BUY USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN ESSENTIALS - ADOBE XD UI UX DESIGN

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN ESSENTIALS - ADOBE XD UI UX DESIGN



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.

• Aria: "This course is definitely above expectations so far. I didn't expect to get so much insight into the briefing and the communication between UX Designer and a client. It helps to see the brief and to learn that there are different tiers of income based on projects and experience. Love It!"
  

This course is aimed at people interested in UI/UX Design. We’ll start from the very beginning and work all the way through, step by step. If you already have some UI/UX Design experience but want to get up to speed using Adobe XD then this course is perfect for you too!

First, we will go over the differences between UX and UI Design. We will look at what our brief for this real-world project is, then we will learn about low-fidelity wireframes and how to make use of existing UI design kits.

I’ll go over all of the essential tools necessary for creating excellent wireframes, including: type, colours, icons, Lorem ipsum, artboards, prototyping, models and popups, symbols and repeat grids. We will even make use of the new prototyping app so that you can experience your prototype on your mobile device.

• Kate: Excellent course - Dan is an excellent teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed following along with his videos. Highly recommend! July 2018: I have updated this review with an extra star because of how useful this course has been in the months following it's completion. I am using Adobe XD daily and Dan's instruction was instrumental to adding this feather to my front-end web development hat.
  

An important part of maximising your UX Design workflow is being able to utilise other software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. This is why I’ll be teaching you how to make use of both to help boost your XD productivity.

One of the awesome new features of XD is micro-interactions. I’ll be teaching you all about those and how to use them to grow icons and scenes. This is one of the parts of web design that’s growing and being adopted rapidly so you won’t want to miss out on learning it early.

• Leigh: "I really enjoyed this course. I was a UX designer before the course and was looking for more information on XD and getting to know the program itself better, and this course really nailed it! It has great UX references and a few refreshing perspectives. As well as it really helps you learn XD in the process. The instructor is engaging and fun to listen to. Really really great course. I highly recommend to any new UX designers, as well as veterans looking for a refresh, or just to learn how to use XD."
  

There are two class projects for you to complete during this class, these will help develop your skills and will give you something for your own portfolio.

It is now time to upgrade yourself & learn Adobe XD.

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.

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.

What you'll learn:

• Become a UX designer.
• You will be able to start earning money from your XD Skills.
• You will be able to add UX designer to your CV
• Build a UX project from beginning to end.
• Become a UI designer.
• Build & test a full mobile app.
• Build & test a full website design.
• You will have a project of your own to add to your portfolio.
• 93 lectures of well-structured, step by step content.
• Learn to design websites & mobile phone apps.
• Work with fonts & colors.
• Prototype your designs with interactions.
• Test on mobile phones.
• You'll create realistic prototype complete with micro interactions.
• Send your designs for feedback & commenting.
• Export production ready assets.
• Create your first UX brief & persona.
• Create quick wireframes.
• How to use premade UI kits.
• Learn professional workflow tricks & shortcuts.
• You will get the finished files so you never fall behind
• Downloadable exercise files
• Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew
• All the techniques used by UX professionals
• Build a mobile app prototype that responses to voice commands.
• You will be able to talk correctly with other UX design professionals.
• You'll learn how to choose colors.
• You'll learn how to pick the correct fonts.
• You'll be able to send your finished work to other professionals in the correct formats.

LESSON

Introduction to the User Experience Course
Getting started with your Adobe XD project
What is UI vs UX - User Interface vs User Experience vs Product Designer
The UX brief & persona for our real life project
Wireframing (low fidelity) in Adobe XD
How wide should my website or app be in Adobe XD?
Working with existing UI kits in Adobe XD
Working with type in your XD wireframes
Basic Colors & buttons in Adobe XD wireframes
Free icons for your Adobe XD & UX UI projects
Adding footers & Lorem Ipsum to our XD wireframe
New Pages & Artboards in Adobe XD
Class Project 01 – Wireframe Homepage & Contact Us Page
Prototyping & adding interactivity to Adobe XD
How to create a Popup Modal or popup box in Adobe XD
Class project 02 – Prototype
Working with groups & isolation mode in Adobe XD
How to make & use symbols in Adobe XD
Production Video - Left Nav
Using the repeat grid in Adobe XD
Updating symbols & problems with using repeat grids
Prototype Trick to save time in Adobe XD
Navigation tricks & tips in Adobe XD
Class Project 03 - Symbols & Repeat Grids
Mocking up an App in Adobe XD
How to use the XD App on iPhone & Android
Adding iPhone & Android battery & status icons to mockup
How to fixed the position of the nav or battery icons in XD
Production Video - Login & Dashboard
Sharing Wireframes for comments in Adobe XD
Recording your interactions via video using Adobe XD
Class project - Wireframe Feedback
Mood Boards & resources for Hi fidelity UI design in Adobe XD
Class project - Mood Board
How to create a 12 Column or Grid in Adobe XD 2018
Working with colors inside Adobe XD CC
Tricks for using colors in Adobe XD
How to create gradients in Adobe XD
Class project 06 – Colors
Use Web safe fonts or iOS or Android specific fonts in Adobe XD
How to use Character Styles in Adobe XD
Font & Text tips tricks in Adobe XD
Adding our first Plugin Lorem Ipsum to Adobe XD
Creating realistic buttons in Adobe XD with paste properties
Class project 07 - Text & Buttons
How to draw your own custom icons in Adobe XD
Working with stokes & lines in Adobe XD
Learn to drawing with the pen tool in Adobe XD
Drawing practise with the pen tool in Adobe XD
Production Video with some drawing tips
Back and forth with Illustrator in Adobe XD
Class project 08 - Draw your own icons
Working with InDesign in Adobe XD
The pros & cons for working with images inside Adobe XD
Working with images and CC Library connection
Adobe Stock connection to find similar image for XD project
Free images to use in your XD mockups - Unsplash Pexels Freeimage
Masking & Opacity & Blurring background images
Working with Photoshop in Adobe XD
Production Video – Infographic
Class project 09 - Full Hi Def mockup
How to make a mobile phone mockup with Adobe XD & Photoshop
Class project 10 - Mobile Website
Hidden features for Adobe XD Repeat Grid
Plugin - Content Generator in Adobe XD
Plugin - UI Faces adding random profile photos to XD
Plugin - PhotoSplash automatically import Unspash images
Plugin - Copy Cat or Mimic to style and images from a site
Advanced Asset Panel tricks in Adobe XD
Advanced Symbol Tricks & Tips for Adobe XD
What are UI micro interactions in Adobe XD
Button grow or full screen image micro interaction in Adobe XD
Animated Image Gallery with micro interactions in Adobe XD
Full vector change micro interaction in Adobe XD
Class project 11 - Micro Interactions
Time delay transitions in Adobe XD
How to create a popup menu or modal in Adobe XD
Animated mobile side nav for burger menu in Adobe XD
How to make a working drop down menu in Adobe XD
How to use the drag transition in Adobe XD
How to make a number ticker scroll using masks in Adobe XD
How to add Alexa style voice commands to Adobe XD
What is user testing in Adobe XD
How to run an unmoderated UX User Test in Adobe XD
Class project 12 - User Testing
Mocking up your designs in situ on a real phone in Photoshop
Advanced micro interactions & prototyping with Protopie in Adobe XD
How to add animation in Adobe XD using Adobe After Effects
How to export images & assets from Adobe XD for developers
How to export code in XD for engineers using Design Specs
Class Project 13 – Roar Cycles
BONUS: Software Updates 2019
BONUS: Software Updates 2021
Conclusion for Adobe XD training course