# The Design Process. Photoshop or Illustrator?

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**Created:** [March 11, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-design-process-photoshop-or-illustrator/104058 "2004-03-11T23:52:54Z")\
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Would it be wise to design my site layout in illustrator instead of photoshop? I have never used illustrator cs before, but am I correct in thinking that i could design my site in illustrator and then import it into flash and in flash be able manipulate each part of the design (buttons, header, text etc…)?

Or maybe i should just design it in Flash (but i find the pen tool pretty lacking, and was thinking that illustrator might be better).

And, although illustrator is a vector program, can i import bitmap images into it?