Shortcut the UX design process. Learn how to quickly design experiences for mobile and desktop platforms using Adobe XD UI kits—free libraries of prebuilt elements and interactions. This course shows how to develop an engaging, interactive UX design using UI kits from Adobe as well as other third-party vendors. Instructor Brian Wood also shows how to find, install, and use UI kits, and resolve any issues with missing fonts. He then demos three different examples: the iOS kit for app design, the wireframes kit for responsive web design, and the new Auto-animate kit.

About the Author

Brian Wood is a web developer, author, and trainer on Muse, InDesign, Illustrator, and more.

The author of over ten books (Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book and Adobe Muse CC 2014 Classroom in a Book), Brian has designed numerous training titles on Muse, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, and other design software. In addition to training many clients, including Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Starbucks, Nintendo, and others, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, HOW Design, and HOW Interactive, as well as events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations. He has also written articles for SmashingMagazine.com, Peachpit.com, CreativePro.com, Adobe Inspire magazine, and more.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 34m 7s
• Instructor: Brian Wood

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Requirements

• You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
• No previous design experience is needed.
• No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Description

Are you excited to get into the world of UI/UX but you don’t know where to start? This course will allow you to add UX designer to your CV & start getting paid for your new skills.

Hi there! My name is Dan & I’m an Adobe Certified Instructor. I’m here to help you learn Adobe XD efficiently and comprehensively. XD is a fantastic design tool used by industry professionals to product high quality & functional mockups. By the end of this course, you will be able to produce practical and effective User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) designs.

Throughout the course I’ll invite you to participate in a real-life freelance project which I’m working on. It’s a project that requires a fresh website and mobile app interface. This will prepare you for dealing with real world projects if you choose to move towards a UX/UI career path.

Who this course is for:

• Anyone who wants to start using Adobe XD in their career & get paid for their user experience design skills.
• This course is for beginners, newbies & amateurs in the field of UX design.
• Aimed at people new to the world of design & user experience.
• For anyone that needs to add ‘UX Design’ to their portfolio.

Instructors

Daniel Walter Scott
Adobe Certified Instructor & Adobe Certified Expert

Sharing is who I am, and teaching is where I am at my best, because I’ve been on both sides of that equation, and getting to deliver useful training is my meaningful way to be a part of the creative community.

I’ve spent a long time watching others learn, and teach, to refine how I work with you to be efficient, useful and, most importantly, memorable. I want you to carry what I’ve shown you into a bright future.

I have a wife (a lovely Irish girl) and kids. I have lived and worked in many places (as Kiwis tend to do) – but most of my 14+ years of creating and teaching has had one overriding theme: bringing others along for the ride as we all try to change the world with our stories, our labours of love and our art.

I’m a certified Adobe instructor (ACI) in Ireland. I’m also an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and have completed the Adobe Certified Associate training (ACA). And I don’t just do Adobe. Remember, media is a very broad term – digital blew out the borders, so we are all constantly learning.

I’ve been teaching for 14+ years. I come from being a media designer and content creator – so I understand exactly where you’re at now. I’ve been there. I love this stuff. Print, digital publishing, web and video. I can see how it all connects. And I can see how we can share those connections.

I built Bring Your Own Laptop in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia & online. I have a great team working with me to keep BYOL at the top of Adobe and digital media training. I understand business, I have one – so I know how important it is to get it right and make it work for you.

Now my focus is on Udemy. It’s my mission to bring you the best training for digital media on Udemy.

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Requirements

• You need Adobe XD CC installed on your machine (macOS or Windows 10)
• No specific knowledge needed to start this course

Description

Adobe XD is a brand new design and prototyping tool made by Adobe, totally dedicated to UI/UX designers.

In this course, I will teach you the basics of this new software and will show you step by step how you can design a beautiful and modern iOS mobile app.

In the first part of the course, you will see how the interface works, all the main tools and features, and the most common shortcuts which will dramatically increase your productivity.

Then we’ll jump right into design and we’ll start creating a dating-inspired mobile app, made of 7 great looking screens: home, login, signup, browse, sidebar menu, inbox, settings.

Not only that, I’ll teach you how you can give life to your design and create a working prototype directly within Adobe XD, without the need of any third party software.

