Automated screen design tools are becoming increasingly powerful and sophisticated. Use the Web to find several of the leading design tools.

Go to their manufacturers’ Web sites and review their features. If trial versions are available, download them.

a. What automated screen design tools did you fi nd? Who manufactures them?

b. Compare and contrast their features and functionality. Describe their different features in a matrix.

c. If you were an independent designer, which one, if any, would you choose? Why?

d. Would you expect to see a significant difference in your productivity by using one of these tools?

How much of a difference?

e. Do you feel that using these tools would enhance or constrain your creativity? Explain your answer.