Tools I use as a UI/UX Designer to stay productive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2021
- Here are 19 tools I use often for UI/UX or Product Design, from sketching, wireframing, project management, prototyping, analytics, heatmaps, surveys, user testing, remote collaboration and more!
P/S: I caught a real mic drop on camera...
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Yup, that was a real mic drop... Share with us your favourite tools here in the comments!
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Hey Rachel, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us! Your generosity has helped many aspiring UXUI designers, like myself, in achieving our career goals. Cheers!
Maze turned out to be incredibly helpful! I'm so glad you added that in Rachel.
I am learning a lot of things from your video! Thank you so much, Rachel!
Hi Rachel, Vernice here from 🇲🇾 too! I'm amazed by your great content! Your channel is my go to for UX UI as I am a beginner in transitioning my path UX UI design! Thank you! 💓
Thanks Rachel for creating such content on youtube ,as I am a begginer in ui/ux stream after watching your videos I got path to work upon and become a ux designer ..
plz i need to start a carear in ux and ui design
so informative!! thanks rachel
Thank you for sharing this. It added a lot of value
I didn't know this video existed! Thanks bro! Really grateful.
As a beginner, I find this video super helpful! I love that Figma Mirror app that is so cool for seeing an idea come to life on your phone. Thank you!! :)
I'm so glad that this is helpful!
This is super helpful. Thank you!!
This is really amazing !! Thank you so much ❤
Glad you like it! Hope you find it useful 😁
Thank You Very Much Rachel You Are the Life Saviour.
Thank you so much for watching too 😁
Thank you for great content, I’m an X D user but there are still great tips that I can use!
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate your. Channel & learn so much ! Thank you !!!
You are so welcome 🙏🏻
Just saw your post on Instagram designing the thumbnails and then saw this video on TH-cam 🥰 Have a nice day!
Aww, thanks Linh! Have a great day
Hey Rachel! I am planning to start my journey at UI/UX , what recommendations can you give? Should I join bootcamp or what is the best way to self taught myself? Thank you so much! There are just so many information online! Idk which is the best way to start 🥺🥺🥺🥺💭💭💭
This is AMMAAZIINGG.
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!!!
Thank you for providing value with a well structured video that helps beginners. I think your encouraging words mixed in with your recommendations are very valuable.
I used mostly Adobe xd it's amazing but Figma is far easy than xd .. thanks Rachel for sharing that stuff it really help me to grow fast.. :)
You Always Inspires me....Thank You So Much🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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I loved this one!! So helpful!!! Thank you for making such a detailed video!
Thanks for watching!
I love this channel ❤️
Thanks for watching!!
Hey Rachel, your videos are very informative for me. Thank you. I want to know What video editing software you are using and how you edit and add graphics to your videos? Looking for the video editing complete guide in your style. Thanks in advance.
Thank you so much!
Thanks Rachel! These are wonderful tips and thanks a lot for sharing! Is there any secondary monitor you would recommend as extended screen for macbook? I find it difficult to stare to the 14 in screen all the time. Thanks!
Love your videos!
Thank you, Jules!!
@@rachelhow 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Very informative video. Thank you!. Please explain how to present/explain our portfolio in interview. Its been 1 year I am applying job and giving interviews.. but no luck till now :(
Thank you so much, btw I like your laptop's wallpaper tho lmao 🤣
Which one? The wallpaper on my laptop? :)
@@rachelhow Yes 😆
Amazing video!
Thanks for watching, Jasmine!
Notion is great, I wish it gets more adopted in larger companies
Totally agree, thanks for watching 💕
Great video as always. My tools are Figma for personal. Sketch at work. Monday, Notion, Invision, Figjam, Zeplin, Webflow.
Thanks for sharing, Jacob! I've never tried Monday before but it does seem like a great tool. 😁
can you make a video on what's your process of working with a client on a website project step by step as a UI/UX designer?
I am also UI UX Designer, I like your contents.
Hi Rachel, awesome vid. I’ve seen that you’re using an old gen Mac as so do I. Do you have lag and overheat esp. when doing gmeet and figma at the same time. Also how heavy is after effect? I’m interested on learning it
Hey Jodie! I live in Malaysia, it's pretty hot here (26-32°C), so the laptop is always heating, I'm used to it.