The source .xd file of the app we designed will be included, along with the other resources I used.

This course has a learn-by-doing approach. There won’t be much theory, it’s all about teaching you how to design a real world mobile product and showing you the full potential of Adobe XD.

By the end of the course, you will have a very clear picture of how Adobe XD works, and you will be able to apply the design techniques, productivity tips and all the skills you have learned in your future design projects.

Who this course is for:

• This course is for UI/UX design beginners who want to improve their skills and learn a new design tool
• This course is for Photoshop users who want to switch to a tool really built for UI/UX designers
• This course is for Product Managers or Entrepreneurs wanting to broaden their design skills in order to create better products

Instructor

Luca Vavassori
UI/UX Designer

I have been working in the online industry for the past 15 years, and I always had a thing for clean and usable user interfaces.

But it’s only after I quit my Product Manager job and founded my own startup, that I decided I wanted to be the one to design my own products. I didn’t like what the designers I hired were creating, so I just started doing it myself. I took a dive into the amazing world of UI/UX design and started learning and practicing really hard until I produced some decent results.

Fast forward a few years, I am now working as a UI/UX freelancer and consultant, helping other companies creating beautiful and engaging products or re-designing their existing ones.

Learning was the most important aspect of my path to becoming a UI/UX designer, and this is why I started teaching others the skills I acquired over my 7 years of design experience.

I want to teach others what I wished someone taught me years ago, and hopefully help change other people’s lives and careers as I did with mine.

Hope you’ll enjoy my courses!

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Requirements

• Adobe XD (Adobe Experience Design) downloaded in the system. Installation details will be covered in the course.
• No need of any prior knowledge.

Description

More than often, UI and UX are used interchangeably. But actually, UI is a part of User eXperience, by means of which a user interacts with a software.

Along with a comprehensive coverage of Adobe Experience Design and UI/UX principles, these are the highlights :

• introduction to the general software development process
• links to external resources for fonts, colors, icons, images, vectors, etc., wherever appropriate
• all the examples explained in the course can be downloaded as a part of the course content
• various techniques for testing your prototype
• things to keep in mind before building the final product
• compiling a bunch of designs which work as an inspiration throughout the design phase with the help of a mootboard
• unputdownable assignments to keep you engaged

Here’a a quick analogy. You might have noticed the Login/Sign Up button, no matter how fancy it looks, is mostly on the top right corner of a website. The design of the button, the color, the font, the size, is UI. The reason that button is placed there, however, is UX. That’s because when we open a website, we have a tendency to look at the corners first and not the middle portion. This is a very brief example of how UI and UX differ.

When it comes to implementation, Adobe XD, which has quickly become the industry standard for UI designing, is an obvious choice. So here we provide a comprehensive course that includes everything right from installing Adobe XD to exporting and sharing your design. We begin by taking a look at how to quickly download and install Adobe XD, followed by a quick overview of the general software development process. Then, we talk about UI and UX in detail, including various principles and how the UI/UX process fits in the general software development process. After we are acquainted with the principles, we visit a few popular websites and try to identify certain patterns and trends. Next, we build our own mock-up and prototypes, for a website and an app, followed by a few testing strategies. Then, as we approach the end of the course, we look at how to export and share these designs and how to use them further for the development phase.

To bring about a change, you have to look for a root. You have to go back to basics. At Tabdeel Studios, this is our motto. We are an IT services company offering Web Development and Graphic Designing services. What makes us different, you may ask? That when we say we believe in going back to basics, we attempt to achieve it by putting forth an opportunity for people to learn about technology from the basics, through our online courses and training programs. Our course-ware has been carefully sculpted by students themselves. This gives us a first-hand experience in understanding the kind of approach that is required. At Tabdeel Studios, we have always tried putting that extra effort, that personal touch, which makes the final outcome better in so many ways.

‘Tabdeeli’ once initiated, takes a hundred-fold reach to make a mark.
Hence, why not enroll for the course and help us reach our milestone?

