Beginning Adobe experience design : quickly design and prototype websites and mobile apps /: quickly design and prototype websites and mobile apps. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rob Huddleston.
• Authors: Huddleston, Rob
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Overview of the Web and Mobile Design Process; The Challenges of Designing for the Web; The Web Wasn't Designed for Design; Designing for Screens; Designing for Interaction; Mobile App Design; Using Comps and Prototypes to Design Live Sites and Apps; Summary; Chapter 2: Introduction to Adobe Experience Design; Adobe XD in the Workflow; Downloading and Installing Adobe XD; New Document Setup; The Design Workspace in Adobe XD; The Prototype Workspace; Using the Keyboard. Basic Keyboard ShortcutsSelecting Tools; Switching Workspaces; Zooming With the Keyboard; Other Useful Keyboard Commands; Summary; Chapter 3: Using XD's Drawing Tools; Adding Shapes; Rectangles; Ellipses and Lines; Shapes and the Properties Panel; Alignment; Smart Guides; Combining Objects; Size and Position; Appearance; Stacking Order; Using the Context Menu; Mac Menus; Changing Opacity; Working with Layers; Changing Stacking Order with Layers; Selecting and Grouping Objects; Renaming Objects; Locking and Hiding Layers; Combining Objects into Symbols; Using Symbols; Editing Symbols. Deleting SymbolsDrawing Objects with the Pen Tool; Straight Lines; Curves; Modifying Paths; Putting It Together; Drawing the Header and Footer; Creating the Navigation Bar; Summary; Chapter 4: Working with Text; Beginning a Logo; Understanding Fonts on the Web; Downloading a Web Font from Google; Installing Fonts on Windows; Installing Fonts on a Mac; Using New Fonts in XD; Formatting Text; Font Size; Font Styles; Alignment; Character and Line Spacing; Appearance; Text Best Practices; Adding More Text to the Design; Finalizing the Logo; Adding Navigation Text. Add a Copyright Notice to the FooterSummary; Chapter 5: Working with Images; Image File Types; Importing Images; Importing on Windows; Importing on a Mac; Importing with Drag and Drop; Importing with Copy and Paste; Importing the Main Images to the Design; Scaling and Rotating Images; Scaling the Main Images; Working with SVG; Finishing the Navigation Bar; Creating Calls to Action; Summary; Chapter 6: Creating New Pages with Artboards; Artboard Basics; Renaming Artboards; Creating a New Artboard; Selecting, Resizing, and Moving Artboards; Duplicating Artboards. Using Artboards to Set Up Designs for Mobile DevicesSummary; Chapter 7: Organizing Content Using Content Grids; Creating Placeholders for a Grid; Creating a Repeat Grid; Adding Padding to a Grid; Adding Content to a Grid; Manually Updating Placeholders; Automatically Updating Placeholders; Creating a Text File in Windows; Creating a Text File on a Mac; Adding Text to Replace Placeholders; Populating Repeat Grids with Text Files; Adding Images to Placeholders; Formatting Placeholders That Contain Data; Fixing Incorrect Placeholder Replacement; Creating a Second Page with a Repeat Grid.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.7; 004; Computer science; Web site development; Mobile apps; COMPUTERS -- General; Mobile apps; Web site development; Computer Science; Web Development; Computer Graphics; Computers -- Computer Graphics; Graphics programming; Computer programming; Computer graphics; Computers -- Web -- Web Programming; Web programming; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484229644; 1484229649
• Related ISBNs: 9781484229637; 1484229630
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 18, 2017).
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