Hi, Well, everything is in the title. I’m often working on websites with graphic designers, and I’m curious to know how do you work with them because in my point of view, the transition between design and code is very prehistoric. Personally, I’m asking to them an inDesign file template as model w…

(but content IS design… :stuck_out_tongue: :slight_smile: ) this recently came out from beta, a git tool for visual work (or binary files i imagine) → https://www.goabstract.com

[image] jimbobrjames: These days i do a desktop version only in Sketch which i think is currently the best tool for the job (prior to this, my tool of choice was Fireworks but this had been discontinued by Adobe). I also use affinity designer and photo. I refuse to use photoshop. It’s big, its c…

[image] carstengrimm: too bad sketch is mac only, would’ve been excited to try it out. @carstengrimm Try Gravit , its pretty darn similar and completely free, and cross platform.

is it a replacement for designer? or something way different? since i have affinity designer as well…

@carstengrimm I use Sketch alongside Designer because its a lot faster to work with when building web mockups. I use designer when i need more power with vectors, and bring those graphics back into Sketch. Sketch is made for building web interfaces, where as Designer is a general purpose illustrat…

[image] jenstornell: It’s not as mighty as photoshop As someone who uses it for web graphics rather photographics, I really don’t miss photoshop one bit. One thing i would like to see improved in Affinity Designer and Photo is the way guides work. It’s a pain to make guides that match gutters…

A friend of mine who is a professional photographer and decades long Photoshop user is currently in the process of switching to Affinity Photo and seems to be quite happy with it as well.

Awesome! It does have really solid support for RAW & HDR photos. If letting go of Lightroom is holding anyone up from quitting creative cloud, then take a look at Darktable .

[image] jimbobrjames: then take a look at Darktable. Currently Darktable is much worse compared to lightroom which is still available as stand-alone no subscription with 6.1.x I have just tested that app and while a few tools seem nice, it’s way beyond in terms of usage, quality and performan…

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It’s not as mighty as photoshop

Do you miss anything? I just tested the perspective tool which is awesome.

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