malloryerik

malloryerik

Design tools - what do you use/recommend?

What design tools do you use or recommend?


Figma is amazing as a web-based graphics editor. Easy to use, real-time collaboration (OK, soft real-time), generous free tier, great for visual brainstorming as well as actually creating elements for production.

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AstonJ

AstonJ

Done :nerd_face:

I edited the first post slightly - hope that’s ok (feel free to adjust as necessary) :smiley:


It’s always interesting to hear success stories - so thanks for sharing!

With regards to how it compares to Sketch… they have a page up about it here:

I do love Sketch but will check out Figma when I get five 5 mins :smiley:

LadislavSzolik

LadislavSzolik

Right, we also purchased Sketch licences for $99/year, which is still the cheapest. Then comes Figma professional for $144/year (has a free plan as well) and the most expensive Adobe XD (start from $696/year).

Of course if you work with images and require Photoshop or Illustrator, it will make sense to go toward Adobe ecosystem.

If it is a smaller company and needs only UI design tool, might worth look into Figma or Sketch.

Most of my freelancer friends all use Figma. It has a free plan which is more than enough for a solo designer, who is on budget.

Would be interesting to know where Affinity Designer would position itself on this market :slight_smile:

Worth also considering where these tools are going in the future. Design systems and real time collaboration is still something what they work on.

Big corporates need other tools as well, like virtual white boarding. This is where FigJam (Figma’s virtual white board) is coming to the picture. Invision, the prototyping app provides a really good competitor (freehand) compatible with Sketch. Adobe is behind a bit with this topic.

malloryerik

malloryerik

Maybe a design and design tools conversation in general would be useful?

As for Figma, they have an interesting blog post about the creators of Notion. It’s from their own blog so, sure, propaganda, but still interesting.

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