Highlights
Quickly experiment and explore different ideas
SketchFlow, a feature of Expression Studio Ultimate, gives you
the ability to quickly and effectively map out and iterate the flow
of an application UI, the layout of individual screens and perhaps
most importantly for modern applications the transition from one
application state to another. This ability to explore and test multiple
ideas without investing large amounts of time ensures you are able
to find the right solutions for your clients.
Keep clients focused on the end goal
Clients often find it difficult to focus on the important issues
when looking at a conceptual idea. Commenting on issues such as
font styling or whether particular colors should be used rather
than the overall functionality of a screen and application. SketchFlow
keeps clients focused on the goal, creating an application that
solves their business need. The built in ‘sketch’ style controls
SketchFlow uses enables clients to concentrate on the overall concept
of a solution instead of focusing too early on the detail.
Gather effective feedback from client testing
The freely distributable SketchFlow player ensures that your prototypes
can be demonstrated effectively to your client. Clients can test
multiple scenarios and provide comments for the development team
by annotating their experience as they navigate the prototype.
These client annotations are visible in-context on the design
surface within Expression Blend®. Surfacing feedback where it can
be immediately acted on enables updated concepts to be rapidly presented
to the client.
Make the prototype as real as a project demands
With SketchFlow there is no limit to how far you can push your
prototype. Simply make the prototype as real as a particular client
or project requires, evolving it over time from static, to interactive,
to finished project.
The SketchFlow ‘sketch’ style can be replaced easily with a pixel
perfect rendering of the UI by simply replacing the style template
of the components. Static screens can easily have interactivity
added, transitions can be refined and the fidelity of the prototype
can be increased as appropriate.
Traditionally prototypes are redundant after the concept phase
and are discarded. With SketchFlow you can take your prototype in
three different directions. Throw the prototype away and simply
move your ideas into new production project, extract out the individual
assets you want to move forward into production or transition the
whole prototype forward into production.
With SketchFlow the choice is yours and the choice you make can
vary from project to project.
