Working between Photoshop and Illustrator

Hi,
I am trying to work between the two programs without losing quality, but I am not having any luck.
I usually start in Illustrator, creat some vector artwork, add some brushes to it in photoshop....
by the time i come back to illustrator it looks like my original design has been rasterized.
The vector artwork is pixelated.
Tried saving in a few different formats from photoshop but can't figure it out.
I'm sure it is sometihng basic.
Thanks for the help.

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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