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Samuel S.
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Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
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Samuel S.: My name is Samuel. I'm an information/UX designer. I would give Adobe XD a five out of five...
John W.
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Internet, 1-10 employees
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John W.: Hi, my name's John. I'm the owner. I give Adobe XD a four out of five rating. For more reviews,...
Tanuj D.
Computer Software, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used monthly for 1-2 years
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In a nutshell, my experience with Adobe XD has been a very positive one. Even in its most basic subscription plan (which is free of cost), it provides all the vital features necessary for creating and deploying incredible prototypes in a systemized manner. It maximizes productivity by creating two distinct yet intertwined workflows for designing screens and setting up interactions between them.
If you work in the area of UI/UX Design, Adobe XD is one of the critical tools you can have in your asset. Prototyping in Adobe XD is a breeze, thanks to the simplistic yet purposive interface it provides. The tools it provides for designing prototypes are very intuitive to learn and use, making it easy for new users to onboard. Adobe XD also features a separate workflow for handling the interactions within a prototype, rendering the processes of designing and prototyping interactions discrete yet fluid. Furthermore, it allows you to deploy your prototypes on the Adobe Cloud, making it easy and quick to share and test your prototypes.
Once you get accustomed to the streamlined workflow of Adobe XD, it might take you a while to adapt to those of other competing prototyping services.
Anurag S.
Accounting, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Best one to start
Prototype features are very easy to understand and linking within mockups are great going to present
collaboration with stakeholder should be improved and real time comment section design should be more comprehensive
Jakub H.
Design, 1-10 employees
Used other for 1-2 years
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Being fast and quick to use I liked it. XD missed me at the moment, they did not provided an option to set text to UpperCase (it's there already) or choosing assets form a shared Adobe library. From a mature product aimed at the professional audience one would expect these detail to be polished from the very beginning.
Being a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud it was a no-brainer to test XD. The integration with other applications from the Adobe suite is a great help as you do not have to think about transferring assets from one app to another. It just works and is super quick/responsive. Also the easy to use option to share a prototype with the client or anyone else, hosted in the cloud, is a great help. Another very cool thing is Auto-animate which simple and nicely working.
The app is still in development and I miss comprehensive variants of components/symbols. You may create components, but not their states. Or not as easy as in other applications. Sometimes it can get a little messy when overriding component content and the integration with Adobe library is weak.
Douye T.
Information Technology and Services, self-employed
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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It is very easy to use for both prototyping and wireframing. it's also top-class for UX designing.
Adobe XD is very restrictive. it also experiences performance error
Rouissi A.
Computer Software, self-employed
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Using Adobe XD was a blast. With it's simple user interface, speed and stability, I was very pleased with the overall features that XD offers to users.
Adobe XD is one of the best UI/UX design tools. It offers a decent free version that includes almost all the the necessary features. Adobe XD allows you multiple interaction per item (hover, click ...) that faciliate UI design wich makes it the most suitable software for prototyping. Adobe XD supports different platforms (desktop, mobile browsers, mobile apps ). Adobe XD offers an excellent team collaboration.
Unfortunately Adobe XD doesn't have enough plug-ins for sketch. Also it could have more other features.
Chibuike U.
Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees
Used monthly for 2+ years
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Its offline capabilities make it my best choice for UI/UX. I love its simple user interface and its similarity with photoshop. I love XD.
The major reason I love Adobe XD is that its offline software. I can do my work with or without connecting to the internet.
The fact that I cannot save my file in a generic file type so that I can open it on any UI/UX software is a turn-off to me.
Valentina C.
Animation, self-employed
Used monthly for less than 6 months
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Personally, I have always been comfortable with the program and recommend it if you are looking for a highly customizable and intuitive design and prototyping software. However, if you are looking for software with advanced features for designing complex layouts, you may need to consider other options on the market.
Adobe XD is a user interface design and prototyping software that offers numerous features for creating high-quality designs. Among the aspects I liked best is definitely the wide range of tools available, which make it easy and intuitive to create advanced designs. In addition, Adobe XD offers a seamless collaboration experience with the ability to easily share prototypes with project stakeholders.