Who this course is for:

• Amateur Front-End Web/App Developers
• Students curious to know what UI/UX is about
• Anybody willing to get the hang of Adobe XD (Adobe Experience Design)

Instructor

Aquib Ajani
Course Instructor at Tabdeel Academy

To bring about a change, you have to look for a root. You have to go back to basics. At Tabdeel Studios, this is our motto. We are an IT services company offering Web Development and Graphic Designing services. What makes us different, you may ask? That when we say we believe in going back to basics, we attempt to achieve it by putting forth an opportunity for people to learn about technology from the basic, through our online courses and training programs. Our course-ware has been carefully sculpted by students themselves. This gives us a first-hand experience in understanding the kind of approach that is required. At Tabdeel Studios, we have always tried putting that extra effort, that personal touch, which makes the final outcome better in so many ways.

‘Tabdeeli’ once initiated, takes a hundred-fold reach to make a mark.
Hence, why not enroll for our courses and help us reach our milestone?

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As a graphic designer, you have a knack for creative problem-solving, a keen understanding of color and layout, and the ability to collaborate with clients—skills that could easily translate to user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design. If you want to enrich your professional skill set with UX and UI design experience, then this course can help by acquainting you with the techniques and technology you’d need to be successful. Join instructor Paul Trani as he covers essential UI and UX design concepts and steps through how to create and share a prototype using Adobe XD CC. Throughout the course, Paul highlights UX design workflows and best practices within this innovative design and prototyping tool.

Topics include:

• What is UX and UI design?
• Transitioning from graphic design to UX and UI
• What is Adobe XD?
• Creating graphics and text
• Adding images and effects
• Using Photoshop with Adobe XD
• Creating multiple screens
• Prototyping interactions and transitions
• Designing for different screen sizes
• Sharing design specs with developers

About the Author

For the past 15 years, Paul Trani has been developing interactive projects for agencies and corporations.

He evolved from humble beginnings with Play-Doh and crayons to become the go-to guy for creative development and training. Paul has worked directly with Adobe and other companies as a presenter and trainer because of his technical abilities and his passion for the industry. He has created numerous Adobe eSeminars, which he uses for self-evaluation, and he is constantly learning new hardware and software.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 1h 37m
• Instructor: Paul Trani

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Fixing a fundamental mistake in a web app after it has been released can be costly and time-consuming. In this course—the final installment in a two-part series—learn how to avoid such problems by building a high-fidelity, fully interactive prototype that can help you spot issues early in the design process. Instructor Dani Beaumont, a principal product manager on Adobe XD, shares insider tips for creating, sharing, and revising prototypes effectively for user research and testing projects using Adobe XD. Learn how to add animation and motion to your project with Auto-Animate. Discover how to share your prototype and preview it on a variety of devices. Plus, learn how to share your prototypes with developers via design spec links, where they can get all the info they need, including assets.

About the Author

Dani Beaumont has been managing innovative apps in the web and design space for more than 25 years.

She is currently a principal product manager on Adobe XD responsible for new feature delivery, and she was formerly the principal product manager on Adobe Muse. Dani has created multiple LinkedIn courses for Adobe Muse including Muse Essential Training and Designing Ecommerce sites with Muse. She resides in Washington DC.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 1h 59m
• Instructor: Dani Beaumont

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Explore Adobe XD, the UX design platform for creating web apps and mobile apps using an iterative design process. Instructor Demian Borba shows how to set up a design project, use artboards and grids, and start working with vector design tools. Find out how to access user interface (UI) starter kits from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and the community. Discover how to use power capabilities such as Repeat Grid and the Assets panel, components with powerful overrides, leverage files from other apps and Creative Cloud Libraries, resize elements, use plugins, collaborate in real time, and more.

Topics include:

• Design mode basics
• Navigating the canvas
• Designing with artboards and guides
• Working with text, vectors, image fills, and masks
• Sharing components across documents
• Boolean operations for complex vectors
• Using components and overrides
• Adaptive and responsive resize
• Leveraging CC Libraries and plugins
• XD cloud documents and versioning
• Live co-editing

About the Author

Demian Borba is a strategic development manager for Adobe XD and a software engineer.

