Alternative to Photoshop
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- leewilson78
Hi folks,
I use photoshop on a daily basis, I do work with developers who don't have photoshop, but will want to slice up my PSD for the web, can anyone recommend an alternative, they only need the very basic set of tools, since it will just be hiding layers, saving graphics for the web etc.
Cheers
- monospaced0
Developers who need to slice up Photoshop files should fucking have Photoshop.
- Surely they can afford $50 a month for the Creative Cloud.monospaced
- < This x2Continuity
- Frosty_spl0
You can get CS2 for free now.
- 23kon0
... maybe they are using an Amiga that doesn't support Photoshop.
Try Deluxe Paint III
- IV is out you knowanimatedgif
- DP didn't have layers, silly.detritus
- animatedgif0
To slice up photoshop files you need photoshop or it'll be a world of hurt.
For designers looking for a sensible way to design websites:
Fireworks or http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sk…- sensible, until the thing crashes.
about as stable as flash with large files.monNom - Fireworks or Sketch?
I've worked on large files just fine in FW. Files are smaller tooanimatedgif
- sensible, until the thing crashes.
- yurimon0
aside from gimp not sure, corel was always next in line. dont know the quality of the products, havent used them since after aldus freehand died.
- orrinward20
if developer.workenvironment == "Linux" {
designedittool = "GIMP"
}
else {
designedittool = "Photoshop"
}- Uh-oh, I've officially crossed the barrier from designer/developer to developer/designer.orrinward2
- I see it as one discipline with several tools and creative domains.mikotondria3
- leewilson780
Yes, I agree that they should have PS, would make my life easier :)
Have just demoed http://pixelmator.com seems ok, doesn't support Photoshop styles or Blending modes, so will need to rasterize this, pretty good alternative though.
- yurimon0
For slicing have you tried fireworks?
- why would someone have Fireworks and not Photoshop?monospaced
- boobs0
Why don't you slice things up yourself, charge them a lot for it, and let them live in ignorance of how easy it is?
- How it would be sliced depends on how it's builtanimatedgif
- ********0
Photoshop Elements. It supports Layers, Selections, Blend Modes, Save For Web, etc.
It's only $99, or just tell them to ask their facebook friends if anyone has an old copy lying around. Someone always does.
- No slices.monospaced
- True, but you can do it the old-fashioned way.********
- IRNlun60
GIMP and Corel Draw as others have mentioned, but preferably Photoshop. Although none of these applications will teach someone the difference between a jpg, a gif, a png. They also won't teach someone how to optimize for smaller file sizes/image quality, and when to use which format.
- mikotondria30
I haven't sliced any photoshop design for years - it has to be a world of pain trying to break up the process between 2 people, or groups of people...How do responsive designs get along with this ?
- TheBlueOne0
Alternates to PS:
To slice up PSD: http://macrabbit.com/slicy/
Also use Pixelmator and Sketch extensively in my work.
On PC I used Xara mostly.
I use all three in my freelance front-end web work. Haven't opened PS in ages and thank god for that. But I can do it because I am a small shop and design and code myself. And I'm a fucking rebel.
- macrabbit looks very interesting...vaxorcist
- posted pixelmator belowdoesnotexist
- doesnotexist0
people still slice PSDs?
- doesnotexist0
don't know if you can do slices but, http://www.pixelmator.com
- ********0
Tell them to print it out, cut it up with scissors and then scan back in. The cunts.