Some downsides include the limited range of animation tools and the lack of advanced features for designing complex layouts. It also lacks an automatic versioning system, which could be a problem for big projects.
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Computer Software, self-employed
Used monthly for 1-2 years
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i recommend adobe xd for prototyping because it is easy to use and simple
Amazing responsive design support.Simple to use. Because of its intuitive layout, Adobe xD has a lower learning curve than other prototyping tools.
The software contains a bug that constantly prompts me to purchase the software despite my active monthly subscription.
Jasmine S.
Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
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Overall great and has so many useful features
I like how many features they have to offer
This software does seem to be a hit pricey
Akash B.
Education Management, 201-500 employees
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I love the way it got access to a large library of plugins and resources
price is a bit stretched compared to its competitor
Kampon U.
Hospitality, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Overall I still like Adobe XD still, most efficient way to build prototypes and work with UI team and development team in the same time, Adobe XD is one of the prototype tools that my team usually work with, maybe it's quite similar to Adobe's family software that our team familiar too. Personally, I've been using the Adobe program for more than 20 years. not a big fan but it's pretty nice tools compared with others competitor (except the price) hope Adobe XD keep better performances in long run.
1. Super easy to setup 2. Ready to be forwarded to the development team just update your link and everyone in your team will see the update as realtime. 3. Another thing that I really like is Adobe XD can adjust the curvature of each corner of the polygonal shape, which other apps do not have. 4. Readiness to using some assets from other Adobe's programs such as when I created icon from Illustrator or Photoshop I just export to .jpg or .png file and then just drag and drop to Adobe XD so simple and very easy.
1. When you forget and copy page design by "design mode" it make to take time to manually drag the flow link by yourself once again. Adobe XD should set flow link on every mode not just "Protorype mode" that make user confused and a bit upset. 2. Hard to control when you have more than 100 pages on the same dashboard. 3. It takes too much time when you export or update link on view setting as "development" 4. Adobe XD should provide more design libraries for creating a prototype. 5. Should more align or friendly with third-party plug-ins. 6.
Parwinder K.
Design, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I am using Adobe XD for UX Designing since 2017. It was a great experience for me. It didn't take much time and effort to learn this. Now I can create anything in Adobe XD. Animating a prototype whether it's a Website or Mobile App is my favorite thing. I used Figma Also but, Adobe XD is one step ahead in my case. I can directly edit an image from Adobe XD to Photoshop which makes it different from other applications around.
Adobe XD stand in one of the most using UX Tools. Adobe did really a good job by creating this. Let me share my experience with Adobe XD: 1) It's very light, fast, and easy to use. 2) Working on multiple artboards and animating them while prototyping is an awesome feature. 3) Adobe XD is very good at managing assets, layers, and components. 4) Support for Cloud is outstanding. there are many more features...
1) Sometimes, it gets closed automattically. I am not sure if the problem is on my end or not. 2) Pen tool can be improved a little bit. 3) Too much use of the artboards can lead to a laggy environment.
Atour T.
Research, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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It is quite easy to add stuff to UI. Drag an image from anywhere, please (folder, browser, etc.)
I can view the entire canvas from desktops to cellphones as soon as I launch the application. Select the one for which I want to create our UI design, then start.The most useful feature I discovered in this program is the basic introduction tutorial, which is really beneficial to anyone just learning how to use the program. As they do so interactively, they highlight the software's strongest aspects.
Any design must include shapes. But only circles, ovals, squares, and rectangles can be created in Adobe XD.
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Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It is an essential and suitable tool for any designer who wants to get into interface design. With the errors encountered, we have already produced hundreds of products since its release.
It is an indispensable professional tool and optimized for Adobe pros. I can easily exchange assets from other Adobe software, like Photoshop, Illustrator or even After effect. The plugin developers are starting to offer really useful features because Adobe and the software offers a lot of possibilities.
For the moment, without an internet connection, we have encountered many bugs, impossible to solve with its incomprehensible error codes and even not found on the software support. The technical support (human) offers solutions that are already listed in the online support, and already tested several times.
