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How I really feel about GIMP, now the dust has settled

Creative Bloq

was released 21 years ago in 2004. You may like The best graphic design software, for pros, hobbyists and everyone in between This 8-plugin package has transformed my photography workflow in Photoshop After 25 loyal years, Adobes price hike has forced me to say goodbye What? Which of course included Photoshop , PNG, Postscript, etc.

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Stop wireframing (but still start low-fidelity)

UX Collective

This meant that the only place to really design an interface was in tools *not* intended for the taskphoto editing tools like Photoshop or publishing tools like InDesign, but change management was a total nightmare. This isnt 2004 where we needed final_final_really-final_designs.psd. Need to update a navigation across 100 views?

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"You can't just be like, ‘we're going to change the world,'" Kwame Taylor-Hayford on how to create projects with social impact

Creative Bloq

I started in 2003/2004 and honestly, it felt like there was a lot of opportunity, a lot of disruption. How has the industry changed since you started working in it? And how do you see it changing over the next five to 10 years? When I started working in the industry, this was around the advent of the Internet. I come more from advertising.

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Perusing the Digital Junk of a Web Designer

SpeckyBoy

The version I run is from 2014, but the oldest installer on my drive dates back to 2004. I first started using this suite of Photoshop filters back in the 1990s. Then there are the thousands of icons, Photoshop brushes , textures, shapes, and vector images. It was one of the first tools I used that featured code highlighting.

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Documenting the almighty button

UX Collective

However, broadening this timeline reveals that there was a dedicated area packed with UI controls to perform the same function for 14 years (2004–2018). It’s difficult for example, for a designer working on a desktop-based graphics software to check how Adobe Photoshop changed since 2013 when they introduced the subscription model.

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Spotlight on Shawn Rubel: Founder & CEO of Vecteezy

Vecteezy

Originally from Canada, Shawn graduated from Brock University (2004) in Ontario with a BA in Visual Arts. At Brusheezy, designers can find and download high-quality Photoshop brushes and resources created by others in the design community. The Story Behind Vecteezy. Brusheezy gained popularity almost immediately.

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10 design principles every designer should know

UX Collective

Adobe Photoshop is widely used by designers, graphic artists, photographers, and creative professionals. With every new version of the Photoshop feature set was expanding to accommodate a larger set of use cases, this resulted in a highly flexible but complex user interface. Google Glass seemed to lack the “cool” factor.