Switching from Photoshop to Fireworks
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- Miguex0
You could give FW a try and see what happens, I was in the same situation, and I hated going to work, I spent so much time at the office trying to figure out, and kept saying to my self, wow, I could have been done if I was using photoshop. Then I would load the files on a zip drive (this was a while back haha) and finish the project at home, on a slower computer using photoshop.
Eventually I got offered another job, with almost double the salary, I was so miserable there that I had no interest in staying there anymore and gave my notice.
it makes no sense that they are forcing you to use something other than the tool you are most comfortable with and it sucks.
So I feel your pain, if you stop enjoying the work, productivity goes down. I hope that you either have an easy time adapting, or you they understand your position.
- That's crazy. You really had that difficult of a time learning the app?Josev
- akrokdesign0
wow! i am switching right now! lol.
- by the way, "red gloss" that's ORANGE. not RED. lol.akrokdesign
- Nothing bad is ever made in Photoshop?PIZZA
- haha. never the limon.akrokdesign
- Peter0
I'd welcome raster & vector in one app,
instead of Photoshops alternative "Smart Objects".But you know what they say: you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
What old dogs tend to do, of course, is bark at the younger dogs for having that new trick learning ability. And that I can do.
- liveforever0
fireworks usually used for prototyping i think
also compresses images for web alot better than PS (i remember adobe saying at a conference that they couldnt quite get it working in PS)i'm with honestly though, never heard an argument for this.
- ********0
I started in Fireworks and switched to Photoshop when I started doing more creative things. Now my work and choice is taking me back to a stricter design structure and I've been opening up Fireworks now and again for Web Layout work. I'm an awful sketcher, to the point where if I show a design sketched out by hand my boss probably won't like it. If I then recreate the same thing digitally in FW (or PS) he will like it. This isn't error or a bad call from my boss, just a testament to how bad my sketching is.
The thing that I've always liked with Fireworks is that it handles selecting objects directly on the canvas very well. Photoshop's auto-select is awful so I always have to go to layers to select them. The only benefit of that is it means I have to group and label my layers thoroughly to save myself from getting lost! Fireworks is so easy to manage a file and create things quickly that layer structure goes out the window.
- PIZZA0
Fireworks is fucking excellent, make sure you are running CS5 (CS4 was buggy and rushed). There are some things you need PS for like editing photos etc but if what you spend 90% of your time doing is designing UI/laying out text/buttons/web pages then Fireworks kicks the living shit out of Photoshop.
By the way I used Photoshop for many many years before switching, and scoffed at first but now I'm a total convert.
- ********0
I never did understand firefox and why the fuck did Adobe not put these feature in PS to begin with. I hate using Firefox but I will also admit to liking some of the web features in the program. Maybe Adobe should just to a Web Design version of PS.
- "these feature in PS to begin with" Fireworks like Flash are from Macromedia... not AdobePIZZA
- PIZZA0
http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal…
Post from the designer of the Firefox icon about why he uses Fireworks.
- 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