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Design, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Adobe XD is a valuable and versatile tool within the Adobe Creative Suite. It's perfect for smaller organizations and smaller projects.
Adobe XD works perfect within the Adobe Creative Suite. It's easy to import Photoshop files and export to After Effects. The interface is easy to understand and generally matches well with other Adobe Products. Prototyping is easy and the preview option works well. The strongest feature of XD is their share option. You can create an almost life like webpage/app that is hosted on the servers of Adobe which creates an URL that can be shared with clients, developers or users for product testing.
Component management and file management is extremely lacking in comparison to direct competitors.
Samuel S.
Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It is my go-to all the time. Despite the collaboration feature which could be better, the other features are done in such a simple and easy-to-use way and make my workflow easier.
1. Ease of use 2. Very little learning curve 3. Easy handoff to developers using the share feature. 4. Clean and smooth interface. 5. Component creation helps in organizing easy reuse of the same properties across different pages.
1. Collaboration could be better. There should be a way for user feedback to be seen right in Adobe XD, rather than on an online interface.
Nordin R.
Design, self-employed
Used weekly for 2+ years
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I love using the software but it has a lot of powerful alternatives thats why i've been switching from Adobe XD to Figma. But it still has a huge part in my workflow.
I've been using Adobe XD for a long time & I really enjoy using it . It has a powerful & futuristic interface unlike other Adobe Products such as Photoshop . You can make design systems & complex web designs with ease & flexibility . As well as organizing your overall design & content.
What i sincerly don't like about Adobe XD is the animation phase . Its just so tiring to animate in the software & it didn't help me a lot to build immersive web design experiences when it's about interactivity & motion. So it really needs a lot of improvement in the Animation part.
Asfak A.
Design, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Adobe XD is used to ensure continuity of design across multiple platforms and is good for UI-UX & Product designers. It can produce quality prototypes that are great for helping people to understand your ideas. XD is an okay tool for creating mockups and quick iteration, with an interactive demo.
The interface is so user-friendly, functionality is so easy to use. It updates frequently with new features and bug fixes.
There is no dark theme available, it causes eye strain in a dark environment. It should be based online like Figma. It slows down mediocre computers.
Kristen P.
Computer Software, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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I was introduced to Adobe XD during a recent college-level UX design course through UC San Diego. Our team has access to Adobe CC, so it made the application readily available for our use. Our former web page development process was a myriad of review rounds and drafted page builds that couldn't be directly commented on. At the time, we were wrapping up a redesign of our website, and we wanted a process...
The user interface of Adobe XD essentially walks you through the process of building an interactive wireframe for user testing or for client review: Design, Prototype, and Share. The Design workspace provides quick tools, such as a pen, text, and shape tools, that provide us with endless editing options and templates for mobile, tablet, desktop, or custom sizes. Art boards can be arranged in sections...
There is one contingency when sharing wireframes through a browser link—the stakeholder must have a trackpad or scrolling mouse to scroll and interact with the wireframe. We found it's best to instruct stakeholders to view the wireframes from their laptop. My team shared a wireframe with a stakeholder to review a landing page layout, only to discover this small bug. She couldn't scroll down or interact with the wireframe, and, after reading a lot of support tickets on Adobe's website, it was because she was using a mouse with a tracking ball. It was such a small issue, however, and it didn't impact our workflow enough to consider an alternative.
Diego R.
Design, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I love working with XD, it's practical, easy and always new. But it needs to improve performance for Windows.
What I like most about it are the prototyping features and the ease of learning how to play with new features when they're released. It's easy and practical!!
Its instability on Windows and bugs when new versions are released. It loses a lot of performance when working with the co-edition.
Umair B.
Information Technology and Services, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I have used Adobe XD in lot of my projects, and I have also taught Adobe XD to my Students at an Educational Institute in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. My overall experience with Adobe XD is really awesome because this software always helps me to design the interface of my webpages and apps. Before the development process, first I design the look and everything of apps in Adobe XD and then I show the interface of app pages to my clients. They approve the app's interface, then I complete the development process. So I really like and Love Adobe XD.
