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If someone says "I you can do in X whatever you can do in Photoshop" I immediately assume that they are only using a tiny fraction of Photoshop's functionality.
by maweki 8y ago
If someone says "I you can do in X whatever you can do in Photoshop" I immediately assume that they are only using a tiny fraction of Photoshop's functionality.
- Moru 8y agoMost people use Photoshop to open up the picture, crop, adjust color, mabe remove a read eye or put some text over the picture and then save it. Just about any program would be good enough but they know how to use Photoshop so that is what they will be using.
- bufferoverflow 8y agoHow do you know that? Until recently Photoshop was $700+, now it's $252/year, and I can't imagine many people you're describing paying that much, when you can do all that in a free program.
- atq2119 8y agoI'd imagine that warez versions of Photoshop are still extremely popular, and Adobe doesn't even have a lot of incentive to go after them since it's what gets people hooked on the Photoshop UI.
- h1d 8y agoMore like PSD file format. I'd throw PS out of the window if Adobe would start using an open common format but they won't as I said I'll switch.
- h1d 8y agoI thought I was paying $10/mo for PS. Still vastly expensive than other professional utilities especially when you need more than PS.
- stef25 8y agoThat's why I miss Fireworks so much. As a developer I receive PSD designs (sometimes 400MB files) that are just a collection of layers that have to be converted in to website-ready image files. This isn't really what PS is for, yet there's no alternative.
- tobyhinloopen 8y agoSketch?
- lucideer 8y agoSketch is great, but it's Mac-only with absolutely zero intention[0] of supporting anything else. I'm a Mac user and have a Sketch licence, and use it often for personal things, but if you're looking to build a piece of software that supports workflows with multiple people working on / implementing designs independently in a professional setting, expecting every company using your software to enforce a fully Mac-only office* is only going to get you so far. [0] https://www.sketchapp.com/support/requirements/other-platforms/ https://www.sketchapp.com/support/requirements/other-platfor... * I also work in a pretty-much-Mac-only office, so I do acknowledge that this strategy is not entirely fruitless, it's just not going to replace Fireworks.
- nicoburns 8y agoI'm running a windows VM on my mac solely for the purpose of running Fireworks (my CV is in Fireworks). I hope someone creates a decent (cross-platform) replacement someday! There's surely a market for it.