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Introducing,
Now, you're more than likely going to have adobe's subscription service to be familiar with this programme, It's fairly new and still very much in development. Anyway, here's one of my favourite sites I've seen, chosen by Adobe for a 'Site of the day' reward, just so you've not lost interest if you haven't heard about muse
There's the age old debate of "Can you be a web developer and web designer?" - As a graphic designer myself, I say yes. Of course you can, it was web development that more or less lead me into graphic design at least five years ago in the first place, and now I'm self employed and in the process of setting up a 'collective', a group of designers specialising in all elements of Media, including fashion. That's a different story, and very far into the future in terms of being launched, but still, my point is, if it wasn't for making images for banners online, I wouldn't have had such a passion for graphics (thanks Habbo, I knew I wasn't wasting my life...). Muses purpose is purely for designers who want to practice web design and for web designers to codelessly create a site.
Web development can be easy or difficult to learn, it's all a matter of dedication and practice. Anything I've ever done has usually be self taught or through trial and error looking through guides. I had briefly completed sections to do with HTML/CSS on
Arguably, I've not designed too many layouts either, as I stayed clear from Habbo/Retro fansites and have never really stuck to being on Habbo or a retro for very long, only over long periods of free time where i've had no other plans but to stay indoors with an internet connection. I must say, without sounding big headed, my designs have been shit hot and really boosted my portfolios strength.
Back to the point though, codeless web design is now a thing (has been for a fair while), and I mean HIGH QUALITY web design, sorry Weebly, your sites suck, you can always tell when a sites drag and drop built. End of story.
For those who haven't seen Muse (don't take my screenshot as an impression, check
However, like all Adobe programmes, invest your time, and you learn the software easily, and can create some beautiful looking sites. Sites you wouldn't be able to tell were built by drag and drop boxes and frames.
So I have a few questions after briefly describing the software...
1. Has anyone used Muse, if so, do you code - and, if you do, has it replaced using code to create sites?
2. What do you all make of the idea of this software, if you haven't used it, it could seem very farfetched to web developers (trust me, I hated on it) but now I'm starting to experiment and learn it, I'm falling in love with how quickly I can build a website that looks and works amazing.
3. Can you be a web designer and a web developer? (I'm sorry, it had to be done, I'd love to see if people agree with me or not!)
*apologies if this is not very well structured, it was late, I'll try to update some structure later in the morning*
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Now, you're more than likely going to have adobe's subscription service to be familiar with this programme, It's fairly new and still very much in development. Anyway, here's one of my favourite sites I've seen, chosen by Adobe for a 'Site of the day' reward, just so you've not lost interest if you haven't heard about muse
You must be registered for see links
You must be registered for see links
You must be registered for see links
There's the age old debate of "Can you be a web developer and web designer?" - As a graphic designer myself, I say yes. Of course you can, it was web development that more or less lead me into graphic design at least five years ago in the first place, and now I'm self employed and in the process of setting up a 'collective', a group of designers specialising in all elements of Media, including fashion. That's a different story, and very far into the future in terms of being launched, but still, my point is, if it wasn't for making images for banners online, I wouldn't have had such a passion for graphics (thanks Habbo, I knew I wasn't wasting my life...). Muses purpose is purely for designers who want to practice web design and for web designers to codelessly create a site.
Web development can be easy or difficult to learn, it's all a matter of dedication and practice. Anything I've ever done has usually be self taught or through trial and error looking through guides. I had briefly completed sections to do with HTML/CSS on
You must be registered for see links
. I'm handy at HTML and CSS but I've never quite found myself with the time nor dedication to learn any languages fully, some basic PHP and Javascript but no where near enough to be able to create a modern site from scratch. Another issue with Muse in fact is because it's codeless, if you plan on selling your sites, you'll need to keep a hold of the files incase your client wants updates, or hope they've got and know how to use muse themselves, as far as I'm aware, you can export to HTML, however I'm not 100% on it's efficiency, and it's much easier to use FTP to upload directly to a server.Arguably, I've not designed too many layouts either, as I stayed clear from Habbo/Retro fansites and have never really stuck to being on Habbo or a retro for very long, only over long periods of free time where i've had no other plans but to stay indoors with an internet connection. I must say, without sounding big headed, my designs have been shit hot and really boosted my portfolios strength.
Back to the point though, codeless web design is now a thing (has been for a fair while), and I mean HIGH QUALITY web design, sorry Weebly, your sites suck, you can always tell when a sites drag and drop built. End of story.
For those who haven't seen Muse (don't take my screenshot as an impression, check
You must be registered for see links
), but are now interested, let me just say this. It's very unclear if you have no web knowledge, and it's tools aren't exactly powerful when you don't know the programme. It also is missing quite a few things code has the advantage over, such as transitional fades, and most importantly (to me) Responsive Design. Although, this is an upcoming design, thankfully. Defiant at first, when I was introduced to Muse, I closed it, opened Dreamweaver and stared at the beautiful lines of code that gave a rewarding feeling of accomplishment. This is what I feel Muse does... It nulls the reward of coding a site for me.However, like all Adobe programmes, invest your time, and you learn the software easily, and can create some beautiful looking sites. Sites you wouldn't be able to tell were built by drag and drop boxes and frames.
So I have a few questions after briefly describing the software...
1. Has anyone used Muse, if so, do you code - and, if you do, has it replaced using code to create sites?
2. What do you all make of the idea of this software, if you haven't used it, it could seem very farfetched to web developers (trust me, I hated on it) but now I'm starting to experiment and learn it, I'm falling in love with how quickly I can build a website that looks and works amazing.
3. Can you be a web designer and a web developer? (I'm sorry, it had to be done, I'd love to see if people agree with me or not!)
*apologies if this is not very well structured, it was late, I'll try to update some structure later in the morning*
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