Lynda - UX Design Tools: Photoshop

LYNDA-UX Design Tools: Photoshop

with Justin Putney

Intermediate , Release Date : Mar 04, 2014

The UX Design Tools series makes the connection between early UX creative processes, like wireframing and prototyping, with the tools and techniques necessary to create a successful product design. This installment delves into the power of Adobe Photoshop. Justin Putney shows you how to create and edit live shapes, a key component in wireframes; store and display different application states with layer comps; export images and multilayer comps for sharing with clients and developers; and much more.

Topics include:

? Setting up files

? Building live shapes with the Rectangle tool

? Using character and paragraph styles

? Organizing content into layers

? Building layer comps

? Creating and reapplying custom shapes

? Using Smart Objects to group and store elements

? Saving and using layer effects

? Exporting artwork