Now would be the time to learn the new UI and write a series of tutorials, videos, ebooks, and sell them. There are a lot of users feeling the pain.
New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
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Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's a side by side comparison of general UI http://i.imgur.com/bViZN6Z.png and dialog UI http://i.imgur.com/AlclEsk.png (by Marc Edwards), and a new welcoming screen http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/files/2015/12/Screen-Sh... . There are also some screenshots and videos in the official blog post http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshop/2015/11/photoshop-cc-2015-a... .
I can understand people complaining. The dialog UI you linked to is a horrible grey text and grey, it's really hard to read. The rest seems to be a case of "flatten it, because it's modern", it really don't make thing more visible or clearer.
Colors in the GUI affect your perception of colors in the image you're working on. I suspect that was the motivation.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#43Anyone still using a product made by Adobe, in 2016, is cruisin' for a bruisin'. If you're on a Mac: 1. Affinity Photo replaces Photoshop. 2. Affinity Designer replaces Illustrator / Fireworks. Anyone have suggestions for Windows users?
Hang tight! It's coming! Just announced: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/windows/
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#44> After about eight hours in Photoshop and Illustrator I feel pretty confident in describing the 2015.1 GUI changes as a bizarre gaffe. It's hard to imagine that Adobe don't follow a UAT and beta test roll out model of their software, so is this just a case of a few users shouting the loudest or is there genuinely an issue with the UI. The comments on the article span a period of 3 months ago to 1 week ago. > And yet…
> It's hard to imagine that Adobe don't follow a UAT and beta test roll out model of their software, so is this just a case of a few users shouting the loudest or is there genuinely an issue with the UI. The comments on the article span a period of 3 months ago to 1 week ago.
Maybe Adobe pulled this as a joke on designers so they'll start to think twice before redesigning everything into a flat low-contrast mess with no borders on anything.
Sucks when something gets crappier to use in order to look more trendy, eh?
In a few weeks, surely they'll roll it back and say "Ha ha, gotcha! Now quit fucking doing that." Or not. But I can dream.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#45They probably used Microsoft Office as their inspiration on how to create a user interface that makes it difficult to to tell the difference between UI and data. The flat UI's have their use cases but mostly they are just a bandwagon that all cool-kid wannabes are jumping on, without really caring or understanding that a UI is supposed to make things easier and less confusing, not the reverse.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correct, which is why you should, if possible, make gradual changes. These changes to Photoshop seems to be like Windows 8 (or 10), to a lesser degree though. The changes are made because the application looked "dated" not because they where needed to move the application forwards. Windows of instance could look like it did in the Windows NT 4.0 days and nobody in business would care. Sure update the icons, tweak the…
I don't know, I can't think of a single thing I like better about a previous version of Windows than Windows 10 (maybe a start menu that's slightly more streamlined).
Just yesterday I got the question "Why can't we just use Windows XP" and we're just moving users from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 (Windows Terminal Server). The changes are minimal, yet it's enough to disturb people.
True, given time and education they might like newer versions of Windows better, but let's face it, most companies won't do retraining for Windows and Office.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
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That matter costs time and money. It's a real problem; for many people, Photoshop is their main work tool. Changing it has a cost.
Not to downplay the criticism (I agree with it wholeheartedly), but this argument can apply to literally any piece of software used in the business world, from Photoshop to Windows to Office.
At least with Office and Windows changes (whether you agree with them or not) they had documented and spoke about rational to an insane degree. There's been none of that from Adobe. This reaks of designers just looking for something to justify their jobs.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#48These flat designs are the WORST. Jira, Office365, and now Photoshop? They're hideous and they're hard to read/use/work within. Who looks at existing flat designs and decides to implement it themselves? It's awful.
My solution was to use my second portrait monitor is a perfect place to stack my Photoshop/Illustrator menus: http://i.imgur.com/Y026Goe.jpg . Since the flat UI change it was a bit difficult at first but now I'm on it and know exactly where all my options/functions are.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#49These flat designs are the WORST. Jira, Office365, and now Photoshop? They're hideous and they're hard to read/use/work within. Who looks at existing flat designs and decides to implement it themselves? It's awful.
My solution was to use my second portrait monitor is a perfect place to stack my Photoshop/Illustrator menus: http://i.imgur.com/Y026Goe.jpg . Since the flat UI change it was a bit difficult at first but now I'm on it and know exactly where all my options/functions are.
That's quite neat.
Re: New Photoshop UI has become a major problem on the official feedback forum
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to downplay the criticism (I agree with it wholeheartedly), but this argument can apply to literally any piece of software used in the business world, from Photoshop to Windows to Office.
At least with Office and Windows changes (whether you agree with them or not) they had documented and spoke about rational to an insane degree. There's been none of that from Adobe. This reaks of designers just looking for something to justify their jobs.
Based on my experience, this reeks of management imposing their design decisions (i.e. the buzzwords of the year) on designers and their work.