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Here's why:
- It's free
- I have a perfect grid system
- I can color in anything with borders and gradients also
- I can format the text with spacing
- Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties
- You can add pictures anywhere
- I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
I'm definitely going to be in the minority here, but I start with Excel. Here's why: - It's free - I have a perfect grid system - I can color in anything with borders and gradients also - I can format the text with spacing - Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties - You can add pictures anywhere - I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
Along the same lines, here's why I skip Photoshop when working on designs at 37signals: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1061-why-we-skip-photoshop
You can’t click a Photoshop mockup. This is probably the number one reason we skip static mockups. They aren’t real. Paper isn’t real either, but paper doesn’t have that expectation. A Photoshop mockup is on your screen. If it’s on your screen it should work. You can’t pull down menus in a Photoshop mockup, you can’t enter text into a field in a Photoshop mockup, you can’t click a link in a Photoshop mockup. HTML/CSS, on the other hand, is the real experience.
You can hyperlink in PowerPoint to other slides, so you can mockup the workflow a bit too. I agree that being able to click and move around a mockup is incredibly important.
I'm definitely going to be in the minority here, but I start with Excel. Here's why: - It's free - I have a perfect grid system - I can color in anything with borders and gradients also - I can format the text with spacing - Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties - You can add pictures anywhere - I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
I'm definitely going to be in the minority here, but I start with Excel. Here's why: - It's free - I have a perfect grid system - I can color in anything with borders and gradients also - I can format the text with spacing - Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties - You can add pictures anywhere - I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
Excel is free?
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It seems like every "I didn't use Photoshop" article is always showing off a site that... looks like the designer didn't use Photoshop. As a designer who's in Photoshop all day long, knowing when a layout necessitates using Photoshop or not is second-nature to me now. I'll just stop using it and hop over to my text editor and start writing HTML & CSS. And for sufficiently sparse layouts, I'll just not use Photoshop a…
I think there is an alternative to using Photoshop - especially if you use a Linux based OS. I've often heard of people stating that GIMP is a valid alternative - I'd argue it isn't. GIMP is fine for performing a lot of everyday editing functions - but it's lacking in quite a few key areas (most notably CMYK support). I think as an alternative, rather than having Photoshop - which could be conceptually viewed as an '…
Hell... GIMP would be an improvement: about a 20% of all print jobs are submitted in MS Publisher.
I can understand not using GIMP for high-end printing with spot colors, but that's very rare.
Along the same lines, here's why I skip Photoshop when working on designs at 37signals: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1061-why-we-skip-photoshop
Laugh if you will, but I've found sketching out mockups in PowerPoint to work surprisingly well and about as fast (or faster) than paper since I don't have to redraw the whole thing after too many changes are made. And to your point: You can’t click a Photoshop mockup. This is probably the number one reason we skip static mockups. They aren’t real. Paper isn’t real either, but paper doesn’t have that expectation. A P…
It looks like you can sort of do this in Google Presentation too, though you have to figure out the URL to link to other slides.
I'm definitely going to be in the minority here, but I start with Excel. Here's why: - It's free - I have a perfect grid system - I can color in anything with borders and gradients also - I can format the text with spacing - Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties - You can add pictures anywhere - I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
I'm definitely going to be in the minority here, but I start with Excel. Here's why: - It's free - I have a perfect grid system - I can color in anything with borders and gradients also - I can format the text with spacing - Margin and padding properties are done using cell spacing properties - You can add pictures anywhere - I can easily copy the entire worksheet and paste it into Paint
Along the same lines, here's why I skip Photoshop when working on designs at 37signals: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1061-why-we-skip-photoshop
Laugh if you will, but I've found sketching out mockups in PowerPoint to work surprisingly well and about as fast (or faster) than paper since I don't have to redraw the whole thing after too many changes are made. And to your point: You can’t click a Photoshop mockup. This is probably the number one reason we skip static mockups. They aren’t real. Paper isn’t real either, but paper doesn’t have that expectation. A P…