![]() I was doing some freelance with a team of 6 people recently, working on a really really huge and complexe project. Best of luck!ġ) Great intro video to just show off how it is laid out and some core features To make your life better, these are the three links I send to my designers or my students when they are ready to start learning Sketch. As others have said, it was made for interface design from day one so it is demonstrably better. ![]() I made the switch about four years ago-after one day on Sketch, I've never done interface design in Photoshop/Illustrator again. We've have a number of designers and developers make the switch and Sketch is essential. You'll be learning a new program, you'll be learning a new operating system, you'll be learning a new workflow.īut I can 100% guarantee that it'll make your life easier. Making that kind of a switch is a huge financial and time commitment. I only bring this up because it's a completely different philosophy than I was used to with Adobe software and workflows, which has always been about being all things to all people, and thus, as of late, incredibly slow and far too complex (and I suspect a result of band-aiding it with UI features that designers actually need.) Mind you, this is not some afterthought or shortcoming of Sketch, but rather a great strength in that it keeps core Sketch simple, while plugins add the necessary (but not required) complexity you might want. You'll find where vanilla Sketch may not align specifically for your workflow, the plugins fill the gap. It's really that much of a difference for me. (Even for that purpose, opening PS feels like pushing through a creaking door and wading through cobwebs.) I won't lie: there was growing pains and plenty of fear and doubt, but I literally cannot imagine going back to PS for anything other than photoshopping. I started using Sketch professionally in December, after having used PS for UI design for over 10 years professionally. I'll let you know what will be my final decision. What do you say DN? Should I just switch and don't look back?ĮDIT: Thanks so much for your help guys! I think I'm more prone to make the switch now. Well, it's a bit scary having to switch to an entirely new system and new software, and I read negative reviews on the new Macbook Pro, which doesn't seem to be worth the price. So why don't you just buy a Mac, you'd say. I even tried to install a couple a virtual machine to use OSX on my PC but it's impossible to use it for design (lag, resolution problems, etc.) Also, now and then I see new tools for managing fonts, colors, icons and animations, which seem really useful to have but are Mac-only. I thought that switching from Photoshop to Affinity Designer would help but even if Affinity is awesome, it still feels like it lacks a lot compared to the famous Sketch, which has a ton of plugins and resources, and it's way more used by the design community. On the Choose Filter screen draw out a link hotspot (D) on the last thumbnail, and connect it to the Filter Applied screen.I'm a long time Windows user, rarely used a Mac at all, but since I started my career as a designer I've noticed that the vast majority of my colleagues use OSX for work and I feel like I'm being left behind using W10. Let’s get this type of interaction up, and running with the Transition Designer… The far right image thumbnail is clicked on to change the large image to one with the gradient applied (as shown on the Filter Applied screen), and then to switch back to the default image when the thumbnail on the far left is clicked. Hopefully you can see from our Choose Filter, and Filter Applied screens we want to have a transition where one of the filter options is chosen at the bottom of the screen, and in turn the large image is changed to reflect this. But once you decide on trying a transition of your own, that is where the Transition Designer comes into play. ![]() Up until now I’ve just shown you the default Transitions that are available. One of the best features (amongst many others), is the Transition Designer.
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