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Is Flash a Photoshop?

Last updated on September 24, 2022 @ 3:07 pm

Adobe’s Flash has been around for quite some time now, and is a very popular tool for creating animations, games, and other interactive content. While it is often compared to Photoshop, the two are actually quite different.

Flash is a vector-based animation tool, which means that it uses mathematical equations to draw the images you see on the screen. This makes it great for creating smooth, scalable animations.

PRO TIP: No, Flash is not Photoshop.

Photoshop, on the other hand, is a bitmap editor, which means that it stores images as a series of pixels. This makes it better suited for working with photos and other types of raster images.

So, while they are both graphic design tools, they are actually quite different in how they work.

Morgan Bash

Morgan Bash

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