http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-7651 Ali Driver Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:03:40 +0000 http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-7651 Cutting and pasting from Illustrator to Fireworks looses gradient settings, and often you can end up with less than desirable results transfroming your vectors across Fireworks and Illustrator. I think the InDesign workflow seems interesting, but almost using a feature of a tool to answer a fundamental problem which is wireframing and iterating design documentation. Seems like a fairly robust solution, but when it comes to producing interactive cross platform prototypes, it fails. Where is the real and correct solution? It doesnt exist yet... Cutting and pasting from Illustrator to Fireworks looses gradient settings, and often you can end up with less than desirable results transfroming your vectors across Fireworks and Illustrator. I think the InDesign workflow seems interesting, but almost using a feature of a tool to answer a fundamental problem which is wireframing and iterating design documentation. Seems like a fairly robust solution, but when it comes to producing interactive cross platform prototypes, it fails. Where is the real and correct solution? It doesnt exist yet…

]]> http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-3945 Ralph Barnes Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:37:26 +0000 http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-3945 I use Fireworks but would love to try InDesign. But I'm not sure what Rachel meant by InDesign having an advantage as far as being able to paste art from Illustrator; I do that a good bit from Illustrator/ Fireworks. Maybe this is more a difference in terminology. I use Fireworks but would love to try InDesign. But I’m not sure what Rachel meant by InDesign having an advantage as far as being able to paste art from Illustrator; I do that a good bit from Illustrator/ Fireworks. Maybe this is more a difference in terminology.

]]> http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-2370 Rachel Lehman Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:52:58 +0000 http://www.nathancurtis.com/2008/04/21/indesign-cs3-vs-fireworks-cs3-round-1/#comment-2370 Interesting thoughts, and I definitely picked up some ideas for using both tools for wireframes from reading this. I've recently started using InDesign for wireframes, creating a series of symbols and template files for such use - so far I think it's the option I prefer. I've jumped back and forth between them, because Fireworks includes a nice set of symbols, and I haven't gotten around to creating all of them with InDesign yet. Personally I find the interactive features in Fireworks too time consuming to configure for prototype creation. Another advantage to InDesign is that you can paste art from Illustrator, if you want a little more than what InDesign's drawing tools offer. Interesting thoughts, and I definitely picked up some ideas for using both tools for wireframes from reading this. I’ve recently started using InDesign for wireframes, creating a series of symbols and template files for such use - so far I think it’s the option I prefer. I’ve jumped back and forth between them, because Fireworks includes a nice set of symbols, and I haven’t gotten around to creating all of them with InDesign yet. Personally I find the interactive features in Fireworks too time consuming to configure for prototype creation. Another advantage to InDesign is that you can paste art from Illustrator, if you want a little more than what InDesign’s drawing tools offer.

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