ugh.. i hate math
i thought it was kinda just better tools makin it easier to draw and design whats in your head haha i guess i'll just have to sketch then scan on to the computer and then pen tool haha

 

its not actual math...do you know what pixels are?

in illustrator there are no pixels, technically. You use the program the same way you would use photoshop

 

ill try to explain it haha

in photoshop, when you draw stuff, they are drawn in mini tiny tiny tiny squares. so lets say in photoshop you a big red square on a canvas of 500*500 pixels. what that means your big red square is actually comprised of 250,000 tiny little red squares. (get very close to a tv, the effect is similar) in photoshop if you want to get a very good quality picture, you have to increase the resolution.

in illustrator, lets say you drew the same red square, instead of making 250,000 tiny red sqaures to comprise it, the file rather "says" to the computer, this image is a big red square, so no matter how much you zoom in, your picture will remain clear and not "pixelated"

hopefully that cleared it up a bit

 

yeah that pretty much did it haha thanks gooberguy and welcome to this site!

 

glad i could help, thanks for the welcome!

 

So why not just make a really really big canvas in photoshop, and then scale it down whenever you need to?

Is illustrator any easier to draw?

 

now dont qoute me on this but i think professionals use illustrator for ease of sending to clients or bosses or w/e they do. you could make a really large canvas in photoshop, but lets say you were making a billboard or something, that would be a HUGE file and very difficult for a computer to handle.

basically the bottom line is, unless your doing professional work, ie, doing this for money use illustrator, but for casual personal stuff, small websites, w/e use photoshop, personally i like photoshop better.

 

ok cool.. but on a different topic what is like 3d modelling programs like.. cause i had a program described to me for bein easy to like draw on it had a gooduser friendly tool box thingy and whatnot

 

Illustrator is used for logos, so the client can use the logo anywhere on anything and it wont loose it's quality. Making a giant canvas with a lot of resolution will make the file size enormous.

the main advantage for illustrator is the ability to scale your design to whatever size you like.

for the 3d modeling, there are programs like lightwave and mya. Mya is the industry leader right now. They're all basically the same programs and interface. Mya has easier hotkeys to get things done faster

 

ok well it all makes sense to me now.. thanks alot for all your guys' imput i am gonna just stick to cs2 for now haha