Adobe XD is an advanced n UI and UX design platform that can be used to create everything from apps to websites. The tool is popular among developers for creating and collaborating on wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. A platform is a vector-based software that is meant to turn flat images into 3D renderings and create augmented virtual reality experiences. It also offers access to features such as repeat grids, plugins, and extensions.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux |
Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
The learning curve of Adobe XD is pretty smooth. I've been personally using it for a while and teaching it as well, and it is easy to learn and understand what the functionalities are, unlike other products built for UI design.
XD is not powerful enough. While the learning curve that I mentioned is easy, the interactions and animations it generates just aren't there yet. I've been able to organize and animate much better with other competing softwares.
Adobe XD is a pretty good UI design tool and it helps create good UI designs, regarding the requirement. Even though the interactions and the organization part of Adobe XD isn't there yet, it is pretty useful.
I am a developer and we can easily use this tool to crop the images we can easily edit the image. it is user-friendly tool.
Sometimes when images are too large time I am facing the issue tho opening that image in XD.
We can create images, gifs, icon's animation on this tool.
This is All in 1 UX tool, you can make UI UX scratch to end in one software and the best is it will support import from other Adobe software and can update instantly. Thanks to Adobe .
Not much, but we can notice that not high quality on animation features , if they develop more animation features will help lot to create smooth buttery animations
Good is everything can do in a single software from Wireframe to end UX . The best is collaborations, and it allows integrate other apps . Great tool to show the work to clients and the team mates .
I think the best thing about XD is that it's free and accessible to the public. It's pretty approachable as a tool for people getting and starting in user experience desinf
Something I dislike is the way that xd handles components and organizing of layers. I like the style panel but I think having a separate page for components would be more logical since most other design tools do this
I'm solving design system problems, and client problems by creating solutions and handing off designs to development through the share feature that adobe XD has
Easy to use, simple in use but still powerful
No moving gifs or HTML videos support, some features are confusing
creating wireframes for different applications
The system is intuitive and easy to use.
It's easy to do things out of order. Once a document is signed it's hard to go back and fix things.
This allows us to do e-signatures consistently.
Adobe XD gets better every day. It's easy to use and i love the prototyping capabilities.
I think Adobe XD is missing some of the functionality that Sketch has, which is why I use sketch for most of my mockups. The symbols and plugins in sketch make it my go to rather than Adobe XD.
The main thing I use Adobe XD for is small prototypes. I copy my mockups directly out of sketch and paste them into adobe xd. As long as they are fairly straight forward Adobe XD can handle this very well. If i need more complex logic in the prototype, I end up going to framer and coding.
I like that Adobe XD comes with a tutorial video package when you first download it. Not a lot of softwares do this. So when I first started using Adobe XD, I was very happy to see that the video tutorial would lead me through how to work with the software. Also, I like that you can use phone templates in Adobe XD, so you're basically creating what I like to call "a tap feature" by using different templates and "coding" for the navigation tap features for an actual phone. It's like a phone simulation (See screenshot below for what I mean)
Adobe XD lags a lot for me. I don't like that when I'm "coding" for the tap features and the navigation features for simulation purposes (e.g., such as creating something to present at a meeting, such as a template of a phone screen / phone app). Adobe XD lags a lot in this, and sometimes the features don't work properly when I'm trying to drag arrows, drag around pictures/icons/etc.
Not solving problems in ADobe XD, I'm just simply creating designs in it. benefits: there's an option to share the screen as a link, or as a file, so it's really great when I finish a design and i can just basically make it into a link. Then at a meeting, as long as I have the link, I can present my design easily.
I love XD for it's ease of construction and sharing. When working on a project with a team, once XD has generated a project link and I've shared it with my colleagues, any edits I make I can save to the existing link. So there should never be any shuffling around with different versions. You do tend to lose your creative project more easily this way, but it's a much smoother sharing process that other alternatives. There are also really lovely and smooth transition options for presenting page animation for apps and webpages. Notably however, no hover function. Maybe they are trying to do away with it. After an initial learning curve, XD is quite simple to use and much more intuitive than most Adobe programs. It lends a more wizzy-wig feeling to the creative process, and in that way stays more in line with all levels of web developers.
I wish XD (and all Adobe products for that matter) integrated better with one another. I have previously taken Illustrator files and loaded them into XD, which works fine, but there is no linking option the way that Photoshop and Illustrator communicate with one another, or with InDesign. XD is clearly a newer product, and more of a stand alone. The key controls are different, which makes the learning curve steeper. Another slight problem is the share links can be fairly heavy, and load slowly.
We have been redesigning our global navigation, using XD for the creative process from wire framing through HIFi. We are a small digital team with this company, so my role encompasses the Graphic Design as well as Product Dev portions of the development process before handing the wireframes off to the developer. A goal of mine in this realm is to learn and share how to utilize the working files to share original specs with our developer.
