My question is : Should Adobe should introduce vector & outline art in PS. Not like Illustrator but with new tools for vector as we use in corel. ?

CorelDraw is a suite which has Draw which is semi-equivalent to Adobe Illustrator and Photo-Paint which is semi-equivalent to Photoshop. I could be wrong but ... I don't believe that Photo-Paint has more vector tools than Photoshop. Corel just packages them together in one install and Adobe sells them separately.

Hi dreamer, U r very correct.Adobe Illustrator & Corel Photo Paint is the mixture of PS & CorelDraw. But.. while making designs in corel we use backgrounds made in ps with high resolution; for tht we have to go to ps & then import to Corel.D. which results in a heavy file. If ps get the ability to make vector art then i think the problem of file size & memory will be solved. Well i may be wrong 'cause i am trying to intersect Vector based prog. & rastor based prog. together.... :) kd

Better to stick to Corel Draw and Corel Photo-Paint OR Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. My preference is the new Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe Photoshop CS. They work well together and have some really nice improvements.

i've stick to corel....thts the reason y i posted the question

Well i don't believe that it will happen any time soon. Besides there would then be no need for Illustrator. Oh yes and i use Macromedia Freehand for vector work. I do also have corel draw, but just prefer freehand.

That may be the gist of it right there: PS can't make Illustrator obsolete.

Though the version I currently use (PS7) has some vector tools and can, for instance use text with it' s vector information instead of rasterizing it, I do not have a lot of faith in the Pdf file that results. It seems that the CS release (and the current computing power that we have on our hands) actually makes one big package of the Adobe products. When there should be more vector tools in Photoshop, there would also be the need for managing the palets that are specific for it. The end result would be a kind of switching that will take place when using Illustrator CS and Photshop CS. For lay-out and all I think Illustrator is not the right package. InDesign has the tools that are specific for that kind of stuff. So the Creative Suite sounds rather good to me (I will start using it next year, when the localised version will be released, so maybe there will be some drawbacks). I understand that the introduction of Dimensions-like additional functionality in Illustrator CS results in sluggish performance and large files, so trying to squeeze every other function in one program may not be the best way. Or maybe I am used to using 3 programs for 3 areas: pixels, vectors and lay-out. Old-fashioned and all.

I much rather use programs that are specialized and more specific to their purpose, than a bloated "try to do everything..but cant" approach. Use Illustrator for Vectors. Use Photoshop for Raster. Use Indesign to put the two together intact. Simmer and serve with a side of garlic-buttered pasta. SWAMP