Let's not forget now that Adobe owns both products now and I am sure features will be merged and adopted going forward.
So, they both are good solutions from the same company for the same task. ;) Teddy On 10/11/06, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to shoot Ben down, but you do NOT want to switch to Fireworks. > > Photoshop is far more powerful, flexible, offers more options and it's > just > plain better than Fireworks. I was forced to use Fireworks for about 6 > months at my first web job and it was horrible. I cheered loudly when > Adobe > came out with Image Ready 2.0, kicked Fireworks' dust from my feet and > never > looked back. > > The only thing that FW has going for it IMO is the price. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > certified advanced coldfusion programmer > ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:43 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: tutorials on how to slice a design up? > > > Also, I can't more highly recommend moving to Adobe FireWorks. It is > designed FOR WEB DEVELOPERS. Photoshop is an amazing photo editing > software. Yes, photo editing does overlap with web development, but it's > not designed for web development. Fireworks IS. It makes slicing easier > than eating ice cream. Plus, there is a Guru forum now that has some > great tutorials. > > http://www.fireworksguruforum.com/ > > I switch over 3 years ago and have not looked back.. And my productivity > and proficiency in graphics editing is up like 1000% percent from where > it was in Photoshop. > > ....................... > Ben Nadel > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > www.bennadel.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:30 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: tutorials on how to slice a design up? > > Crow... > > I started my career as a designer so I'm thoroughly familiar with > slicing. > My suggestion is to NOT use slices from within PS of FW or IR. It may > seem like it makes things simpler, but it really doesn't. > > My suggestion is to make extensive use of guides, then manually select > each area you want to slice. This way you ONLY get the areas you need as > images and you can name each image whatever you like. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: tutorials on how to slice a design up? > > > Anyone have a good reference on how to slice up a PSD? I have a client > who wants me to slice up their design, because they don't have anyone > available to do it. Google searches bring up tons of results, but I was > wondering if anyone had one that they liked better than others. > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256288 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
