Introduction
Among Adobe’s creative cloud collection of premiere editing software, Adobe XD is for creating mock UX/UI designs. With this software, you can build comprehensive mobile/tablet or website layouts. Additionally, XD can bring your visions to life with prototyping capabilities, allowing you to simulate a working version of your app or website without needing any code.
Background
First announced in 2011, Adobe XD was introduced at the annual Adobe MAX conference as Project Comet. Released in 2016, Adobe XD hit the market with the intent to streamline the front-end designing process for websites and apps.
Process
To get your feet on the ground with designing using Adobe XD, Adobe has put together a comprehensive step-by-step guide that will walk you through design, prototype, components, and collaboration.
Beyond this great quick start guide, Adobe also offers additional tutorials to help you learn how to design more complex layouts. In the table below, we picked a few noteworthy videos/articles you should check out.
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video |
🕒 7 min |
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Creating graphics and other assets for Social Media in Adobe XD. |
article |
🕒 5 min |
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video |
🕒 3 min |
Additionally, Adobe has a great resource called XD Ideas where they compile great current, topical articles about UX/UI. If you’re looking to learn more about how to create effective design choices and learn a bit more about what’s going on in the world of UX, this is the place for you.
Below, we’ve selected a few good reads for you to check out.
https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/principles/web-design/what-is-affordance-design/
https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/perspectives/leadership-insights/importance-of-listening/
Brand information
As professional, industry-standard editing software, there are different plans that users can choose from in order to start editing their own pages. For Adobe products, users can choose a monthly subscription for a single software package, or they can choose a monthly subscription to their Creative Cloud, which includes all of the Adobe products.
Below is the pricing plans available as of January 1, 2022:
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Single App (Individual) |
Get your choice of one Adobe app such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, or Acrobat Pro DC. |
US$20.99/mo* *the rate of select applications can vary, such as Acrobat Pro (US$14.99/mo) or Lightroom (US$9.99/mo) |
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Creative Cloud All Apps (Individual) |
Get 20+ desktop and mobile apps including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat Pro DC. |
US$52.99/mo |
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Single App (Team Subscription*) *The team license exists for businesses, studios, and other organizations. This license is meant for teams where there is a division of roles. With the team subscription, an admin can choose which individuals have access to which applications. More information on this here. |
Get your choice of one Adobe app such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, or Acrobat Pro DC. |
US$33.99/mo per license* *the rate of select applications vary, such as Acrobat Pro (US$16.99/mo) or Adobe XD (US$22.99/mo) |
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Creative Cloud All Apps (Team Subscription*) *The team license exists for businesses, studios, and other organizations. This license is meant for teams where there is a division of roles. With the team subscription, an admin can choose which individuals have access to which applications. |
Get 20+ desktop and mobile apps including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat Pro DC. |
US$79.99/mo per license |
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Creative Cloud All Apps (Students & Educators) |
Get 20+ desktop and mobile apps including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat Pro DC. |
US$19.99/mo* * This rate is only for the first year of service. After the first year, the rate rises to US$29.99/mo |
Adobe has several different discounts available for both teachers and students. ASU students can request complete access to the entire application library, free of charge here .
References
1 Rhodes, M. (2015, October 8). Adobe’s Project Comet Is a Start-to-Finish UX Design App . Wired. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://www.wired.com/2015/10/adobes-new-project-comet-start-finish-website-design-app/
2 Project Comet . (n.d.). Adobe. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://landing.adobe.com/en/na/products/creative-cloud/comet/229818-notifyme.html?scid=social52541916
3 Get Started with Adobe XD | Adobe XD . (n.d.). Adobe. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://www.adobe.com/products/xd/learn/get-started.html
4 Adobe. (2020, May 28). Welcome to XD – Where Designers Go to Grow | Adobe XD . Ideas. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/
5 Adobe Creative Cloud Plans, Pricing, and Membership . (n.d.). Adobe. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html
6 Adobe Creative Cloud Plans, Pricing, and Membership . (n.d.-b). Adobe. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html#edu-cc-all-apps-includes
7 Licensing Overview . (n.d.). Adobe. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/licensing.html
8 Adobe Creative Cloud | University Technology Office . (n.d.). Arizona State University. Retrieved January 1, 2022, from https://uto.asu.edu/adobe-creative-cloud