Adobe CS3 Web Edition looks amazing
Posted on April 18, 2007. 9 comments.
First, take a look at this video.
Now, if Adobes new suit of web development apps work as well as this video proclaims, consider me stunned. Just look at how the different apps come together in the presented workflow: Designing core assets in Illustrator and Photoshop, mocking it up in Fireworks, and importing it all into Dreamweaver for the HTML.
Of course, the video is advertising, and I, as most people, know not to touch anything that claims to deliver perfect WYSIWYG web development with a fairly long pole. However, the direction in which the industry seems to be heading, and how far it seems to have come, has really made me have to think this statement through.
However, the best slice of this upgrade seems to be Fireworks. This long neglected designers tool, always in the shadow of the colossus that is PhotoShop, really seems to be coming into its own, with it being a tool to mock up web designs, while PS sticks to photography.
(Which is as it should be; I’ve always considered Fireworks far superior to PS in terms of web design development, despite the fact that most designers clings to the latter).
9 comments
Kim Joar says:
Well, I surely agree that is looks really good. But as you have already said, the video is advertising, and I don’t believe there exist a perfect WYSIWYG web development editor yet. Hopefully I will be positively suprised!
Sjaq says:
I think you made a mistake this isn’t about the web version of CS3 but about the Web Premium set of the Adobe apps.
Olav says:
@Kim: Yeah, let’s hope. If anything, it’s at least a step in the right direction.
@Sjaq: Isn’t that the same thing?
Jarek says:
nope, standard edition is more like Studio 8. Premium one on the other hand has Illustrator and Photoshop Extended, so it is usable.
Regarding the advertisment - it’s nothing more than that. No WYSYWIG will come close to hand coding web pages/css, but I’m looking forward to all that PS/Illustratot/Dreamweaver/Flash integration. it sure looks sweet.
Kim Joar says:
Jarek: Maybe a WYSIWYG never will come close to hand coding web pages, but they surely can come alot closer than they are today. And that can atleast help you on the way. Better WYSIWYGs will maybe decrease the time spent on coding since the editor will produce some of the code for you.
Jauhari says:
I hope I have this one in 2007 ;)
Christian Raquel says:
Hey! This is one cool project! It looks very promising. Congrats!
dıs cephe says:
Well, I surely agree that is looks really good.
jos says:
Adobe really deserve praise for all their efforts. Adobe Photoshop is one amazing product.