Use Photoshop or Illustrator for logo design?

Question

I have been using Photoshop for almost three years now and am very familiar with it, but recently I have been given the job of creating a website as well as a logo for a company.

I wanted to use Illustrator for a vector-based logo, but I do not understand it as well enough as Photoshop. Does anybody know if you can spice up an Illustrator drawing with same effects that can be achieved in Photoshop?

Answer 1

You already know Photoshop, so you know that in PS we work with images aka bitmaps and we have to use layers and when we want to apply a color, a gradient, a stroke we have to use layer styles.

In Illustrator we draw and curved paths too (Bezier curves) connected by modifiable anchor points and when we want to apply a color, a gradient, a style, we can do it directly.
In a vector based drawing program we create the various elements of the image as individual vector objects and vector text, which retain their characteristics and do not become part of a "bitmap" and then we can group, add, subtract them.

It's impossible to explain the difference between Photoshop and Illustrator in few words, but I use both programs and, in my opinion, Illustrator is easier to learn than Photoshop. So be brave and start with the tutorials that you can find in the Illustrator Help and on the Web.

Good luck

Answer 2

This may help you understand vector a little better
http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/vector.asp