PS or AI for web design?
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- geralddean0
i gotta go with illustrator. I thought photoshop was the defacto standard but once you start doing the same things in Illy it just appears to be way better. and as stated in another comment, you can go to bitmap in a click.
just import your bitmaps into your comp and work with it. its hot.
*I'd like a better interface for fonts as I have many 1000s and can not be bothered to click more > submenu more > submenu more...
- selfproclaim0
Both programs have their place in web design but why has everyone over looked Photoshop having vector objects? It has the visual precision of raster graphics with more thorough use of layer styles and blend modes while still retaining the control and adjustment of Illustrator vectors.
Almost every object I design in Photoshop is now vector just for the fact I can tweak and scale (and not lose clarity/sharpness) as go along without having to touch the damn marquee tool, ever.
- madirish0
because it can be exported to bitmap in one click..... it can NOT go the other way and maintain 100% accuracy. And, 9 times out of 10 it needs to, IME.
- Kiko0
If your final design is going to be bitmap them why create it with a vector program? Especially one with less
- poomoo0
Fireworks. It is the daddy.
- madirish0
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- jameskeane0
Illustrator ownz yer bonez.
- madirish0
Illustrator, WITHOUT question.
This has come up time and time again, but given the tools at hand today and the way by which artwork moves from medium to medium, if you are not creating things at the source as vector artwork, you are really being a fool. Seriously no offense to anyone obsessed with Photoshop, but it is a band-aid tool for designing anything pertaining to a layout..... which the web is.
That said, i love photoshop for doing what it excels at; editing bitmap artwork, photos. That is where it ends. It is *atrocious* at working with for varying web design. It only has become any sort of standard for 'web designers' to use as the primary tool, from years and years of instruction where it was the only application taught and the tools it contains were usable as a web design tool.... but it was never intended as such and has subsequently been band-aided to meet this growing population who consider it as such.
Again, my opinion only.
- NewElpaso0
i mean - if you were to design stuff for the dashboard on a mac - is it better to use PS or illy - or - does it even matter?
what tehnology does it use? and what software lends itself better to it?
- drgs0
i dont understand the question, why limit yourself
- NewElpaso0
what about for widgets (ie dashboard widgets)?
- Killer0
Depends, if the web site contains a lot of vector work then Ai. If it happens to be mostly bitmap/raster images, then Ps. Plus you can use a combination of them both to get the desired effect you want!
- section_0140
I can't see using anything but photoshop for web graphics. Obviously, if I do any vector illustrations/logo/type treatments, I do them in illustrator and than copy n paste in to photoshop. Unless of course your doing a flash site, than I say Illustrator all the way. I can't even fathom doing a web layout in InDesign. I mean what's the point? I like Photoshop + dreamweaver (and here lately notepad++ because design view sucks in Dreamweaver)
- monkeyshine0
I use both. Illustrator is quicker for laying out loose concepts. If I am playing with shapes, I will import into photoshop. Smart Objects are a god-send.
- flyingnowhere0
I use Illustrator for logos mostly
Photoshop for the mock ups, always, it's so much smoother!
- mkuplens0
Definitely Photoshop - in fact I've got a neat PSD+ATN combo you can use that quickly sets up layers and groups with IE7 or Firefox 2 browser chrome plus the URL and window/tab title in the right places. You can grab it at http://www.thoughtguy.com/browse…
- Utopianacht0
photoshop for almost everything.. Ilustrator for flash sites.. the challenge here.. all the ones that use only one of those programs, close it just for today and use the other one..!!
- no thanks! I think my clients/studio manager.boss/other workers would be pissedkelpie
- kushman0
used to use ps but find illustrator far better for grid work. Plus it's easier to much around with composition once this are on the the page.
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- WeLoveNoise0
microsoft paint
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