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Why do you ask silly snide questions? Tell me what is fundamentally wrong with screenshotting an interface, playing with it a bit, coming up with something you

by rfnslyr 13y ago

Why do you ask silly snide questions? Tell me what is fundamentally wrong with screenshotting an interface, playing with it a bit, coming up with something you like then turning it into code?

cvburgess 13y ago
It's a lot of unnecessary, time-consimung back-and-forth that could be easily done in a program like Sketch. Every approach is unique to its designer, and it's situation. But I have yet to (personally) find Photoshop (or a hybrid approach) more effective and time-saving when you deal with a large project. Artboards are MUCH easier to keep track of and group, and with something like Mirror [1] you will save hours in exporting/slicing/sharing over the course of a project. Photoshop was not made for UI design. It can do it, but it will rarely be the best tool because Adobe is not catering features for that niche. [1] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/mirror/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/mirror/
- ryanSrich 13y ago
  > Artboards are MUCH easier to keep track of and group, and with something like Mirror [1] you will save hours in exporting/slicing/sharing over the course of a project. Adobe actually has a tool for this. http://html.adobe.com/edge/inspect/ http://html.adobe.com/edge/inspect/ I'll go against the grain here and say that 80% of the UI design that I do is based in the browser. Certainly getting a style and architecture down is helpful before hand but the design really doesn't come to life until I get into code. Some might say that this isn't sustainable on a large project but I'd argue that using HTML/CSS and github as a tool is just as, if not more, useful than photoshop/sketch/whatever.
- rfnslyr 13y ago
  Hmm is it worth learning Sketch? I'm a photoshop die hard but wow this program looks enticing. Do you have any good resources to learn more about how to develop with Sketch?
  - cvburgess 13y ago
    Yes, actually the Sketch Manual [1] (but who reads the manual?) and (my favorite) community resources [2] that you can download, play with, and re-use over and over. [1] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/help/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/help/ [2] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/community/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/community/

by rfnslyr 13y ago

Why do you ask silly snide questions? Tell me what is fundamentally wrong with screenshotting an interface, playing with it a bit, coming up with something you like then turning it into code?

cvburgess 13y ago

It's a lot of unnecessary, time-consimung back-and-forth that could be easily done in a program like Sketch. Every approach is unique to its designer, and it's situation. But I have yet to (personally) find Photoshop (or a hybrid approach) more effective and time-saving when you deal with a large project. Artboards are MUCH easier to keep track of and group, and with something like Mirror [1] you will save hours in exporting/slicing/sharing over the course of a project. Photoshop was not made for UI design. It can do it, but it will rarely be the best tool because Adobe is not catering features for that niche. [1] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/mirror/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/mirror/

ryanSrich 13y ago
> Artboards are MUCH easier to keep track of and group, and with something like Mirror [1] you will save hours in exporting/slicing/sharing over the course of a project. Adobe actually has a tool for this. http://html.adobe.com/edge/inspect/ http://html.adobe.com/edge/inspect/ I'll go against the grain here and say that 80% of the UI design that I do is based in the browser. Certainly getting a style and architecture down is helpful before hand but the design really doesn't come to life until I get into code. Some might say that this isn't sustainable on a large project but I'd argue that using HTML/CSS and github as a tool is just as, if not more, useful than photoshop/sketch/whatever.
rfnslyr 13y ago
Hmm is it worth learning Sketch? I'm a photoshop die hard but wow this program looks enticing. Do you have any good resources to learn more about how to develop with Sketch?
- cvburgess 13y ago
  Yes, actually the Sketch Manual [1] (but who reads the manual?) and (my favorite) community resources [2] that you can download, play with, and re-use over and over. [1] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/help/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/help/ [2] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/community/ http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/community/