Sometimes the laptop throttles the speed to protect itself from overheating, hence the lag when using heavy apps.
Fan blowing loudly on Gmeet / Zoom is normal to me. It's able to handle Figma + After Effects, no problem so far.
Just make sure you have at least 16GB of RAM so the application doesn't crash.
hi , pls can u talk on colors and which color should i pick for my protfolio ;
keep going
Thank you!
You're welcome Iaziza! Thanks for watching :)
Hi Rachel I'm also a UI UX design from Zimbabwe
My tools I use
MacBook Pro 2020 M1 Chip
Figma for UI
Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics
After Effects for Animations
Photoshop for photo manipulation
I have a Sketchbook to jot down some ideas and sketches
But i have a bad rercod on managing time 🙈🙈🙈
What do you think about Trello? Do you manage your projects using some kanban methodology? Great video!
Thanks for watching, Manuel! I love Trello too, I use it sometimes for managing simple projects. Trello is a minimal tool if all you need is the Kanban feature :)
great!
Your videos are really helpful... can you share your portfolio with us 🙂
WOW 😮 this is amazing thank you for this video ! Xx
Did anyone notice the subtle "Rachel drop mic"
Haha! Thank goodness the mic is still functioning well! :)
hi Rachel! I am wondering if using an older MacBook pro mid 2014 is sufficient to learn and use the tools like Sigma and Adobe XD.. maybe web flow to produce my work? I am starting my school in UX Design next month! Thanks:)
Hi! My MacBook Pro is the Mid 2012, with 16GB of RAM and it does the work perfectly!
thank you
Thank you for watching too!
Hi Rachel.
Greetings from India.
How is crazy egg for tracking user behaviour?
3:17 how you make it scollable in figma ?
What tools do you recommend for building personal websites? I have a wordpress one, but it's not the best fit for designers. Btw you're doing incredible work :)🌻
i see she uses webflow a very friendly one, perfect for designers
your amazing
Hey, Thank you very much again. I've learned a lot. Why you do not start being a teacher. I need someone like you to teach me some stuff.
Do u have to know Adobe after effects to become a ux designer?
Can I start off on an iPad pro
Hi Rachel! This is great sharing about UX designers at your yt channel. One question: do we really need to know HTML or code to be a UX designer? Where can we learn about it easily?
You dont need to learn coding or Html to be a uiux designer ❤
Hi Rachel, would you say that Figma alone is enough if you want to become a product designer?
What other softwares will i need to use?
If you've just started, Figma is the best tool (in my opinion) for product design. You can then learn Adobe After Effects if you want to create Lottie animations for digital interfaces (Lottiefiles.com). For user research, you will eventually pick up those skills at your full time job - eg. Maze, Hotjar or any tool your company uses.
how do u find free images and illustrations , and fonts inspiration ?
Hi, how did you study English? Can you open your tips?
Rachel, please can you be my personal teacher? I want to learn directly from you 🙏
Do you manually do all the animation work on the timeline in the after effects ?
I use Final Cut Pro for video editing :)
@@rachelhow I was referring to 4:06 :)
Your videos is very helpful for me, where are you from ?
I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
I just want to ask, as a UI UX designer, do you recommend that we should also learn CSS, HTML, JavaScript?
Hi there! The short answer is no, you don't need to learn CSS/HTML/JS or any code. But you do need to know (roughly) what is technically possible and what is not. Long answer is here: th-cam.com/video/NZZgEsjH4OQ/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps!
@@rachelhow , Thank you so much for enlightening us. You are a great inspiration and a help. 😊🤗🥰
Tools:->
1. 💻 only Macs
2. Notebook, has to be trusty
3. Figma --> everything is figma
4. Lattie Animation (Lattie files, JSON)
5. Figjam (not free anymore)
6. Webflow (it's sucks but yea)
Can u please tell me where u stay(country) for ur work
Malaysia :)
Damn, seeing you with all the tools you are able to work with makes me feel like the worst ux designer in the world, because I use maybe a handful of tools😅
Hi😊
Hi!