PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags webdesign & photoshop

During my last trip to San Francisco for the WWDC 2013, I have been lucky enough to meet great people from all over the world that are dedicated and passionate about building better experiences and better tools for designer.

Admittedly, Adobe Illustrator is often most certainly not the first choice that comes to mind when it comes to Web design. Fireworks and Photoshop are used much more often, and there are some good reasons for that. Still, although Illustrator has traditionally been used for drawing illustrations and logos, you can use it to design layouts and user interfaces, too. In fact, in my opinion, you can utilize Illustrator to solve some regular design tasks better and more easily than you would do with other tools. With the techniques and tips I’d like to present in this article, I am certain that you will be able to build modular, flexible websites in less time and with less work.

Many people that work with layout never take the time to learn a very essential skill (grid systems). Creating your design based on your document dimensions is critical to create the best possible layout. If you are ready to create better layout without having to do any mathematics which is normally required when working with grid systems you should take a look at the videos below. Grid Calculator Basic Edition calculates grid systems for you really fast, all you need to do is to paste the information into your layout software. Our software also works for web design. Start creating better layout today! The videos below shows how you can use our software together with Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Download the free demo and try it!

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A few months ago I wrote GridMaker to aid in producing grid-based web design mock-ups in Photoshop (and later Fireworks). Whilst very primitive it was well-received and many have informed me how useful they’ve found it. At the same time it was clear that there were a number of issues so I went back to GridMaker and made a number of changes.

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