Photoshop vs. Fireworks
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- meatball
Does anyone use fireworks for designing sites? i've been a photoshop whore for a while, but i've been playing around with fireworks, and it does seem to have some advantages... - It seems to be up in the air if they are discontinuing it or not though.
- 7point340
i used it for a short while and hated it... have limited knowledge so i can't offer any useful crit of it
still hate it though
- fyoucher10
Fireworks is better for optimizing images and creating animated gifs.
- ANIMATED GIFS!!?? I am so there...Jaline
- that was the only reason i ever used itbulletfactory
- has someone informed spooky of this? The animated gif is his holy grail.flashbender
- was better..
till CS came outMeeklo
- fyoucher10
And quick proto's...
- CALLES0
i personally like photon torpedos
- flyingnowhere0
fuck fireworks
- ********0
its better for compressing small images
- it's better for many thingsmadirish
- lattes, for exampleharlequino
- i was going to say Caprihanas, but lattes will work....madirish
- fireworks vultures...fireworks********
- Josev0
I prefer using Fireworks for screen layouts. The frames feature allows you to layout multiple pages in a single document and the symbol feature is very useful. I also think its cool that you can create a symbol (like a repeating header or icon), and if you change the symbol it populates across all of your page layouts. I still use Phototshop for more complex photography image manipulation
- Fariska0
Just photoshop, even if i reckon that fireworks is quite good
- landock0
I prefer fireworks for layout work because it's designed as a layout tool so its faster for me at least. You can also work with vectors more easily .
- meatball0
thanks for your thoughts - i'll keep messing around with it on the side till I figure out if it works for me or not..
- ninjasavant0
PS CS3 does animated gifs now.
- CyBrain0
I don't do a lot of html sites or heavy production, so I would never leave Photoshop for another.
- enfocusmedia0
no contest here... it's not 1998
- Llyod0
I always liked fireworks better for optimization
- Jnr_Madison0
I've used both for ages and they're both a pile of shit.
- ********0
isnt main benefit of fireworks is that its rendered in vector so you can easily export to flash? and doing quick prototypes?
- yes. also slicing is easierLlyod
- true.. but i do manual slicing.. i dont do any imageready slicing..********
- ********0
FW is more than enough for most of web work.
Big advantage: simple, precise vector editing.
Disadvantage: fonts anti-alias is not as perfect as in PS.- also texturing effects..********
- = anti-aliasing.********
- And lack of Open Type supportpoomoo
- also texturing effects..
