About the Flash thing though. While there's a lot of sucky .swf files out there, Flash itself is probably the best web design tool out there.
Super intuitive and minimalist UI. Whether you need smooth lines and shapes or grid-snapped pixel graphics -- everything is always in vector until you export it to PNG. By combining its layers with its timeline, you get a sort of 3-dimensional layering system which boosts your productivity by a long shot. Then there's the whole animations / ActionScript universe if you're feeling frisky. The perfect design tool. I'm so glad Adobe bought it from Macromedia.
Like they say: "Flash for graphics, Photoshop for photos, Illustrator for fine arts, and Fireworks for kids."
Super intuitive and minimalist UI. Whether you need smooth lines and shapes or grid-snapped pixel graphics -- everything is always in vector until you export it to PNG. By combining its layers with its timeline, you get a sort of 3-dimensional layering system which boosts your productivity by a long shot. Then there's the whole animations / ActionScript universe if you're feeling frisky. The perfect design tool. I'm so glad Adobe bought it from Macromedia.
Like they say: "Flash for graphics, Photoshop for photos, Illustrator for fine arts, and Fireworks for kids."