UX Design Tools: Photoshop

Course Description from Lynda.com: 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

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