What is the main Difference between Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
What is the main Difference between Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Knowing the difference between Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator can help you choose which software to use when creating and enhancing your art. Adobe Photoshop generates raster (bitmap) images while Adobe Illustrator generates vector images . Note: Scanned art is converted to raster images . Difference between Raster images and Vector images Raster Images Raster Images are composed of square dots called pixels. The more dots per inch (dpi) in an image the better the detail (resolution). If an image is scanned or created at a low resolution and later increased, the image tends to become blurry. Adobe Photoshop tries to fill in the missing pixels when the resolution is increased but it is not always successful. That is why it is recommended that you create and scan art at 300 dpi (preferred resolution for most manufacturers) or even greater. The example at the left shows the blurry (jaggy) edges of a shap...