It probably sounds odd to hear a visual designer say they hate Photoshop. It’s sort of like hearing a writer say they hate Word. It’s sort of a given that Photoshop is the medium within which visual designers work their magic. It’s also one of the goliaths of digital democratization — and has been an industry standard since the early days of the internet. It’s kick ass — and it kicks ass.

聽到視覺設計師說他們討厭Photoshop聽起來很奇怪。 這有點像聽到作家說他們討厭Word。 某種程度上說，Photoshop是視覺設計師發揮其魔力的媒介。 它也是數字民主化的魔鬼之一-自互聯網誕生以來就一直是行業標準。 它是屁股-它是屁股。

Now don’t get me wrong, when it comes to image editing, Photoshop is super powerful.

現在請不要誤會我，在圖像編輯方面，Photoshop非常強大。

It’s unparalleled in bringing to life concepts for clients to see and fall in love with. I use it for this on a daily basis. If one can use it to bring a famous Hollywood villain into our living rooms to promote high end TV sales, well then It’s pretty cool.

它無與倫比地將概念帶入生活，讓客戶看到并愛上它。 我每天都用它。 如果有人可以用它把一個著名的好萊塢小人帶到我們的客廳，以促進高端電視的銷售，那真是太酷了。

But when it comes to designing a website, and in light of tools designed specifically for that task, it totally sucks. No amount of photo editing will help alleviate that. For web design, I’ve fallen out of love with Photoshop. And fallen out hard.

但是，在設計網站時，并根據專門為該任務設計的工具，這完全是糟透了。 沒有大量的照片編輯可以幫助減輕這種情況。 對于網頁設計，我不喜歡Photoshop。 并陷入困境。

Here’s the thing, for the past 15 years or so — since about version 8.0 — I’ve been designing massive web experiences with a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. I’ve sifted through like a bajillion layers; updated like a quadrillion layer comps. At the end of each project, when client approvals came in and we were about to release files to the development team, I would dutifully optimize them, stripping out all unnecessary layers, renaming and reorganizing everything so that it made sense to anyone coming upon the file for the first time.

在過去的15年左右的時間里-從8.0版本開始-我一直在結合Photoshop和Illustrator設計大量的Web體驗。 我像個億萬富翁的層層篩選。 更新像四層圖層的復合。 在每個項目結束時，當獲得客戶的批準并且我們即將向開發團隊發布文件時，我會盡職地優化它們，剝離所有不必要的層，重命名和重新組織所有內容，以使任何對它感興趣的人都可以理解。文件第一次。

Occasionally through the years I’d proclaim that I was going to work clean, optimizing my files as I went. But — you know how it is. In the frenzy of divergent iteration, and not wanting to delete layers that might later become useful, my files would bloat to the point of being unmanageable. If you’re a visual designer, you know the game.

多年來，我偶爾會宣稱自己將保持工作整潔，并在進行過程中優化文件。 但是-您知道如何。 在發散迭代的狂熱中，又不想刪除以后可能有用的圖層，我的文件會膨脹到無法管理的地步。 如果您是視覺設計師，那么您就會了解游戲。

In 2010 I heard about Sketch. At the time I didn’t care to learn a new program, but was content to go about my merry way with my first love, Photoshop. A couple of years later I tried XD. I liked it a lot, but all the developers in my company required designs in Photoshop. Then in 2016 I put a solid effort around trying to get my company to switch to Figma. Aside from the ease of use and great prototyping capabilities, it’s cloud based. There’s no need to download software or dedicate server space for your files. It’s all online.

在2010年，我聽說了Sketch。 當時我并不在意學習一個新程序，但是很滿足于與我的初戀Photoshop一起快樂地生活。 幾年后，我嘗試了XD。 我非常喜歡它，但是我公司中的所有開發人員都需要在Photoshop中進行設計。 然后在2016年，我全力以赴，努力使我的公司改用Figma 。 除了易于使用和強大的原型制作功能外，它還基于云。 無需下載軟件或為文件分配專用的服務器空間。 全部在線。

That’s when the light bulb went on for me, and my love affair with Photoshop as a tool for web design ended.

那是燈泡為我點亮的時候，我與Photoshop作為網頁設計工具的戀愛就此結束了。

Fast-forward to yesterday — the day my hatred for Photoshop as a tool for web design began.

快進到昨天-我對Photoshop作為網頁設計工具的仇恨開始了。

One of our clients has asked for substantial updates to their website. In pulling down and sorting through the PSDs from the launch in 2018 and the revisions in 2019, I could clearly see the quagmire before me. I will need to merge the 2018 files with the 2019 files, then update them with the 2020 content. To do this in Photoshop will be a drag.

我們的一位客戶要求對其網站進行實質性更新。 從2018年的發布和2019年的修訂中拉下并整理PSD，我可以清楚地看到擺在我面前的泥潭。 我需要將2018文件與2019文件合并，然后用2020內容更新它們。 在Photoshop中執行此操作會很麻煩。

Knowing what I know about XD and Figma, and how easy they are to use, all I can say is — Ugh!

知道我對XD和Figma的了解以及它們的易用性之后，我只能說-U！

I toyed with screen-grabbing all the pages that we will not be touching, but the client wants the whole site design, all pages updated with the new navigation, copyright line and job codes before we send them to the dev team. It’s incredibly frustrating because I know I can lay out the whole site, from top to bottom, using Figma or XD in less time than it would take to merge the three PSD files and update the half dozen pages with the new content in Photoshop. My internal team is up for the shift, but the client has their own dev team that will only accept PSDs.

我嘲笑了我們不會接觸的所有頁面，但是客戶希望整個網站設計，所有頁面都使用新的導航，版權行和工作代碼進行更新，然后再將其發送給開發團隊。 令人沮喪的是，因為我知道我可以用Figma或XD從上到下布局整個網站，而不用合并三個PSD文件并用Photoshop中的新內容更新六頁頁面。 我的內部團隊正在為這一轉變做準備，但是客戶有自己的開發團隊，他們只會接受PSD。

And so, on this job, I’m biting the bullet. I’m grudgingly going to do this job in Photoshop. But my heart is somewhere else. The love that I pine for — that I can’t stop thinking about, that I can’t wait to get back to, that I will champion in all future endeavors — is Figma.

因此，在這項工作中，我很吃力。 我很想在Photoshop中完成這項工作。 但是我的心在別的地方。 我熱愛的愛情-我不能停止思考，我迫不及待地想要回到我的世界，我將在未來的所有努力中全力以赴-是Figma。