Demian is a design thinker and product manager with over 15 years of experience in the technology industry. Throughout his career, he has worked on creating and executing global programs such as tech centers at universities and developer groups, as well as events such as hackathons. In addition, he’s helped to produce mobile apps for top brands, and has created and delivered training programs on a variety of topics, including innovation and creative confidence, Angular, and Adobe. A creative, entrepreneurial, and passionate professional, Demian boasts a variety of certificates in project management, business management, marketing, development, and design.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 2h 14m
• Instructor: Demian Borba

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Requirements

• Adobe Xd. You can download it from Adobe’s website
• For Windows users Windows 10. Adobe Xd does not work in Windows 7 or 8.
• No previous Adobe XD experience required.
• No previous design experience required.
• There is no coding in this course.

Description

When you design a website it’s more important that it converts, then to have a trendy design. Because website is there to sell a service or a product so you have to design with that in mind.

Knowing how to structure a page for high conversion is really important because it makes you more valuable to client and more desirable as a designer. Using Adobe Xd to create it gives you unlimited possibilities because it’s free, cross platform, vector based and it has regular updates.

Hey there my name is Alex and in this course you will learn:

• Secrets of the good design brief
• What makes the good landing page
• How to create landing pages that convert
• How to apply those principles to plan, draw and create a wireframe
• Add images, icons and shadows to create a design
• Then add movement and transitions to create prototypes
• Share the work with your client to get feedback
• And finally, how to export your assets for developers

You don’t need any previous knowledge of UI / UX or Adobe Xd, we are going to cover it all in this course. All you need is an interest in this field and you will do well by the end of this course.

Through this course you will also learn about important resources which you can use in your work, that will save you hours and sometimes even months of your projects. Hours that you can charge extra for, while keeping your free time.

Who this course is for:

• Anyone interested in UI / UX design
• Anyone interested in Adobe Xd and it’s lightning speed
• Beginners and newbies but also for mediors, looking to expand their knowledge
• Designers looking to switch to UI / UX
• For anyone who needs a UI / UX design experience in their portfolio

Instructor

Aleksandar Cucukovic
UI / UX Designer

For the last 10 years i have designed websites, products and apps for different companies, big and small. With my wife i have started 3 startup companies and through the process met some amazing people from all over the world. For the last five years i have created over 500 design products, improved the lives and workflows of over 100.000 designers from around the world. Now my mission is to improve the lives of others, and to pass on my knowledge back to the community and to all those who want to learn about the amazing worlds of design and business.

Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!

Aleksandar Cucukovic

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Need to build a prototype—without a lot of time? Adobe XD is the user experience toolkit you need to build engaging, interactive prototypes. This course offers eight quick tips and tricks gets you up and running fast. Learn how to create fixed-position and sliding menus, preserve scroll position for slideshows, add automatic animation and draggable interactions, set up timed transitions, and incorporate voice prototyping: voice triggers and speech playback. Along the way, instructor Brian Wood offers time-saving pointers to optimize your XD workspace and environment for speedy, frictionless prototyping.

About the Author

Brian Wood is a web developer, author, and trainer on Muse, InDesign, Illustrator, and more.

The author of over ten books (Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book and Adobe Muse CC 2014 Classroom in a Book), Brian has designed numerous training titles on Muse, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, and other design software. In addition to training many clients, including Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Starbucks, Nintendo, and others, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, HOW Design, and HOW Interactive, as well as events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 56m 22s
• Instructor: Brian Wood

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Discover how to use Adobe XD as an alternative to Sketch, and learn how to convert Sketch files to XD projects. Instructor Dani Beaumont demonstrates the differences and similarities of the two applications, and discusses how XD features and workflows can help streamline user experience (UX) design projects. Dani also covers using Photoshop and Illustrator to extend the design workflow in XD.

Topics include:

• Sketch to XD conversion workflows
• Building interactivity
• Sharing with stakeholders
• Viewing prototypes and adding comments
• Converting a Sketch symbol library to an XD design system

About the Author

Dani Beaumont has been managing innovative apps in the web and design space for more than 25 years.

She is currently a principal product manager on Adobe XD responsible for new feature delivery, and she was formerly the principal product manager on Adobe Muse. Dani has created multiple LinkedIn courses for Adobe Muse including Muse Essential Training and Designing Ecommerce sites with Muse. She resides in Washington DC.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 49m 47s
• Instructor: Dani Beaumont

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