Tag: Adobe
Discovering Sketch
I’m not a designer but I use the tools of designers a lot. I spend a lot of my time in Photoshop exporting assets for projects and on top of that paying what feels like an unfair price to do it. It’s not that I don’t think it’s worth it, I’m just ready for something […]
Posted: November 13, 2013
Introducing Adobe Generator for Photoshop CC
This is wicked exciting to me. I know I’ve been talking a lot about alternative image editors so as to avoid the Adobe machine, but the fact of it is I still use Photoshop every single day at work. While I hope to someday convert to something more lean, it’s not happening any time soon. […]
Posted: September 09, 2013
The future of Adobe Fireworks
The writing has been on the wall for years but it’s really quite sad that this day has arrived. Although Adobe’s contributions to Fireworks in recent releases have been a bit sub-par in comparison to the other products in Creative Suite, they’re officially done with it as of yesterday. There are other changes as well, […]
Posted: May 07, 2013
Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes
Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes | Adobe Developer Connection. This is an interesting skim-through. It looks like Adobe is going to shift Flash into focusing on gaming and “premium” video for the next decade. I can understand wanting to hold on to gaming, as the HTML5 game development space has
Posted: February 23, 2012
Adiós Flash, Hola Edge
ADC Presents – Preview of the “Edge Prototype” tool for HTML5 | Adobe TV. Edge is touted as “A tool for doing HTML5 animations” but personally I’m guessing this is how Adobe plans to handle the whole “Flash” situation as time goes on. A number of things struck me as I watched the video: Layer […]
Posted: October 26, 2010
Thoughts on Flash
Today Mr. Steve Jobs published a lengthy piece titled Thoughts on Flash throughout which he explains Apple’s position on Flash and the reasons behind its absence on the best devices ever invented. I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we […]
Posted: April 29, 2010
Introducing Adobe Fireworks CS5
The details behind Fireworks CS5 have finally made it to the surface. While, as usual, it was on the back burner during all of the recent Adobe promotions surrounding the latest and greatest Creative Suite, I’m still excited about what’s coming to Fireworks CS5.
Posted: April 17, 2010
Fireworks Alternatives: Acorn, Drawit and Opacity
I would have to consider myself a fairly recent convert to Fireworks when the rest of the crowd is considered. I really jumped on the bandwagon when CS4 came out, specifically because of the type engine changes that took place. All that is well and good, but it’s no secret that Fireworks is plagued with […]
Posted: March 23, 2010