{"id":232,"date":"2021-06-14T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=232"},"modified":"2021-06-14T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:00:12","slug":"screen-design-and-prototyping-software","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/screen-design-and-prototyping-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen Design and Prototyping Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most popular software tools for screen-focused design include:<\/p>\n<h3>Figma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Web browser based<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where teams design together. Figma helps teams create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>Figma is free, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/education\/\">students get a free upgrade<\/a> for access to unlimited projects and team functionality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutorials: <\/strong>The official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQsVmhSa4X-G3lHlUtejzLA\">Figma Youtube channel<\/a> has great video tutorials. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/resources\/learn-design\/\">their official documentation<\/a> is also very good.<\/p>\n<h3>Sketch<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mac-only<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Create, prototype, collaborate, and bring your ideas to life with the design platform used by over one million people \u2014 from freelancers, to the world\u2019s largest teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>Sketch is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sketch.com\/store\/edu\/\">50% for students<\/a>, with a regular one-time price of $99.<\/p>\n<p>T<strong>utorials: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sketch.com\/docs\/\">Sketch&#8217;s own documentation<\/a> site is fantastic and includes several free video courses you can take.<\/p>\n<h3>InVision<\/h3>\n<p><em>Web-browser based<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The digital product design platform powering the world\u2019s best user experiences&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>InVision is free, and students get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invisionapp.com\/education-signup\">free account upgrade<\/a> (Use the student code: 56-73-13-19) for unlimited projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutorials: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.invisionapp.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115000638763-Introduction\">InVision&#8217;s getting started<\/a> guide is very informative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most popular software tools for screen-focused design include: Figma Web browser based &#8220;Where teams design together. Figma helps teams create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.&#8221; Cost:\u00a0Figma is free, and students get a free upgrade for access to unlimited projects and team functionality. Tutorials:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[23],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-232","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-virtual-library"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}