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0 pointscodeptualize3y ago0 comments

That whole market was Photoshop and Illustrator for a long time. That changed because of better and cheaper alternatives (like Sketch).

They have tried and failed to get it back and now seem to have given up on competing and just bought the competition instead.

It's also not just UI. Figma is a very capable vector and general purpose graphic tool. Figma made a lot of common things much easier than they are in Illustrator and Photoshop. While being online and fully collaborative. It's really an amazing tool and imo Adobe was rightfully threatened by it as I don't believe they could deliver anything close. It would just continue taking over more use cases.

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akrymski3y ago· 2 in thread

While Figma is a great vector tool it doesn't hold a candle to Photoshop when it comes to image editing. There's a reason photographers use Photoshop for retouching photos.

ImPleadThe5th3y ago

Yeah but adobe's other 'star' product is illustrator a vector tool.

true_religion3y ago

I see people using Figma a lot for UX design and storyboards. Illustrator seems to be used more by graphic designers.

If true, that would make them complementary products not competing products in the same market.

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