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Can someone plz enlighten me how Figma competes with Adobe? AFAIK Web/app designers use either Sketch or Figma, publishers use Illustrator and photographers us

Can someone plz enlighten me how Figma competes with Adobe? AFAIK Web/app designers use either Sketch or Figma, publishers use Illustrator and photographers use Photoshop/Lightroom. At least that's how it's been back in the day. Is that no longer the case?

HellDunkel 4y ago
People are moving away from designing in photoshop to figma in large numbers hence the 20bn.
- akrymski 4y ago
  But Photoshop is not a vector design tool? I thought this move happened in the 90s
  - amiga-workbench 4y ago
    The agencies I've worked at only started dumping Photoshop around 2015-ish, going for Sketch and XD.
  - micromacrofoot 4y ago
    I sometimes consult with internal design teams and a lot of them just never switched away from photoshop
  - etherealG 4y ago
    you seem to think that vector vs. bitmap is a design concern. it isn't. designers care about their form and their function. a better tool means an easier path in the design process, it doesn't matter the tool, vector or bitmap.
leodriesch 4y ago
Adobe has XD, which is a direct competitor to Figma as a vector based design tool that includes prototyping functionality.
- akrymski 4y ago
  Thanks, I've never actually seen anyone use it in practice but turns out that Figma has a 31.73% market share in the Collaborative Design And Prototyping category, while Adobe XD has a 15.14% market share in the same space
  - jiocrag 4y ago
    Where are these stats from?
    - akrymski 4y ago
      https://www.slintel.com/tech/collaborative-design-and-prototyping/figma-vs-adobexd https://www.slintel.com/tech/collaborative-design-and-protot...
  - whywhywhywhy 4y ago
    There is absolutely no way those statistics are even remotely accurate
rjvir 4y ago
There are use cases where Figma and Adobe already directly compete: - Product wireframes/mockups - Memes/social media posts - Simple vector creation/editing And that list is only expanding.
codeptualize 4y ago
That whole market was Photoshop and Illustrator for a long time. That changed because of better and cheaper alternatives (like Sketch). They have tried and failed to get it back and now seem to have given up on competing and just bought the competition instead. It's also not just UI. Figma is a very capable vector and general purpose graphic tool. Figma made a lot of common things much easier than they are in Illustrator and Photoshop. While being online and fully collaborative. It's really an amazing tool and imo Adobe was rightfully threatened by it as I don't believe they could deliver anything close. It would just continue taking over more use cases.
- akrymski 4y ago
  While Figma is a great vector tool it doesn't hold a candle to Photoshop when it comes to image editing. There's a reason photographers use Photoshop for retouching photos.
  - ImPleadThe5th 4y ago
    Yeah but adobe's other 'star' product is illustrator a vector tool.
    - true_religion 4y ago
      I see people using Figma a lot for UX design and storyboards. Illustrator seems to be used more by graphic designers. If true, that would make them complementary products not competing products in the same market.

HellDunkel 4y ago

People are moving away from designing in photoshop to figma in large numbers hence the 20bn.

akrymski 4y ago
But Photoshop is not a vector design tool? I thought this move happened in the 90s
- amiga-workbench 4y ago
  The agencies I've worked at only started dumping Photoshop around 2015-ish, going for Sketch and XD.
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
  I sometimes consult with internal design teams and a lot of them just never switched away from photoshop
- etherealG 4y ago
  you seem to think that vector vs. bitmap is a design concern. it isn't. designers care about their form and their function. a better tool means an easier path in the design process, it doesn't matter the tool, vector or bitmap.

leodriesch 4y ago

Adobe has XD, which is a direct competitor to Figma as a vector based design tool that includes prototyping functionality.

akrymski 4y ago
Thanks, I've never actually seen anyone use it in practice but turns out that Figma has a 31.73% market share in the Collaborative Design And Prototyping category, while Adobe XD has a 15.14% market share in the same space
- jiocrag 4y ago
  Where are these stats from?
  - akrymski 4y ago
    https://www.slintel.com/tech/collaborative-design-and-prototyping/figma-vs-adobexd https://www.slintel.com/tech/collaborative-design-and-protot...
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago
  There is absolutely no way those statistics are even remotely accurate

rjvir 4y ago

There are use cases where Figma and Adobe already directly compete: - Product wireframes/mockups - Memes/social media posts - Simple vector creation/editing And that list is only expanding.

codeptualize 4y ago

That whole market was Photoshop and Illustrator for a long time. That changed because of better and cheaper alternatives (like Sketch). They have tried and failed to get it back and now seem to have given up on competing and just bought the competition instead. It's also not just UI. Figma is a very capable vector and general purpose graphic tool. Figma made a lot of common things much easier than they are in Illustrator and Photoshop. While being online and fully collaborative. It's really an amazing tool and imo Adobe was rightfully threatened by it as I don't believe they could deliver anything close. It would just continue taking over more use cases.

akrymski 4y ago
While Figma is a great vector tool it doesn't hold a candle to Photoshop when it comes to image editing. There's a reason photographers use Photoshop for retouching photos.
- ImPleadThe5th 4y ago
  Yeah but adobe's other 'star' product is illustrator a vector tool.
  - true_religion 4y ago
    I see people using Figma a lot for UX design and storyboards. Illustrator seems to be used more by graphic designers. If true, that would make them complementary products not competing products in the same market.