as a master which you then rasterize and/or enhance with effects for specific final uses. In other words, it's quite common to create and keep a vector-based file to maintain lossless editability and then "nail it down" to specific rasterization settings optimized for a particular use.
When I created the mask in illustrator, it sorta worked but there's hard edges...
Crisp, sharp edges are naturally germane to vector graphics, just as detailed, noisy texture is germane to raster imaging. That's why both exist. When it comes down to it, vector graphics are mathematically-described shapes; therefore, by nature, sharp edged. When Photoshop needs scale-independent sharp edges, what does it do? It resorts to vector-based paths. Inversely, when Illustrator needs soft fuzzy drop shadows and blurs, or highly-textured fills, what does it do? It resorts to raster imaging.
You can do the things you describe in Illustrator. It has features for raster-based masks, transparency, etc., as do other vector drawing programs. Just as with raster imaging, some programs are better at specific things than others in the same category. Xara Designer Pro, for example, is another vector drawing program, but it does live raster-based feathering far better than does Illustrator.
Many things which appear to be raster-based (reflections, transparency, realistic grads, glows) can, in fact, be rendered entirely with vector-based drawing and thereby retain true resolution independence. For example, you mention mesh grads; an entirely vector-based construct. Soft drop shadows were built entirely from vector-based blends long before raster-based effects appeared in programs like Illustrator.
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> I'm producing images in PS CS3, saving as a pdf...
Why PDF? Don't do that. All you are trying to do is get a raster image from Photoshop into Illustrator. Keep things simple. Determine if your output device works best with CMYK or RGB raster images. Create the raster image in the appropriate color mode. Get it looking the way you want it, crop away any excess white space beyond the artwork itself, fully flatten it, and save it as an ordinary TIFF file.
Place the TIFF in Illustrator (again, in a file of the appropriate color mode). Draw the cutting path on top of it.
Now. The second thing you need to understand (actually, a ramification of the first): There is no express support in Illustrator for the cutting device. Illustrator itself doesn't know a "cutting path" from any other. So you have to have some mechanism by which to "notify" the printer/cutter device which path(s) is/are to be used for cutting, as opposed to which are for mere printing.
That mechanism differs among the various device manufacturers (and even among a given manufacturer's models). For example, I use a Roland device, the software driver for which recognizes a particular Swatch name and color as the designator for paths that are meant to be cut. Roland provides an AI Swatch Library that contains the cut swatch as well as swatches for the resin ribbions used in my device.
Other device/software combinations uses different means. Depending upon your device, you may have to open the AI file in a dedicated sign printing/cutting software and designate the cutting paths there; or you may even have to assemble the raster image with the cutting path in that separate software (in which case, you wouldn't have to use Illustrator at all--just draw the vector path in Photoshop, and export it as a separate .ai file).
So you need to explain some about your workflow. Is your output device one which will be driven by a print driver (including cutting) that can be invoked from Illustrator's print command? Or is the driver for your device something that you launch as a separate application and "load" with an Illustrator file? Or does your particular setup require use of one of the several vertical-market layout programs specifically taylored for sign work? If the latter, what kind of AI files can it import?
> What I'm then trying to do is layout 30 or so individual images in a single Illustrator document but when I place my individual pdf's onto the artboard they still have the white background from PS. How do I get rid of it so I can layout the images close to one another?
Again, CROP the raster image in Photoshop, before placing it in Illustrator. Alternatively, (again, using my particular device as example--your capabilities may differ) you can use the cutting path as a Clipping Mask in Illustrator, and then directSelect the clipping path and designate it as the cutting path. But I don't recommend that, because if the raster image is supposed to bleed, the device would have to perfectly register its printing operation with its cutting operation. Better to leave a proper bleed of the image beyond the bounds of the cutting path.
> I've spent the last week trying to figure it out...
In principle, it is all quite simple. In practice, it is not, for these reasons:
First, the poor way that software vendors write their documentation these days. There is too much assumption that end users understand the most
basic aspects of things like file formats. Your saving raster images from Photoshop as PDF is a case-in-point. PDF is a "container" format--it can contain both raster and vector artwork, as well as live text objects. But so can AI. There's no reason inherent in your description to justify placing one "container"(PDF) inside another "container" (AI), just to output another "container" (PDF or EPS) to a vinyl printer/cutter.
Second, similar assumptions on the part of plotter/cutter/printer manufacturers, and their self-protectionist associations with the afore-mentioned vertical market (read "overpriced") software vendors.
Third, Adobe's near total neglect of POP, large format, and sign trade segments of the graphics community in the features and interfaces of their products. (Frankly, same thing goes for technical drawing.)
JET

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1) No. Photoshop does not create true vector files. Anyone asking for an EPS more than likely wants a true vector EPS file.
2) No way of telling without seeing the results. But it could be perfectly normal. Increased file size in an EPS does not automatically mean there is a problem.
3) Illustrator is a drawing tool. The tools in Illustrator are designed for object-oriented vector drawing. In many respects they are better than Photoshop's tools for those type of projects. And No, you can not edit photographs easily with Illustrator. While you can include photos or raster items within an Illustrator file, Illustrator is not inherently designed to edit iamges at a pixel level.
4) Just add a new layer and fill it with white (or whatever color). Vector EPS files have no background.
5) If you have Photoshop or Illustrator you have Bridge. You can view files in Bridge. I wouldn't know of any other Windows software. It may exist, I simply wouldn't know.

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I am on a Mac myself and have 24GB of memory and feel I could still use anoter 8GBs but I do some motion graphics as well.
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