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I'd prefer Linux but there is a huge downside - not being able to run Photoshop. The workflow still feels much more intuitive than Gimp. Virtualbox running Win7

by AhtiK 13y ago

I'd prefer Linux but there is a huge downside - not being able to run Photoshop. The workflow still feels much more intuitive than Gimp. Virtualbox running Win7+PS could work though..

Glyptodon 13y ago
What's the reason people find Photoshop so important to web dev? I used to use Photoshop and run my main dev setup in a VM so I could use it, but eventually I just used it less and less. I'll agree Gimp isn't the best piece of software ever usability wise, though single window mode went a long way. But honestly I end up using Inkscape way more since it's so much easier to align boxes in layouts for mockups and create CSS-like effects, which is what I end up doing a lot. I get Photoshop for Lightroom/really graphics heavy stuff, but as a webdev I find I either need to make simple vector graphic stuff that Inkscape works wonderfully for, or I just need to chop up stuff that someone else already created as a raster somehow, neither of which really make Photoshop a necessity. Now the main piece of software I like that doesn't run on Linux is Sequel Pro. I really really wish that it had a Linux version. As for what I use, I always do my development work in Linux, whether VM or regular install. Getting stuff to work on Mac can be a headache (you absolutely need homebrew, and most of the time it works alright, but compared to just using Linux it's not always convenient, especially when you want to use a piece of software that's never really been built to work with Macs), and it's generally impossible on Windows. These days my desktop distro is Mint, though I stick with LTS based.
- steveax 13y ago
  As a front end developer, I get most of my assets in PSD format. Although the uptake of mobile browsers (and the corresponding use of media queries) is slowly chipping away at Photoshop as a web design tool, Photoshop files are still the most common format I receive.
elwell 13y ago
I actually prefer GIMP. It's much more light-weight (RAM), and it does everything I need (which is usually just resizing and recompressing). Though, I see the need for PS if you have to do more involved stuff.

by AhtiK 13y ago

I'd prefer Linux but there is a huge downside - not being able to run Photoshop. The workflow still feels much more intuitive than Gimp. Virtualbox running Win7+PS could work though..

Glyptodon 13y ago

What's the reason people find Photoshop so important to web dev? I used to use Photoshop and run my main dev setup in a VM so I could use it, but eventually I just used it less and less. I'll agree Gimp isn't the best piece of software ever usability wise, though single window mode went a long way. But honestly I end up using Inkscape way more since it's so much easier to align boxes in layouts for mockups and create CSS-like effects, which is what I end up doing a lot. I get Photoshop for Lightroom/really graphics heavy stuff, but as a webdev I find I either need to make simple vector graphic stuff that Inkscape works wonderfully for, or I just need to chop up stuff that someone else already created as a raster somehow, neither of which really make Photoshop a necessity. Now the main piece of software I like that doesn't run on Linux is Sequel Pro. I really really wish that it had a Linux version. As for what I use, I always do my development work in Linux, whether VM or regular install. Getting stuff to work on Mac can be a headache (you absolutely need homebrew, and most of the time it works alright, but compared to just using Linux it's not always convenient, especially when you want to use a piece of software that's never really been built to work with Macs), and it's generally impossible on Windows. These days my desktop distro is Mint, though I stick with LTS based.

steveax 13y ago
As a front end developer, I get most of my assets in PSD format. Although the uptake of mobile browsers (and the corresponding use of media queries) is slowly chipping away at Photoshop as a web design tool, Photoshop files are still the most common format I receive.

elwell 13y ago

I actually prefer GIMP. It's much more light-weight (RAM), and it does everything I need (which is usually just resizing and recompressing). Though, I see the need for PS if you have to do more involved stuff.