5 Things Every Designer Should be Doing Right Now
summary
Counts five concrete practices and shows the exact tools and outputs: create with a grid, use Photoshop CC Generate/Extract to export multiple assets and automated sizes, sync and collaborate through Creative Cloud libraries/market, and prototype with Adobe Comp CC or Muse then pull CSS from PSDs in the browser. Demonstrations include linked assets updating across files, exporting SVGs and web-ready JPG/PNG batches, and live CSS extraction from a hosted PSD — all described as cutting production time and reducing rework.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and design goals
- 2:25Grid-based design foundations
- 5:45Advanced Photoshop layout tools
- 10:09Elements of design and planning
- 11:57Collaborative workflows
- 16:05Wireframing and prototyping
- 21:46Frameworks, fonts, and icons
- 28:06Efficient asset production
- 37:12Developer handoff and tools
- 47:15Conclusion and final advice
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