22 comments

  • Jim SilvermanJim Silverman, 7 years ago

    that's a lot more Sketch than you'd expect.

    9 points
  • Kyle ArbuckleKyle Arbuckle, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    Nice. Love the file naming: Finalest-final-v2.ai

    5 points
  • matt michelsonmatt michelson, 7 years ago

    Nice, can't wait to see how Illustrator did! I — oh, right.

    5 points
  • n keylen keyle, 7 years ago

    Sketch's usage is very high, maybe because this is about Avocode?

    Titles should be "How designers on Avocode worked in 2015"

    4 points
  • Jordie SaenzJordie Saenz, 7 years ago

    I'm most surprised by the colors. I was expecting a ton more blues and greens. Were there really that many reds and yellows?

    4 points
  • Gadzhi KharkharovGadzhi Kharkharov, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    Thrilled that the site is actually made in Webflow :)

    3 points
  • Martin Mark, 7 years ago

    Love the analysis - our CD continuously has talkings with me over v2-final-final-revised-final.psd bad habit.

    Only thing is layers seem a little low for the amount of designs you've have. 400K designs and 2.5M layers would be <10 per design. Are you excluding outliers? I'm pretty sure I've got a couple 1K+ layer docs that should skew that a little higher.

    2 points
  • Wesley MagnessWesley Magness, 7 years ago

    I went to download the site as a PNG Avocode

    And instead downloaded the full webpage and directory structure Avocode Files

    1 point
  • Alfonse SurigaoAlfonse Surigao, 7 years ago

    There seems to be a grammar issue in one of the paragraphs: "Sketch is has not yet reached to every corner of the world, but it’s getting there."

    Otherwise, great infographic.

    1 point
  • Vonny Farrell, 7 years ago

    I NEVER use the word "final" but rather the word "best"! Probably because I can still change it sometime in the future when I learn something new to make it even MORE "best", and it is therefore, never, final! (I know, semantics.)

    0 points
  • Josh OlsenJosh Olsen, 7 years ago

    This is neat, but I dislike that it positions itself as "putting how designers worked in 2015 into perspective". There's no perspective. It's just stats without context.

    0 points
  • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    Nice stats. A few questions.

    Layer styles

    Does “bitmap layers” include pattern fills and smart objects with bitmaps in them?

    Layer effects

    I'm confused by the layer effects section.

    • Solid fill: 23%
    • Stroke: 22%
    • Drop shadow: 20%
    • Gradient fill: 15%
    • Inner shadow: 13%
    • Outer glow: 2%

    I assume they include vector fills and vector gradients (non-layer effects versions)? If not, why not? Why do they add up to 95%? Should they add up to 100%, but the 5% difference is due to rounding? Why should they add up to 100%? Surely a layer could contain all of those effects?

    Paragraph style

    72% left + 23% centre + 5% right. Does that mean 0% justified?

    I’ll leave it at that for now. :P Sorry for being a pedant, but the stats left me with more questions than answers.

    0 points
    • Vu Hoang AnhVu Hoang Anh, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

      Thanks for the comment actually! I am glad you asked :)

      Layers

      I've actually included smart objects into the bitmap group because I felt like it belonged there. That would have made an 1.6% difference though.

      Pattern fill was actually merged into the same group as Vectors actually. We've included all fills (color, gradient, pattern ) into this group. We could have probably excluded pattern fill and included into bitmaps but the difference would be really small - about 0.7%

      Layer effects

      It's the percentage of layers that contained these style. 5% did not have any effects. We've only analyzed vector shapes for this. We could have present that more clearly.

      Paragraph style

      All text justifications were below 1%, so we rounded that up.

      I hope that answers your questions.

      0 points
      • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, 7 years ago

        Pattern fill was actually merged into the same group as Vectors actually. We've included all fills (color, gradient, pattern) into this group. We could have probably excluded pattern fill and included into bitmaps but the difference would be really small - about 0.7%

        Thanks. Those seems like sensible choices. :)

        It's the percentage of layers that contained these style. 5% did not have any effects. We've only analyzed vector shapes for this. We could have present that more clearly.

        Thanks for the additional info!

        0 points
  • Some DesignerSome Designer, 7 years ago

    I like these guys. Seriously, they do a great job. But they just need more marketing to dominate the market.

    0 points
  • Lorena Decruz, 7 years ago

    Incredible, I really liked your research. Photoshop is the favorite of designers than illustrator.

    0 points
    • Account deleted 7 years ago

      Depends on what your working on.

      1 point
  • Robin RaszkaRobin Raszka, 7 years ago

    Nice clickbait

    0 points
  • Duke CavinskiDuke Cavinski, 7 years ago

    In my case, layers != complexity of design. I tend to use layer groups for various content states, way easier than managing multiple files.

    0 points