15 Useful Design tools for UI/UX designers - Convergence
- 1. DESIGN TOOLS
- 2. Sketch is an industrial standard desktop app for vector graphics edit to create wireframes that most designers use. One of the greatest thing about Sketch is they got many available plugins to help designers. UI DESIGN
- 3. タイトル Figma is one of the popular designing tools among designers and Sketch’s competitor. Mainly used for collaborating ideas and creating wireframes on browse and desktop app. UIDEESIGN
- 4. We use Zeplin as a main tool for handing off the designs to developers. Developers will use design inspect with CSS and React codes so that they can convert the idea to life. COMMUNICATING
- 5. Abstract is a tool mainly used for design version control just like GitHub but for designers. It also can share designs with developers with visual specifications like Zeplin. VERSION CONTROL
- 6. Adobe Illustrator is a classic tool for creating graphic design and illustration in many industries. Many commands are available for shortcut keys and also easy to use with ather Adobe softwares for higher outcome. GRAPHIC DESIGN
- 7. Adobe Photoshop is another industry standard tool that many designers use. It is mainly used for photo edit, digital painting, animation, and graphic design. A multi-act tool. PHOTO EDITING
- 8. ILLUSTRATION Affinity Designe is a competitive illustration software against Adobe Illustrator. It has the most Adobe Illustrator functions and tools but in more simplified way. Illustrator’s commands are available in clicks.
- 9. InVision is a famous prototype app that many designers use for user testing and demonstrating high-fidelity screens. This tool can create a realistic animation to convey the perfect motion and feeling. PROTOTYPING
- 10. Marvel is another popular prototyping tool that designers use for user testing. It is suitable for paper and mid-fidelity prototypes to conduct UX test and interview. PROTOTYPING
- 11. Whimsical is a collaborative visual workspace for teams. It’s a unique tool that offers to create wireframes, build user flow, create affinity diagram, and draw mind all in one. WIREFRAMING
- 12. USER FLOW Draw.io is a powerful tool to create flowcharts, process diagrams, architecture diagrams, BPMN charts and more. It’s useful to visualize a complex user flow and it helps to communicate with developers.
- 13. Mind Meister is an online mind map maker that is easy to brainstorm, visualize complex ideas and share with the team to communicate. It’s a browser based software so the app is flexible to all OS users. MIND MAPPING
- 14. FlowMapp is a UX tool to build a site map, user flow map, persona, and customer journey map to plan the whole user experience for websites and systems. It also helps us to detect user flow issues by visualizing the path. USER FLOW
- 15. UX DESIGN UserTesting is a great online user testing tool to receive real-time feedback from real customers. This tool will help increase the user engagement and empathy to imrpove the service or product experience.
- 16. UX DESIGN USER INTERVIEWS is another UX tool to help the UX design process. By recruiting users online and conduct interviews, designers can collect both positive and negative points of the service or the product. It’s essential to hearout the endusers voice when designing.