Adobe XD is a unique platform where you can create designs for websites, mobile applications, games and more. The features of Adobe XD are really powerful like with prototypes you can test your apps and designs in a real way where you can add motion, animation, interactions and more. You can export your designs to Adobe After Effects. The tools are really awesome and the dashboard of Adobe XD is really very light and easy to understand and use. So if you want to design the interface of your webpages and apps then Adobe XD is best.
According to my experience, the tools of Adobe XD is awesome. The interface is fabulous and easy to use. Everything is available for the designers. Wherewith prototype, design can be created in such a realistic way. So, as far as I know, everything is perfect in Adobe XD.
fad A.
Computer Networking, self-employed
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I use XD for wireframing, designing UI for internet and cell apps and to date I felt right as I'm already an Adobe consumer so it appears like the use of the acquainted device. Sharing and prototyping is likewise right sufficient however every so often I sense that XD does not have a few functions that Sketch and Figma have or perhaps it is now no longer extensively universal withinside the marketplace but however It's an Adobe product so I suppose in coming years it is going to be the main device for UI/UX designers.
Being part of the Adobe Creative Cloud it became a no brainer to check XD. The integration with different packages from the Adobe suite is a first-rate assist as you do now no longer need to consider moving belongings from one app to another. It simply works and is first rate quick/responsive. Also the smooth to apply choice to percentage a prototype with the patron or all people else, hosted withinside the cloud, is a first-rate assist. Another very cool aspect is Auto-animate which easy and properly working.
Some functions that opposition has for say Figma and sketch. Figma and Sketch sense greater top class and broadly established gear or simply a good deal greater polished. Adobe XD has normally all required functions however occasionally a patron does not depend upon it and insists to apply Figma or sketch. I omit plugins in XD, Figma has an facet there.
Rebecca M. R.
Computer Software, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I guess a lot of people have a “one thing” that makes them love a specific prototyping tool (I’m looking at you Sketch fans) but really, the functionality doesn’t vary that much. I use Sketch, Figma and XD on a regular basis. They all do what I need. The thing that makes XD stand out for me is it’s integration with the Creative Cloud. When I’m doing a big project, that’s a huge advantage
I find the lack of menus clunky. I spend too much time poking around looking for something I expect to be on a—non existent—edit menu.
Erik M.
Security and Investigations, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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I am able to share and collaborate on my design projects via Adobe Creative Cloud so other members of my team can see changes in real time and make notes and edits as needed.
I am grateful to Adobe for having a web design platform available within the Adobe suite. The interface is very clean - similar to Sketch. You can directly export to Zeplin with its own shortcut which is incredibly useful for sharing design specs, swatches, and asset guidelines automatically for coding purposes. Also being able to copy assets from Illustrator is incredibly useful even though the assets don't import correctly all the time.
You can not directly export to Sketch or save files in Sketch format. This is a HUGE problem. Adobe has the capability to implement this feature and simply refuses. I understand they don't want to cater to other platforms, but it is a necessity to be able to work with Mac designers as Sketch is the standard for Apple users. Importing assets from Illustrator or copying assets from Sketch files creates issues. The responsive sizing is less than ideal as it tends to warp assets and bend vector paths in odd ways. Designing within XD is fine but it doesn't seem to play well with others (even within the Adobe suite) making it my last line or defense when executing projects under Lunacy by Icons8, Zeplin, Invisionapp, and Sketch.
Iqra Z.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I create web templates so, before the development, I design the wireframes for these templates in Adobe XD. I have also designed a few mobile applications, and I also designed their mockup before the development using Adobe XD. I am really satisfied and happy with Adobe XD because I found it awesome for my UI/UX design projects.
Adobe XD is the best UI/UX design tool for mobile apps and web apps. Adobe XD is the best platform where you can create professional designs even for games, voice interfaces and more. You can show these wireframes and high-fidelity designs to your clients before the development process. The interface of Adobe XD is really easy to use and understand. The tools are also professional and simple so you can build incredible designs.
I have created a number of mobile apps and web apps designs using Adobe XD. The artboards interface, tools, and every feature are really awesome. I am honestly speaking, I never faced any issue during the use of this great software, so for me, there are no cons.