A new generation of designers must have 24 survival app

工欲善其事, its prerequisite. Today, we will provide 24 selected software for our designer friends, and recommend the top designers from the FastCompany to visit HUGE, ZAPPOS, UsTwo and Okfocus to see what software they usually use to help with the work. Master are inseparable from the artifact, the students see which is suitable to quickly take home.

The App described below may be as mundane as gamil, and it can be wonderful, full of good tools to help you quickly think and create. Either way, the following apps are a great helper for designers to work with!

Atext

This is a: Mac app that automatically converts the abbreviations you typed into text.

Why must I download it?

"This is a very convenient, especially suitable for the establishment of the date, time template, can help you write quickly and so on." There are many abbreviations inside it, and you can set it yourself. "ustwo product designer Lee Simpson recommended.

ATOM

This is one: a cross-platform, easily cracked text editor from Github.

Why must I download it?

According to moving Brands's senior designer Toby Milner-gulland, ATOM's versioning options and the power of power make it an indispensable partner.

AXURE

This is a cross-platform application, as well as a Web page prototyping authoring tool.

Why must I download it?

"axure is our prototype tool,"zappos's UX designer, Jason Broughton, said, "It helps us quickly build prototypes to test, build files, and help us give investors briefings." The group reporting feature allows us to collaborate on specific topics. What's even better is that this tool allows us to design different devices such as mobile phones, flat panels, and table machines. 」

Bēhance

This is a website and application owned by Adobe that allows designers to share their work.

Why must I download it?

"I like to hang out on bēhance and see what other designers are doing," he said. You can use this App to track your favorite designers, or use the "Discover" feature to navigate the most recent designer. I think the IPad version is also very good. "tabletop Whale The Eleanor Lutz description of the full-time data visualization.

Chrome

This is a: Google's cross-platform Web browser. (everyone should have used it?)

Why must I download it?

"The best browser for testing and experimentation. "moving brands, senior designer Toby Milner-gulland described.

CloudApp

This is an online platform for sharing information between computers, where you can share screenshots, files, web links, and even site records.

Why must I download it?

"To quickly share screenshots, small files, it was defeated Dropbox." Allows us to quickly and simply upload images to our customers. "ustwo's product designer, Lee Simpson, said.

EVERNOTE

This is a cross-platform digital "vault" that helps you keep your recipes, notes, receipts, and other digital files.

Why must I download it?

"I work across multiple platforms, including MacBook Pro, IPhone 6 Plus and Samsung S6 Edge, so I need a way to help me integrate the good ideas, discussions, screenshots, drawings, etc. that are recorded on the device wherever I am." "skully's design associate director Josh Bloom explains that"evernote can help me make sure that every device input is synchronized together. That way, no matter which device I use, I can quickly find what I'm looking for. 」

Feedbin

This is a: online reader.

Why must I download it?

A friend introduced the application to me six months ago as a tool to replace feedly. Feedly is clumsy, and feedbin is simple, and only 3 dollars in one months. "ustwo's product manager, Lee Simpson, said.

Framer STUDIO

This is an interface, interactive, animation of the prototype creation tool.

Why must I download it?

"I've just started using it recently, but I guess I'll use it a lot later in my work," he said. "art+com Studios's Raphaël de Courville said"framer is still in the early stages, so some of the features may be a bit rough. But it seems to have potential, but also with Photoshop, Sketch good cooperation. 」

Hackpad

This is a: online, collection text editor. Held by the Dropbox.

Why must I download it?

"I'm a big fan of Hackpad. I used it to assemble the data used in the research (it can be automatically embedded in the film, especially handy), and the draft "raphaël de Courville said" since you can write the same text together, this becomes a good recording tool in the meeting. " 」

Ifttt

This is a tool that links multiple services together. For example, it can help you to automatically back up all the "tag" Gmail to Dropbox.

Why must I download it?

"I've been using it since 2010, and I'm still using it now," he said. "ustwo's product designer, Lee Simpson, said," I use it to back up my photos, share URLs, and so on, but it can do a lot of things. " Lately I've been in a series of service functions, I've built a newsletter mood tracker App; In short, the tool can also help you quickly test prototypes, or some complex ideas. 」

ILLUSTRATOR

This is a: Adobe produced the drawing editor.

Why must I download it?

