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mirrage
10-10-2007, 02:23 PM
Hi all!!
I am back after a period of absence and want to ask you a simple(in my opinion)question.
What most web design professionals use Photoshop or Fireworks and why?
That is all.
Thank you all in advance!
morea
10-10-2007, 02:26 PM
do you mean for designing the actual web graphics? In my experience, graphics are generally designed in Photoshop, though I believe that Fireworks is used for animated graphics.
Most of the professional web designers that I know actually do all of their coding from scratch in a generic text editor like notepad. They don't let a program generate code for them.
colonel5
10-10-2007, 02:33 PM
I use Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver & Flash. I hand code everything but Dreamweaver has a lot of tools to automate certain processes. If you do use dream weaver click on the "code" tab and don't let yourself be tempted into letting Dreamweaver creating code for you.
colonel5
10-10-2007, 02:35 PM
ouch, did my avatar get censored?
mirrage
10-10-2007, 10:02 PM
I mean the web graphics only.
I just finished college and I work as a cadet in a web design and developement company and my boss incist that I have to work with Fireworks and not Photoshop.
I can surely say that Fireworks is sometimes easier to use than Photoshop but Photoshop is much stronger and can do much more than Fireworks.
He says(my boss) that all professionals use it but I am not that sure.
So I want your opinion.
He says(my boss) that all professionals use it but I am not that sure.
So I want your opinion.
edited by admin: that was uncalled for
vxhorusxv
10-10-2007, 10:13 PM
My opinion is, he has his head up his rear end. I have no idea what world he lives in.
Ned is a smart cookie!
Thanks :D But I's rather has a cookie, than to be's a cookie.
colonel5
10-12-2007, 02:56 PM
Fireworks is commonly used because it used to come packaged with flash and dreamweaver. It's a decent tool and is fine to use for professional web design, but of course you're right about Photoshop.
mattbing
10-12-2007, 03:09 PM
I HAVE RARELY used Fireworks, as it's just one more program to get to know. My guess i sthat it will be gone pretty soon and any features not already integrated into PS will be.
My guess i sthat it will be gone pretty soon and any features not already integrated into PS will be.
I agree, I can't see Adobe keeping two raster programs going. I think the only reason they even included it in CS3 was because they had some upgrades already in the can when they bought it.
mirrage
10-13-2007, 07:10 AM
I am thinking the same thing about Fireworks.
Anyway I will have to learn it a bit but I am so disapointed by my boss and the level and quality of his knowlodge.
At least the two programmers we have there are so good and helpfull and they really know what they say.I am there 3 weeks now and I have learned more things from them than my boss who suposed to tutor me.
design2work
10-13-2007, 04:40 PM
I use Photoshop for designing and Topstyle Pro for coding. The one that hasn't been mention yet is Color Schemer, it's a small piece of software that helps people choose the right colour schemes.
JPnyc
10-14-2007, 12:31 AM
I use verizon. I pick up the phone and hire a designer.
hewligan
10-14-2007, 12:42 AM
I suspect Fireworks will probably be sticking around.
Much like Dreamweaver replaced GoLive, Fireworks seems to have replaced ImageReady - they do have somewhat different featuresets to Photoshop.
But Fireworks is also used by some because it has an interface that is more Flash-like than Photoshop/Imageready. Personally, I've always hated the Flash interface, but others seem to like it.
Neballer
10-14-2007, 06:05 PM
My boss uses Fireworks all the time, he swears by it.
It can do a lot of things Photoshop can do but faster, especially when mocking a site up. I don't have it, but suspect that I will start using it more often when I get my new laptop.
bsilvia
10-15-2007, 02:50 AM
Photoshop, because first I was a graphics designer :) (10 yrs ago)
mattbing
10-15-2007, 01:29 PM
Fireworks seems to have replaced ImageReady
I don't think it has. From what I've seen in CS3 Imageready features are now integrated right into Photoshop (slicing etc). It makes it much easier to use.
hewligan
10-15-2007, 11:08 PM
Photoshop's had slicing tools for ages - basically since Imageready was released. Imageready could also handle things like rollovers and animation, though.
I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily - I've barely touched CS3 at this point, and I'm not sure exactly what it can do, but in the brief look I've had, I've seen very little of Imageready's featureset in it.