Building better Websites through CAD tools

Every Website is, at its core, someone's vision. Every creator has their own vision for how they present their content to the end user and it is the job of a Web Designer to create the client's vision into a workable project for a client.

The question of just how a Designer can make sure they are seeing the same vision their client does can be one a tough one to answer.

In the past I have commented on the use of documents like a Pre-Design worksheet, but with this blog I would like to spotlight the newest tool I have added to My toolkit of Design.

Adobe Line.

Adobe's Line is a new app that runs on iOS devices, making it a portable, easy to deploy tool where I, when meeting with clients, can actually sketch out a working blueprint of the layout My client has in their vision.

Laying out ideas in this manor is actually known as storyboarding, and allows a Designer and client to make sure they are on the same page design wise.

My use of Line actually starts out with a basic wireframe being drafted. From this point, some simple questions about styles , menu layouts and general positions of elements allow for the creation of a image that can be pulled into Graphic Software, like Photoshop, where layers of colors and place holder text / images, a mock up graphic.

More information about Adobe Line can be found at the link below

line.adobe.com