"This is my most commonly used tool, I use it to draw, design, even wireframes (a kind of low fidelity prototype design)." Sandijs Ruluks, founder of "froont, said so.

Moving Brands's senior designer, Toby Milner-gulland, echoed: "Pull can be said to be any complex drawing, to the Wireframe, the design framework of the best tool." 」

KEYNOTE

This is a: the Apple version of Ppt,keynote is a dedicated PowerPoint application that you can download from the IPad and Mac.

Why must I download it?

"keynote is a good tool to help share design concepts when confronted with large crowds. You can quickly create a great animation and so on to show your prototype. I've also seen people do great animated graphics. "skully's design associate director Josh Bloom describes. Froont founder Sandijs Ruluks added, "If I need to explain and introduce my design, I need Keynote." 」

Linkedin

This is a social network of professionals.

Why must I download it?

"It's clear that Linkedin is a great place to look for a new job, but it's also a good location to help you connect with the design community," he said. "zappos's UX director Jason Broughton explained that" this side can easily find some in-depth discussion of the content of the design, groups. " 」

Mindnode

This is a: this is an application that helps you draw a map of your mind that you can use on the IPhone, IPad, and Mac.

Why must I download it?

"Drawing a map of your mind can help you sort out your design inspiration," said Jannie Lai, "light's UX director." I use this App to capture all the big and small inspirations. " Designers tend to have more responsive to visual content than text content, and I think it's a good tool to help you plan and communicate effectively. 」

PAPER by FiftyThree

This is a: a digital sketch book.

Why must I download it?

"I like to start with a sketch of every design I have. My favorite App is this one. It can be very simple to generate new concepts and can also quickly rain the entire team to share. Shaun Tollerton, "ustwo's product designer, said.

P Hotoshop

This is a: do not need me to explain what everyone knows about the application XD Yes, it's a good tool for the Ashes level Photoshop.

Why must I download it?

"When I'm sure of my concept, I'm going to use PS for a complete design," he said. Shaun Tollerton, "ustwo's product designer, said.

Pixate

This is a cross-platform application that helps you create 100% native design prototypes. And it can be adapted to a variety of devices, even wearable devices.

Why must I download it?

"We are currently designing an interface for the Android watch device, so I use Pixate to make prototypes." "ustwo's product designer, Shaun Tollerton, said," It helps me design and test functionality. " 」

Processing

This is an open source program language focused on new media art, electrical art, and visual design projects.

Why must I download it?

"It allows me to quickly explore the possibility of using code design." "art+com Studios's Raphaël de Courville explains" it can also handle more complex content if necessary. " I like it very much to provide timely feedback. 」

R

This is a data-computing environment that can help you make data visualization content.

Why must I download it?

"Although this is not a typical" design application ", it is irreplaceable for me, I used it to make a lot of data graphs, and R is a good tool for processing data. Nathan Yau, founder of "flowingdata, said.

Skala

This is a user interface and icon design tool.

Why must I download it?

"Our design team partners use Skala to test the work in real time on the phone," he said. "We want to make sure our design looks OK on the high quality screen," "light's UX director Jannie Lai explained. 」

SKETCH

This is a very simple operation of the Ui/ux design application.

Why must I download it?

"wirefram also has a good helper in visual design. "skully's design deputy director Josh Bloom said. Joe Stewart, co-founder of Work & Co, agreed, though he points out that Sketch only works when designing an IPhone App. "sketch seems to have no desire to support Android, which in my opinion is quite stupid. 」

Slack

This is a: cross-platform team communication tool. (Easy to open by ladder)

Why must I download it?

Slack is the most designers mention of the application, the accident bar! Huge's creative director, Charles Fulford, said that cooperation and communication are the most important key to design work!

"All customers and plans organized, can be queried in the same application, can effectively reduce the daily chaos." "He says," in slack, seeing problems in real time and giving them quick feedback is an effective way to help the case go forward. Of course, in this platform can also be seamless integration of all workflows. 」

TextMate

This is a: a graphical text editor.

Why must I download it?

"This is my most frequently typed text editor application, and I use it for a lot of things, including recording my ideas and writing Code." "Honestly, I've used a lot of text editors, so I don't care much about which one I use," said Ryder Ripps, creative director of "okfocus. But TextMate is really my most commonly used, but I will also use BBEdit, Text wrangler and Notepad. 」

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