Sketch Vs. Adobe’s XD
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- kona1
hot topic here gordy.
this time last year i finally talked my last company into moving over to sketch. large, laaaarge internal design ux group working for an antiquated company and process. sketch worked well for us there because it saved the design team time by not having to redline every psd document.
granted, the designers would somehow get all their files to 2-3gb in photoshop before we made the switch and would complain of performance issues. i always thought it was because they'd put color overlays on everything and everything was a smart object but i digress.
sketch seemed powerful enough and worked well in that particular instance. they'd design in sketch, then export to zeplin. we'd invite the dev teams to the zeplin groups and they could grab live css from there. viewing work and showing walkthroughs was pretty easy.
then i came here and it's a much smaller shop. adobe's released some new features for xd and photoshop even. the team uses markly in photoshop if they aren't building in xd specifcally. exporting 2x and 3x is easier in photoshop now as well.
personally, i've been on ps since PS3 so it was hard for me to switch over to sketch. if i have to use it it's for wireframes.
my personal opinion, and i'm going to catch flak for it, but i think sketch was designed by engineers and developers to bypass designers. while powerful, there are just some things you can't do in sketch that i need when i design.
really, it's up to you what you're more comforatable with and what will work best with the process you're in.
- Nah brah! Photoshop ain't meant for UI design. And you know this! Isn't that why people used Illy for web design before Sketch?studderine
- I find that Sketch is for layouts, it's not good at all for actual high fidelity design. I'll take PS with smart objects any time.zarkonite
- lol studderine.kona
- Don't you LOL me brother! I guess if you are doing a bunch of photo editing or art direction then use Photoshop? Tell me otherwise!?!studderine
- Its not meant for UI, sure. But designers are so used to it, theres so much you can do in PS. its a more flexible space to work in than most dedicated apps.sofakingback
- But, if you spend a ton of time on any app, you're gonna get good at it and you're gonna be able to use it for your purpose. I know people still using fireworkssofakingback
- With that being said, I hope these new applications catch on. New tools lead to new solutions. its all good. :)sofakingback