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- mg331
I've got to nitpick a few of the claims Figma makes on the page that grafician shared.
1. But isn’t Adobe XD also in the cloud?
With Adobe XD, local files must be synced to Creative Cloud in order to share. Any further updates made to the local file must then be re-synced and re-shared.
(This is true, but ONLY if you work on files locally. If you work on files in the cloud from the get-go, this is a moot point. All the files my team and I use are stored in the cloud. This is pretty much a false "gotcha" from Figma. Local files aren't the only way to work...)
2. I heard Adobe XD is also building collaboration features...
Collaborating in Adobe XD is different than collaborating in Figma. In Adobe XD, you design in one place but share in another. Comments are in a separate experience, and changes from different co-editors need to be merged manually.
(Not sure what they're really trying to claim here. Yes, with XD you publish prototypes to a different file or page and you send that link to people. Sure, it would be nice for comments to appear inside the XD working environment. But the "changes from different co-editors need to be merged manually" part is confusing in the context of comments. Co-editors can all be in the in the file together and make their edits no different than how they created their work in the first place. Nothing is "merged manually."
3. But I use Photoshop and Illustrator...
Don’t stop! We believe you should use the best tool for the job. If you’re photo-editing, choose Adobe Photoshop. If you’re doing detailed illustrations, Adobe Illustrator is a no-brainer. But if you’re looking for the best tool for UX design, Figma is here for you. Plus you can easily import images and SVG code into Figma and have your cake and eat it (too).
(Great, that's fine and I get it. But for me and my team members, the beauty of XD and CC is that people can create assets in PS or Illustrator, add them to a library, edit them as needed, and they never need to go into XD for anything. None of us XD users have to import anything. Those assets are just right there in our libraries when we need them - AND updates made in PS or Illustrator sync with XD with no effort.)
- OK but that page is really old. And Adobe bought Figma. So there’s no more need to make your pointnb
- Adobe XD hasn’t been worked on in many many months because Adobe had their sights set on buying Figma. Source: friend at Adobenb
- @mg33 You save all the files in Adobe cloud?! Ballsy.grafician
- I can’t stand Adobe’s cloud environment. I don’t trust itGnash
- Nobody should trust Adobe, ever!grafician
- My bet is that Microsoft will buy CanvaShenanigansTV