Adobe XD is the latest innovation of Adobe Inc. So it has all the functionality for making Wire-Frames and Prototypes which Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator was lacking off. It is free and also available for Windows as well as Mac Os also. It can also simulate your prototype in a prototype device to actually display how your design works. Adobe XD has a very beautiful functionality of Interactive behavior between two screens of your design, you can modify transition effects as well.
First of all, Adobe XD is only available in Windows 10 platform, which is understandable but people who don't have Windows 10 will miss this out. Adobe XD prototyping of design directly into actual mobile device is only available between Mac and Iphone, which is fairly not acceptable.
Adobe XD has solved all my problems related to Prototyping and Wire framing of my actual project. It can save much more time of developers as well as designers also. Both Developers and Designers can identify and analyze that how their project will be after successful completion.
Adobe XD added new animation functions in prototyping! You cannot see this feature in any other competitor tools, maybe in invision studio.
There are so many other functions/features in it but hard to know. Tried to look for all the tutorials on YouTube but still missing some.
Best for the collaborating with other adobe suits programs and tools, showing wow factors to stakeholders
Minimal interface, fast prototyping, works well with other apps
Very limited transitions. The biggest missing feature I think is GIF support. If prototypes could play GIF animations then that would solve a million problems (until the transition functions are improved at least).
I am making all kinds of prototypes for clients (apps, websites, etc.). I've found it also works great for making PDFs.
Consistency with other Adobe products, UI is simple to use and features give you a decent baseline to create UI designs for sharing with my team.
Sometimes temperamental to work with, crashes or does not open file. Would like to have a auto-save feature in case computer shuts down and loses work. Selecting screens was a bit tricky, if you did not grab the right part of the screen it would auto add a new screen.
Wireframes, quick prototypes and mockups for marketing websites.
Adobe XD is good for creating mockups for websites or applications. My favorite part about it is that there is also an iPhone app with this that lets you preview how websites or applications will look like on the device. I also like how I can link the different pages together to show what would happen when a person clicks a certain thing.
I strongly disliked the interface of Adobe XD. It starts off with a blank canvas and if you are a beginner to UX Design, then you will be very confused as to where to begin. It took me a long time to finally figure out how to work around the program.
I used Adobe XD in order to create a new mockup landing page for the solutions section of our website. This was was great for that. A business problem that can be solved is creating mockups of websites, whether its for an update or for a whole new website.
I was able to get up and running without tutorials or guides (which is unusual for the typical Adobe product). The user interface is simple - overall I like it.
If you're a "pro" with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and other Adobe products, this is a bit different - it has fewer features but a much simpler user experience. If you're a "power user", there are probably other [more sophisticated] tools for you.
It's great for quickly drawing something (user interface elements for web and mobile apps) and planning layout / colours / etc.
Grouping features are helpful. Measurements and alignment suggestions are too good.
Assets are not a part of the software. Downloading kits is an option but it doesn't feel like an integrated experience. Also it's not collaboration friendly.
Development of User interface for AR project. Benefits are the features make it easy to replicate boards and fasten the pace of designing.
The ease of use, and the ability to quickly prototype (whether its lo- or mid-fi to some hi-fi). Even more-so, the ability to share live links with clients or colleagues at (literally) the click of a button. XD was really easy to learn how to use given my knowledge with other Adobe programs working with the awesome tutorials XD has already waiting for you when you open the program.
The transitions and lack of animations in-between interactions is kind of a let-down. This causes the prototypes to be fairly rudimentary and doesn't allow for a full explanation of how some elements interact with each other, and what all can be linked. It's capabilities like this that put other programs like Axure and Invision way ahead of Adobe, even with Adobe's clean UI.
We have incorporated this into our entire web design process, and have begun teaching our marketing department how to use XD to make quick changes in order to maximize efficiency. This is especially useful when talking with our developers because we are able to link both the working mock-up as well as design elements to help better explain what we are looking for in an end product.
Very easy and fast program for putting together usable designs.
Somewhat limited at times, especially on mobile.
Can create usable prototype designs that showcase some basic functionality. Looks great for designer and client.
This software is available with the Adobe Creative Cloud and has a standard menu commands like other Adobe products. I like how you can preview the project on mobile apps if you want to see it on your phone or on your PC screen. It is a very useful design and prototyping tool for designing websites and application interfaces.
There are some downfalls with this software, especially sharing projects with developers since it doesn't create CSS. It can also be a bit buggy from time to time.
Adobe XD has allowed me to build interactive prototypes and gather feedback from teammates. The feedback/comment section is one of my favorites because I can add comments on the go as I gain more feedback from different reviewers. It is a powerful product and simple to use!
The interface is very simple and easy to use. The tools are basic, but robust and highly functional.
I wish there was more grid functionality and that it was easier to zoom in and out of different pages. It can be difficult and tricky when using a lot of different art boards.
We are able to build out very beautiful and functional website designs that are navigational. They work on our phones and screens in real time and help us identify pain points easily.