Working Between Illustrator and Photoshop

Hi guys,
I guess you could call me a novice when it comes to working between products, but I am using both photoshop and illustrator.  Photoshop, I'm obviously using for image editing and touch ups, illustrator I am using to create graphics.  I am wondering if there is an easier way to work between the two (that is having a file simultaneously updated through both programs. (when you edit the file one program, the edit appears on the other).  It just a pain to work between the two, because I can't always anticipate what my work will look like on one program when I am designing on another.  Plus, the quality of my images seem to decrease as I import images into illustrator.
Thanks for your help!
Dan

You get what you ask for:
I usually start in Illustrator, creat some vector artwork, add some brushes to it in photoshop....
PS, for all intents and purposes, is pixel based. The only way to retain vector editability would be to use smart objects, but then again none of this matters when you go back to AI as it has its own share of issues dealing with PS files. It's really your workflow.. You should try to only do the parts in PS that you realyl must and then export them as a separate document with transparency which then can be imported and integrated in AI...
Mylenium

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