Photoshop works with pixels (tiny squares from which all digital images are made) and has its advantages over Illustrator as with this program it is easier to edit and adjust photos, which makes it a great tool for photographers and game designers, As well as graphic designers. In this way is brilliant for magazines who for example, might want their front cover editing. However its main disadvantage is that if you try to make an image to large it will become pixelated.
I used Photoshop to create a surreal composite image using layers and the brush tool to bring parts of the bottom layer through to the top. and I enjoyed it very much. The only problem was concentrating on the individual pixels as doing this for long periods of time can hurt your eyes.
Illustrator works with vectors (straight lines which give you unlimited space to draw) is quite good for if someone wanted to draw a poster with a computer, but wanted a higher level of detail than a program like Microsoft's Paint. The variety of tools and shapes make it brilliant for poster design and would be good for graphic designers. However, it is very hard to find and apply certain tools on this program. I myself had to use the brush and blob brush tool to create the entire thing which I later added photos and text to, I attempted to use the shape tools but that went wrong so i just drew the shapes with the brush tools.
When I attempted to create a timeline for a chosen logo, it was not nearly as successful as my composite image. For a start I could barely find any of the tools and didn't manage to find the bucket tool so instead I had to use the blob brush tool. In my opinion, I could have created something of equal, probably better quality with the 2005 version of Microsoft paint.
Over all I think Photoshop is a better program then Illustrator because it is easier to use and I think it is more useful than Illustrator.
