Chapter 1
Introducing the XD Workspace
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring tools and menu items
Creating your first screen
Comparing Design versus Prototype mode
Adobe Experience Design (XD) is a high-fidelity prototyping tool used to demonstrate apps and website designs. In this chapter, you find out how to use XD’s design tools to create your UI (user interface) quickly using features such as shapes, text, grids, reusable components, layers, and more. Keep in mind that Adobe XD is updated at a rather fast pace so there may be slight differences in the feature set from the time of writing. Another note: Although XD works on both the Windows and Mac platforms, you may see slight differences in the UI. Those differences will be addressed when appropriate.
Adobe Experience Design is included in your Creative Cloud subscription. If you do not have it already installed, launch your Creative Cloud application and install it before trying to follow along with this minibook.
Understanding the Modern User Interface
XD’s clean and simple UI has been created from scratch with the user’s experience in mind. After you discover the primary tools, you will easily be able to integrate XD into your production ...
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