Beginner's Essentials for UI Tutorial series (i)

The specification not only tells the visual specification element specification and so on, also will be involved in the interaction the design principle, therefore as a good UI, at the interface level you not only must understand the specification, you also must understand the interaction, the interaction is another complex topic, hereafter later.

　　Next, user.

User is what is the end-user of your design work. A long time ago there was no UI for this position, in the ancient times we called art (unfortunately so historical words are now derogatory), or visual designers, later do web design simply called Web Designers. Since there was no UCD (USER CENTER DESIGN) for a long time ago, the user's part of the interface was not included, and most of it was just about visual beauty. And from the point of view of the present, the user-centric design concept has been deeply ... Deep in the mouth (meaning that most people are now talking about the user experience in the mouth, in fact, they do not know what is the user experience), well, people mouth on the mouth, you can rudely understand it as: serving the people.

So what is the user experience? User experience is the product designer/team to the product user psychology of a control. User Experience design process is the user's visual preferences/behavior characteristics/operating habits, etc. user psychological characteristics through a variety of research methods to obtain quantitative or qualitative statistical data and conclusions, which can be used to guide the overall product function/interaction/interface design.

Here, the art/interface design/visual/Web Designer is also turned into the current UI. In other words, considering the aesthetic visual design is not enough, but also need to put your perception and understanding of the user into the design. This is the basic requirements of the UI, of course ... Requirements are requirements, can do interface, a catch a lot, really have user concept, not many

　　What software can you learn to do the UI?

Insiders can understand, this topic is layman's terms, why the layman, later to say

Let's say the answer to this question: even if you've learned the Adobe series, you won't necessarily be able to do the UI

From the ancient "web of the Three Musketeers" to the later industry recognized PS/AI/DW, to recent small but gradually become popular sketch/affinity series, UI software gradually in the direction of more professional development, such as PS CC 2015 new "Design Space" Very suitable for the UI interface to do layout color. But because PS itself is not a professional UI software, the new "design Space" is also slightly more chicken.

General summary of the current industry commonly used software: Photoshop, illustrator,dreamweaver,sketch,affinity photo,affinity design,sketch,axure,mockups, Flash,after effects. The above is I often use and often see other people use the UI industry software, as for software good or bad how to choose these things slightly not table. This article only says the relationship between software and design.

　　Why does Adobe learn to not do the UI yet?

Let's give an example:

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

In the digression, if you think that figure 1 very good-looking Figure 2 is ugly, then I may regret to tell you that the design industry is not for you, as soon as possible to other outlets.

I have been randomly looking for two pages from the network, OK, we compare figure 1 and Figure 2, what do I want to explain?

First, both pages are made of PS, regardless of the software version, and whether you use a Mac or a PC.

Second, figure 1 and Figure 2 on the PS technology requirements are the same, and the PS operating technology requirements are very low, beginner PS soon students can easily draw out

Finally, for example:

You and xiaoming together to learn PS, two people look at the same PS textbook, see the same video lesson

You have made Figure 1, Xiaoming has made Figure 2

You repeatedly failed to cast resumes, but also for a monthly salary of two thousand or three thousand of the bottom of the art job squeeze the head, and Xiaoming has got a bat monthly salary of 1.5W UI Designer offer, an instant marry Bai Fumi embark on the peak of life

Why?

Because the software ≠ will be designed

Many students understand the UI as a "learning software will do the UI", so hurriedly ran up to ask "what software skills required for the UI?" "How much can PS learn to do the UI?" "What software do you need to learn to reach the level of a UI designer?" listening to a group of laymen and half-baked insiders said to learn PS/AI/DW, and so on, to learn a certain master's video course, to a certain PS teaching site, to the training system to learn. Holding the trust of the gods and then hurriedly spend a lot of time and energy to learn PS AI learn the DW learn Flash (more strange training courses to teach CAD and 3Dmark, really understand). To endure 7,749 days and nights, "the system" after a lot of UI commonly used and not commonly used software suddenly feel oneself instantly through the two veins, not only grow out of three heads incidentally also proficient skills, and then the sleeve to do a figure 1 ...

You know, the gap between Figure 1 and Figure 2 is irrelevant to the software.

The difference between the design, color, layout rules, design skills, etc., is definitely not by learning PS AI learn dw and so on and so on software learned, as I said at the beginning, Adobe has learned that you may not be able to do the UI.

Think of me many years ago just started to do UI time to know a friend, the year nearly 30, PS used 9 years, shortcut keys played superb, but still in a small county wedding photography shop with 2000 of wages do the late wedding photos

I did the first year of design, only PS, yes, in addition to any software is not necessary. Ai or later to touch, DW did not learn (design and HTML relationship This is another topic, later to say)

So I don't know if you've got it here:

Don't put your time on the software, pots and pans YOUYANJIANGCU does not mean you can immediately become a cook.