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Adobe Illustrator vs Sketch performance (youtube.com)

almost 9 years ago from Johan Ronsse, Interface designer at Mono

  • Arma GetronArma Getron, almost 9 years ago

    Ok Illustrator has better performance than Sketch. What was the point of this? You use them for completely different things, you are not going to replace one with the other.

    1 point
    • Johan Ronsse, almost 9 years ago

      I both use them for designing UI so for me a comparison is completely relevant.

      4 points
      • Arma GetronArma Getron, almost 9 years ago

        Care to elaborate? The things you do in sketch you won't do in illustrator, and the things you do in illustrator you won't do in sketch. What is someone going to do differently knowing Illustrator has better performance?

        0 points
        • Johan Ronsse, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )

          For example in Illustrator I will have a giant artboard with 20+ different screens with arrows connecting them and notes spread all over the place. This is how I wireframe/design. Here is purposefully vague zoomed out version so you have an idea:

          http://f.cl.ly/items/230E3Z3U2u1A1N2i1Y0N/Screen%20Shot%202014-06-24%20at%2020.10.48.png

          I can do the same in Sketch but performance starts to suffer a bit after only a few screens. I wish Sketch was better in that aspect since it really is much better in all kinds of aspects related to UI design such as managing layer styles, actually rendering pretty text, dealing with effects (shadows, blurs), border radii and not frustrating me with too much pixel rounding issues.

          1 point
    • Juan SolanoJuan Solano, almost 9 years ago

      I don't think the comparison is pointless. Performance is very important for making a decision, although it is not the only one. I really like Sketch for UI design, i think the workflow is a lot better than AI for this purpose. I do think Sketch has some major vector issues and therefore I still use AI for designing logos or icons and other vector-only related designs.

      2 points
      • Arma GetronArma Getron, almost 9 years ago

        Making what decision? My whole point is that you still use both because they do different things.

        0 points
        • Gina RodriguezGina Rodriguez, almost 9 years ago

          His point is that some people ( raises hand) use Illustrator for UI design and not just the sole purpose of making vector artwork.

          2 points