Hi all,

I need some recommendation on web design tools....

My supervisor is giving me 3 choices, which i can ONLY CHOOSE ONE.

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe illustrator
Macromedia Fireworks

I need to know which is the most suit for me

thanks in advanced.

which 1 u know more then go for tat 1

my personal preference --- Photoshop
illustrator is more to vector graphics and i dun like fireworks lol ...

anyway just choose which 1 u good with.

Hmmm ... anyone know the comparison between these 3 softwares?

becoz the software not ONLY use by me but will share by 2 3 webmaster also.

so i think cannot based on one person preference/expertise

Any comments for me again

Urm.. tell your employer, supervisor, director or whoever is in charge of your department that website design doesn't just use 1 application. Although Photoshop can do the coding for you, it doesn't do all that you might want/need later.

Anyway, bear in mind that each of the programs listed above won't be able to do everything you'll need in Website Design. Here's a short breakdown for you and your supervisor if he/she cares to read it.

Adobe Photoshop
..is a bitmap graphic program which is half the time used in graphic editing like photos and nowadays, websites. Photoshop can export finish design for websites with ready made codes however the setback is that Photoshop will not allow you to implement dropdown menus or make form creation easier for you to do. This means that you'll have to use Notepad or someone who understands programming to accomplish the more demanding dynamic tasks later.

Adobe Illustrator
..is a vector graphic tool used normally in print. Sometimes its used to create Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to be exported and used in Flash. The biggest comparison of Photoshop and Illustrator is that Illustrator doesn't let you export into a HTML file with the coding done for you after slicing it. However, the biggest advantage Illustrator gives you is it allows you to scale your created graphics into various sizes without loss of quality unlike when done in Photoshop, it blurs if you try to blowup a smaller sized image.

Macromedia Fireworks
..is basically the Photoshop of Macromedia (now acquired by Adobe) and because of the recent merger with Adobe, the company might not improve or support this software in future. They just might merge what Fireworks have with GoLive or even Photoshop. So what you'll need to think about Fireworks is future expansion and will you need any unavailable support later for this application.

Others
..is basically asking for a tool that can do everything. In other words, you're asking an accountant be a CEO, CFO, designer, programmer, secretary and etc. Even if there is such a tool, I'd ban you from getting it because it won't fulfill all you'll need in the demand of website design today.

Hope all of that helps.

cheers.

yaloh, cannot just use one program for design, because all the programs can support each other

get the Adobe Web Bundle instead, contains all the software demands (but will damn expensive loh )

This post has been edited by jayhan: Jul 24 2006, 02:16 PM

The most popular workflow:
Illustrator -> Photoshop -> Dreamweaver
It's ridiculous to be expecting an extremely decent output from 1 GRAPHICS layout program.

get adobe(macromedia) studio 8 if possible

contain all the thing you need for web design.