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- alicetheblue0
Boston Globe website used InDesign:
http://upstatement.com/blog/2012…- < Yep this says it all reallyChimp
- Bet the developers loved working with thatanimatedgif
- pillhead0
I think there could be a market for a new Web Images layout program with blows away PH and FW, and maybe, just maybe does not let Adobe have a fucking monopoly in the creative field of design. God knows Adobe could do with some competition.
- There definitely could be, just take Fireworks and fix the parts where Adobe fucked up and it would be job changinganimatedgif
- ernexbcn0
Most people use Photoshop because it's what existed back in the day, as far as I know best tool for web design now it's Fireworks, but you need to learn how to take advantage of it if you are coming from Photoshop.
- Chimp0
Well most people use PS but I don't really think its fit for purpose.
You even have to add a patch to make a bloody usable grid!
PS is a tool to edit photos. There needs to be a program specifically designed for creating websites that combines InDesign and PS.
My 2 cents / pence- we'll all be using HTML5 tools soonfadein11
- Yeah, doesn't even have a tool to centre an element to the page.animatedgif
- That program already exists BTW, it's Fireworksanimatedgif
- Fireworks is getting there but I still don't find it has all things I like about InDesignChimp
- Nicelydrawn0
I'm a "professional" and I use PS all the way. Pixel by pixel, layer comps, and vector masks. I like to have texture in my sites, so there are lots of images. I cut everything up from PS as well and save for web. I slice by hand, so to speak.
Then from there, I use Coda for the code. I highly recommend Coda, especially if you have to share your files - the version control is pretty solid.
- I prefer espresso for the live preview alone. If coda 2 has live view I might consider a switchESKEMA
- Textmate master raceanimatedgif
- ernexbcn0
Fireworks is what the professionals are using now, it's best tool for web/UI if you can learn how to properly use it and tolerate it's frequent crashes.
- CS5 is actually pretty damn stable, compared to 3/4animatedgif
- Fax_Benson0
I boil my eggs in the kettle.
- Fax_Benson0
ESKEMA made the best point. It doesn't matter which software you use unless you have a set-in-stone process that others need to adhere to. Design firms get tied to a particular way of working (for good reason) and often ignore potentially better ways of doing things. Anything that might interfere with the process becomes anathema.
I don't see a problem in using ID for web layouts. The book, story, paragraph style options most closely represent the way stylesheets work, surely?
- yes but you don't export styles from ID surely - awful codefadein11
- Fireworks has styles too...animatedgif
- fadein110
amazed that anyone uses ID for web design...
- uan0
^ I agree layouts and style (and css conversion) are best handled in indesign.
basically it depends on the site you are designing.
- ESKEMA0
If you know what you're doing, the software will not matter.
I find myself switching and using PS AI ID together...
ID is really good at layouts (new version with pixels, not the old ones without), styles are very handy here, AI for complex vectors, PS for everything image. I don't give a fuck what you all use and swear by, the only thing that matters is to know what you're doing and do it well.
- ORAZAL0
Everybody's got their preference. If your going to argue using statistics I think it's safe to say that it's PS is the "industry standard". But since it's possible to design in both (PS & ID) it's going to come down to who has the biggest dick.
- ukit20
True pros go for Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Web Professional
- 2012 ME Editioninteliboy
- It sounds like a joke, but that's actually the name
http://www.microsoft…ukit2 - haha FUCKING LOLD!animatedgif
- inteliboy0
^ Yup. If you do "web design" as a living, Fireworks seems to be pretty much the way to go.
- jadrian_uk0
bollocks
- inteliboy0
Using Indesign (or even Illustrator to an extent) is not a very smart way to go about designing a website. It shows an almost stubborn mentality - this is simply not what the industry does and you'll struggle to work with other people outside of your own bubble.
I've only once been handed an indesign file as a web design/template, followed by much swearing and eye rolls. This guy just sounds like a lazy git.
- yipfadein11
- <---pillhead
- +1 It's like a few years ago working with a print designer who has to do a websiteanimatedgif
- not saying you're wrong, but that's quite a stubborn statement.Fax_Benson
- toodee0
I thought everyone designed in browser these days?