Re:Adobe XD for Visual Studio Code
by throw_m239339 on Monday October 26, 2020 @07:35AM
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I must say I fail to understand these products (Figma, XD,...) what is the difference between them and illustrator? how does it help prototype anything? You could just draw rectangle vectors or import images in Illustrator (or Photoshop). So what do these applications add to the formers? what do they do different? FYI I tried XD a bit.
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Short version: Illustrator is a tool focusing on vector graphics. Figma is a tool that focuses on collaborative interface creation. Both of them are good in general, but depending on your needs, one could be better at that.
If you work in a large company where you need to maintain Design Systems and you frequently collaborate across teams (think different OSes), Figma would be more helpful for everyone. Especially because it has specific features to make that work good.
While if you're a lone designer doing design for physical products, you're probably better off with battle-tested Illustrator that has a lot more functionality around manipulating vectors.
In the end, it all depends on what you're doing. They have different use cases they want to cater to the best.
> how does it help prototype anything?
Sketch, Figma, and XD all make it quick to do the most basic prototyping: click hot spot to go to a different screen. They are much more focused on visual design than prototyping.