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- Horp0
Can't you just do your stuff in psd, then export to fireworks and show him what you did?
- hardface_000
FW is for web developers... PS is for art directors and designers... FW sucks...
- Corvo20
I've always worked with Fireworks and Illustrator. The ability to keep vectors editable is priceless and, personally, I think png is as great file format. But that's not the point.
Point is, it's rather stupid that your boss dictates what software you should use. Any studio should be able to work with it all.
- You can keep vectors editable in psd too though Corvo.Horp
- Meeklo0
I worked at small web house waaaay back, and they forced me to use fireworks, and I hated it, I felt creatively crippled.
I think its just a tool, (I hate it, but that's what it is) and in the end it all comes down on how comfortable you are with it in order to produce work.
Eventually that company was forced to close and we all got laid off, it was very disappointing at the time, it was my 3rd job ever, and I never got laid of.. little I know, that was the reason I was able to get a job on a waaaaaay better agency, and they allowed to me use whatever I wanted, and I chose photoshop again :)
- erikjonsson0
can it do smart filters, gradient maps, adjustment layers, linked smart objects etc like photoshop? or are you just using it to design sites looking like wordpress templates?
- no, maybe, maybe, yes. I only do UI design and never use the photo based stuff in pshop so im actually looking forward to learning FWninjasavant
- learning FWninjasavant
- jevad0
There are two designers on my team - 3 if you include me. One of us uses fireworks instead of PS, and it fucking hacks me off sometimes, but there't no WAY I would ever ask him to switch to using PS just to make my life easier when we are sharing files and working on projects
- showpony0
i honestly threw fireworks away last week... it came with cs3, and every now and then, a png will open in it. it really needs to die.
- Jnr_Madison0
I've used FW for years (and took shit for it from people here) but I think more and more people are starting to like it. It definitely does have a few bugs, like modern mentioned, but you do need to give it a proper go before calling it shit. I mainly just use PS for photo editing these days but I think it is daft forcing you to use FW if you are happy doing everything in PS (mind you, if you work in a team, that might be a different story).
- ********0
nobody made more fun of fireworks than me.
i talked shit nonstop about how lame it was, just like all you on here.
then i learned what it could do.it is hands down my favorite program.
i had used photoshop for 10 years and knew it inside and out.
now, i haven't touched it in a year since using fireworks.i can only say, use it and you will see for yourself.
- did you make that gif of me in FW? You cunt!!!Jnr_Madison
- you know it ya little bitch.********
- but seriously: i do love you.********
- blackspade0
Fireworks is so much faster
- jamble0
I find fireworks far more efficient for designing web layouts than photoshop.
- ninjasavant0
There's a lot of stuff it does geared directly towards UI development for web and flex apps. I'm actually taking a portion of my week next week to take a lynda.com class on it.
- ********0
fireworks is good for slicing and animated gifs and that's about it
- erikjonsson0
is this a joke?
- Ampersanderson0
Just had a guy show me the ropes in FW and it blows PS out of the water. It's like combining PS with the efficiency of InDesign and features every tool a web designer could want.
Sold.
- when you say it like this i know its all in the clue less middle managment.erikjonsson
- monoboy0
I'd rather use Fireworks than PS. Much quicker for layout and design.
- dorfsman0
stick with it and in a couple of weeks I think you will love it. It's so much quicker for layouts than photoshop. It's really intuitive once you get used to it.
- untiltoday0
I haven't touched fireworks in years and really don't miss it.
- modern0
Fireworks is more popular than you think.
I know for sure a lot of big design studios round where I am use it.Its good for laying things out and mocking things up quickly, has a heck of a lot of issues and weird little things though:
- Fonts don't show up in the menu sometimes
- Font names are different
- Doesn't support sub fonts (Selecting Helvetica then selecting the bold/heavy versions from a different menu)
- Resizing is destructive
- Gradient Handles can go missing sometimes
- Grouping groups of objects with blend modes together can sometimes lose the blend modes"Paste appearance" is an ace shortcut though
We use it where I am, but I use Photoshop for things like cutting out/making textures/etc then just lay things out in Fireworks
- ********0
Firework should die