#Antetype vs sketch software

I will continue to use Fireworks as long as I can. And also their total lack of attention to the best tool for UI- and web design they had (Fireworks). Will Adobe invent a new tool that is able to replace Fireworks? Who knows.īut looking at their wasted efforts so far (Flash Catalyst, Muse, and many other apps that came and went).

#Antetype vs sketch software

Photoshop and Illustrator will remain as the distributors of contents, but not as layout software for screen design. Since it's obvious, Adobe has no tool in their portfolio today, that can replace Fireworks. And that kind of work is just not possible with other programs at the moment. I for one will continue to use Fireworks as long as I could, because I want to keep working efficiently and precisely. Tip: I installed not only the newest version of Flash but also the Flash CS5.5 version, so I can still import Fireworks files and edit them in the newest Flash version if required. That's why Adobe rather removed the import function from Fireworks, because there is no way that Fireworks is still much better. But until today they never reached the quality of Fireworks Import. With every new Flash version Adobe promised that the work flow between Photoshop and Flash is getting optimised. This was never possible in Photoshop and it still isn't in the newest release. All layers, vectors, styles, properties, controls and so on remained intact and furthermore could still be edited in Flash. Graphics and Layouts could be transferred via copy and paste or import dialogue from Fireworks to Flash without any problems. Until and including version CS5.5 the work flow was immaculate and could not have been better. With version CS6 of Flash the work flow between Fireworks and Flash has been completely removed. From the beginning Fireworks has worked together perfectly with Flash, like all other Macromedia products. Rather than seeing the Creative Suite as a suite where all programs learn from and inspire each other, all other programs are 'getting inspired' by Fireworks, for example the control tool of Illustrator or the CSS properties in the new version of Photoshop. This is no give and take, this is just taking. Instead of putting in new features into Fireworks, Adobe is helping itself to already existing Fireworks features and putting them into other Adobe software. Using parts of our super hero for other things So the Ferrari stays in the garage and always gets a nice new polish, instead of giving it a new turbo loader and putting him on a race track.Īt the same time Adobe continues to push Photoshop in the direction of screen / UI design, a pixel-based tool that is not suitable for this task. With every new version they are told that some bugs have been fixed and that here and there one screw or another has been turned a bit. Instead of adding new important features to Fireworks with each version, something that many people are waiting for, it only gets a polish. Tip: Masks should be reduced (meaning applied) in Photoshop, then it is no problem to import them. Without a proper import Adobe hinders an excellent work flow between Photoshop and Fireworks that is essential for a layout software.

The import function of Photoshop documents still doesn't work without problems. The only two praiseworthy features are the pages palette with the master page that is really essential (and came from Macromedia times I think), and the CCS properties palette in CS6. The new features that Adobe has sponsored to Fireworks over the years and versions are not worth mentioning. Users are always looking forward to the cool new features that are offered with every new version of Adobe software. The super hero does not get any new features So the super hero does not get a chance to present itself in any way. On AdobeTV only the very basics of Fireworks were shown. At presentations and road shows you would look for Fireworks and not find it. The product page of Fireworks has always been very superficial and it was never hinted to its true power. that it is a layout program for screen and can be compared to InDesign, they rather pretended it didn't exist.Īdobe had a Ferrari in the garage that they never showed to anybody and therefore never gave it the chance to prove itself and show what it was really about. Instead of promoting Fireworks correctly now and communicating its abilities clearly, i.e. Just like many designers Adobe has always seen Fireworks as a villain to Photoshop and apparently also misunderstood it. The super hero doesn't get any love from Adobe