My first Vector

[Chris]

PS is capable of true vectors in the form of shape layers. This is different from vexels and rasters. It's obviously not as versatile as Illustrator, but the basic capability is there.

To add onto this...the conversion to raster comes when you "rasterize" a layer, or you export to a raster format like jpg. PNG, when used with fireworks, can retain vector data, but you have to resize it in a vector IDE, you can't just take the PNG image and resize it (because it would then be rasterized). If you keep a shape [unrasterized] in its original vector format in photoshop (with the hard dark border around it), you do indeed have a true vector shape.

Before everyone flies off the handle, read what Jeff and I said. If you don't think any of this information is accurate, I implore you to research it. This debate has happened too many times to give it credence for more.

The fact of the matter is this: Photoshop and Illustrator (and flash and fireworks) all offer the ability to create vector. The defining point is that illustrator is the most logical choice when you want to create a vector and be able to retain control of the file. Photoshop is designed for raster. Illustrator is designed for vector.

well this picture is made in Adobe Illustrator but i opened it up in photoshop and resized it!

Yeah, a good question for this is...why? LOL

Kind of defeats the purpose of doing it in illustrator if you're going to resize it in photoshop...