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THANK YOU. I cannot stand using a raster tool to design UIs. It's insane to me, and it absolutely boggles my mind that it's considered 'standard' practice (ot

THANK YOU. I cannot stand using a raster tool to design UIs. It's insane to me, and it absolutely boggles my mind that it's considered 'standard' practice (other than just going to html/css directly).

actionscripted 13y ago
Let me just re-size this button with rounded corners in Photoshop...
- nathanbarry 13y ago
  Cmd + T, then resize it. Simple. Works as expected (they just released this feature in Photoshop CC).
  - harwoodleon 13y ago
    Let me just pay for that feature every month, yeah
wil421 13y ago
Currently I am taking designs from a media company and have to turn their PSDs into real code. Is the process easier in Illustrator-- Design to HTML/CSS? Or does it to build the UI elements easier?
- johncoltrane 13y ago
  Not really. Illustrator is better for the drawing stage of your UI than Photoshop but both are equal when it comes to checking spacing, color values, corner radiuses and so on when it's time to actually build that UI. It's also a bit more straightforward to export an object drawn with Photoshop than it is to do the same with Illustrator. Also, decent-to-good "Photoshoppers" are a dime a dozen because both businesses and schools have a weird love affair with Photoshop but decent-to-good "Illustrators" are harder to find. You'll have a hard time convincing your client to make its team of ADs and designers switch to Illustrator.
  - wil421 13y ago
    OK that's what I thought. I have a project right now where I'm translating some PSDs into HTML its what I've done in the past but I haven't tried illustrator.
- harwoodleon 13y ago
  Nope, same process whichever you use. The initial files will be rasterised - so you won't be able to get the vector benefits of svg unless you export paths to illustrator - which is a bit shit and tedious. PSD to * is such a bad, bad approach

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THANK YOU. I cannot stand using a raster tool to design UIs. It's insane to me, and it absolutely boggles my mind that it's considered 'standard' practice (ot

by virgil_disgr4ce 13y ago

actionscripted 13y ago
Let me just re-size this button with rounded corners in Photoshop...
- nathanbarry 13y ago
  Cmd + T, then resize it. Simple. Works as expected (they just released this feature in Photoshop CC).
  - harwoodleon 13y ago
    Let me just pay for that feature every month, yeah
wil421 13y ago
Currently I am taking designs from a media company and have to turn their PSDs into real code. Is the process easier in Illustrator-- Design to HTML/CSS? Or does it to build the UI elements easier?
- johncoltrane 13y ago
  Not really. Illustrator is better for the drawing stage of your UI than Photoshop but both are equal when it comes to checking spacing, color values, corner radiuses and so on when it's time to actually build that UI. It's also a bit more straightforward to export an object drawn with Photoshop than it is to do the same with Illustrator. Also, decent-to-good "Photoshoppers" are a dime a dozen because both businesses and schools have a weird love affair with Photoshop but decent-to-good "Illustrators" are harder to find. You'll have a hard time convincing your client to make its team of ADs and designers switch to Illustrator.
  - wil421 13y ago
    OK that's what I thought. I have a project right now where I'm translating some PSDs into HTML its what I've done in the past but I haven't tried illustrator.
- harwoodleon 13y ago
  Nope, same process whichever you use. The initial files will be rasterised - so you won't be able to get the vector benefits of svg unless you export paths to illustrator - which is a bit shit and tedious. PSD to * is such a bad, bad approach