I’m blessed with ability to spend more time practicing and learning in the broad field of web design. A big hurdle for me in the past is graphics — I don’t know Photoshop from a hole in the ground. And so I’ve set out to educate myself in this area as well.
I started out by asking for recommendations for the best tool to start with on Twitter. Since I happen to have some amazing designers on my list of followers, I asked the following question:
Included in the responses were the industry mainstays, Photoshop and Fireworks. And I was not surprised to see people suggest Pixelmator. But what did surprise me was that Acorn was not mentioned. I’ve seen many positive comments from talented designers about the potential of Acorn and the approach [Acorn developer] Gus is taking.
Here’s a chart of the overall response (built in Acorn by the way):
I think I’m lucky with the fact that I have never used Photoshop. I can choose from one of the new up-and-coming tools instead. Experienced designers seem to complain a lot about Photoshop, but they stick with it — due largely to the fact that it’s what they are used to. I have no such constraints.
Now it’s your turn — what do you use?
