App Design Analysis

I downloaded this app recently and thought the interface was a little confusing. There are a lot of tabs and some of them don’t feel necessary and could be included under other areas. One feature that I think has been really successful for Starbucks and their app is the Starbucks card. This part of the […]

Spotify // App Design Analysis

I don’t have many apps on my phone, but this is one that I use a lot and has also been redesigned recently. They simplified the navigation bar down to three tabs, which are labeled because it’s a little hard to tell what library is without the label. Under each tab there are options to […]

iOS Human Interface Guidelines // Reading Notes

VISUAL DESIGN Adaptivity and Layout auto layout auto readjusts layouts according to the specified constraints when certain environmental variations (known as traits) are detected size classes are traits that are auto assigned to content based on their size ensure that primary content is clear at its default size maintain an overall consistent appearance throughout your […]

After Effects for Beginners: Getting Started // Reading Notes

MENU BAR top left corner used to: see current open project file name; open, save, import, and export your projects and files; preferences area; undo, redo, editable features; choose and edit effects and presets; create, edit, or arrange layers; animation; rulers, grids, and guides; enable or disable panels PREFERENCES Edit>Preferences>Appearance TOOLBAR top left corner some […]

January 15 // Class Notes

Only use RGB for web files Use pixels to measure documents(not inches) Properly naming layers within files Space bar: hand tool Anchor point tool: Y Pen tool: G In toggle switches/modes panel First checkbox is called Solo, when checked it shows only that layer Sunshine: treats as vector so it doesn’t become pixelated Quality and […]