If you are in love with Adobe Fireworks…
Last year you were surprised about the news about Adobe and Macromedia. I confess that I didn’t like that one bit at first. I have always been a fan of Illustrator and I can’t really say that I don’t think highly of PhotoShop but if I want to be honest with myself, I have to say that Fireworks has done great things to improve my web workflow. Needless to say, I love working with Fireworks and I was also worried that it might go away like I heard a lot of you were too. Well, do not let your fear conquer you. The old discussion has been revived about what graphics editor is better (Photoshop or Fireworks). There was even a discussion about desired new features for the next Fireworks software in Google Groups. Who is to say that web designers would prefer one or the other graphic editor. In fact, it has always been a matter of preference in which way either software made your workflow more efficient. In my humble opinion, they should just look for features that would make Fireworks stronger and not look for features that would bloat the already bloated Photoshop product. Wouldn’t you want your web designer life be a little less complicated, well add some custom brushes to Fireworks and then I’ll be happy!
If you are confused of the difference between Photoshop and Fireworks, Stéphane from Pixelized wrote a good article about it:
- Why choose Fireworks
As a multimedia designer and web applications developer for higher education, Terry writes about visual design trends, programming and tools for education and instructional design.
