On Mar 21, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Michael Tuminello wrote:
There is, at last with CS3, a good ability to exchange files between
FW and PS and AI. You will hit a wall with complex files, but I was
pleasantly surprised by my ability to exchange files with PS users
without any ill effect - I never had an issue, and never even
discussed it with anyone, so I was exchanging files transparently
without the PS users noticing.
omnigraffle I can't say. FW does support a lot of import/export
formats.
I have had good luck getting omnigraffle files into adobe illustrator
by saving them out as .pdf files.
you dont get the layers, but you can create decent ones by saving out
the omnigraffle layers as separate files and bringing them in.
from there you can go probably to photoshop (import the pdf's) and
export out to Fireworks.
not fast and simple, but beats recreating an almost done wireframe
from from scratch.
I'm a big FW fan, after initially being a reluctant user. pages and
frames are great. having a mixed bitmap/vector toolset without being
massively complex is great. the live effects are great.
feel free to get more info from the horse's mouth - alan musselman was
at interaction08, and is a product manager for FW. his blog is here,
and there's a weekly session you can just pop into and ask
questions: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/amusselman/
it's very casual, and more or less exists for this purpose.
I wrote some thoughts on this on adobe's site a while back:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/wireframing.html
On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:03 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote:
Hi,
So, I've heard a lot about using Fireworks for working through a
design from wireframe to prototype, even to finish visual design..
For
the people who use/love Fireworks I have a few questions:
- how do you integrate with the standard graphic design workflow
involving Photoshop/Illustrator. Photoshop files import as bitmaps,
so it's hard to convert things into symbols etc...
- on the other side.. what if you have to work with other designers
not using Fireworks? is there any good way to exchange files with
people using Visio/Omnigraffle?
I've been an Omnigrallfe user for a while now, for diagrams and
wireframes. I'll continue to use it for diagrams for sure, but
Fireworks seems like it might be a better tool for wireframes and
prototypes... any thoughts?
(ps, i know there have been a ton of software/tool threads lately, so
if you're overwhelmed by them feel free to reply off list)
Thanks!
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