I love Fireworks. I've recently started to use Photoshop for some projects. But for day to day use, for resizing pictures or adding drop shadows or doing quick crops or batch resizing ... Fireworks is so quick and clean and simple.
But what about you? Do you use Fireworks, and if yes, how? Where does it fit in your workflow?
Don't answer the question here. Doug Winnie (aka Agent Doug), Adobe's Group Product Manager for Workflow, wants your input over on his blog.
But when it comes to PNG handling Fireworks is a real killer and there's no way around it. (http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/09/18/png8-the...) Wonder why these capabilities haven't made it into Photoshop yet.
But when i start working for companies : designers all work in photoshop, so being flash developer I should use photoshop on every project - working with design, getting required artwork to implement in flash. For web layouts fireworks is Definitely faster , but for complicated artwork , digital imaging photoshop is no1. Most designers are using photoshop in companies I guess, if not all :):)
ive tried to use it, cant wrap my head around it, i wish that photoshop
and fireworks, were blended, into Fireshop or Photoworks or something
and the vector coolness of fireworks + the bitmap coolness and toolset
that MOST OF US USE in Photoshop and you'd have a winner ben.
I use fireworks for quick site layout demos along with my everyday grind of generating graphics. Maybe they should make a Fireshop as mentioned above and let the user choose how they want it to operate more like - fireworks or photoshop - sort of like dreamweaver does with their designer / coder views.
The original reason I chose Fireworks over Photoshop and/or Illustrator is just because it can do 95% of what either of them can do, and do it better, AND do it in a single application. It's superior and more intuitive and responsive interface was the first jaw dropper. Having become familiar with Photoshop before discovering Fireworks, the productivity gains and enjoyment-of-experience were stunning. I've never looked back (except for in classes that required me to demonstrate proficiency in Photoshop of course).