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How it Affects You
Christian Salazar
What is Muse?
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Adobe Muse is a WYSIWYG website
maker.
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Their selling point: “lets you design
and publish HTML websites without
writing code.”
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Its been in Beta since 2011, first
released with Adobe’s Creative Cloud
in 2013.
Should you care?
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It makes complex tasks like
responsive design and
scroll-triggered animation very easy,
with the click of a few buttons.
http://muse.adobe.com/
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Some Web developers are wary that
it will put them out of business.
Are they right?
“Will novice designers have
the upper hand on those
who design by scripting?”
No, because you can use Adobe Muse too.
If you know both adobe Muse and the traditional
way, you’ll still hold an upper hand to the novice.
“Will the public stop hiring
freelance web designers to
make websites for their
small-businesses?”
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Consider impact of Wordpress on market
- Consider our design knowledge
“Would graphic designers rather
use Muse and pay $49.99 a
month, than hire out web
developers?”
Maybe.
….There
will always be a need
for Web developers (?)
Because of rapidly evolving
internet technologies.
stay up-to-date. Be indispensable.
Should you use it?
YES. (see last slide)
 Don’t be a scripting purist.
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Not a shortcut, not cheating. It is a
tool for rapid-app development.
Supplement yourself with it.
But I already use
Dreamweaver…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHbFLwutUGk
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-fordesign/introduction-to-adobe-muse/
Resources
Dombrowski on Muse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It
zl-G2ib5c&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i
Cy95D-1NGw&feature=youtu.be
To consider…
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Do you see yourself using Muse? Why or why
not?
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Do you think Muse will replace Dreamweaver
one day?
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What do you think will be the impact of Muse
on the web design market?
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Class Poll : As web designers, do you
generally view the advent of Muse and
Muse-similar technologies as a good thing, or
as a bad thing, or don’t care?