Switching from Photoshop to Fireworks

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  • MakeBelieve0

    I've been an FW user for a long time now.

    I keep PS for strictly photos and montages and more complex effects.

    But for web design, layout, GUI design etc, FW is one of the best applications out there. You can comp and design in FW faster than in PS and basic things like instant resizing, rounded corners, bevels, gradients and quick effects are just a click away. You also can work in pages and have master pages too. The ease of vector manipulation is so much better and export quality to web is smaller and cleaner in most cases (although I do like PS gradient quality).

    I always found PS far to clunky for quick web design and if Adobe integrate FW techniques into PS, I will make the switch back.

    • Anyway, FW is not a PS alternative, they are two diff apps.MakeBelieve
    • also the paste appearance commandPIZZA

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