Well-presented tutorial and perfect content that answers some of my questions concerning Muse! I've been a designer for 27 years and love to keep learning-and I appreciate your expertise and the way you systematically go through each point. Thumbs-up!
Thanks for your help but I am pulling out of Muse, after years of trying and following the right advice (like yours and other piers) I am giving up Muse. Unfortunately dealing with breaking points and pinning and a huge amount of other complexities is just too much. My 15 years experience with Illustrator and Photoshop is simply not enough, I don't have the time to figure out Muse and I m no longer Amused! - sorry for venting out but it's too much for me and I can't afford to loose more time an be totally frustrated.
I am at the crossroads, perhaps I may use Divi/WP or Elementor/WP... they may be "basic mainstream" but I am willing to trade absolute design freedom for simplicity and peace of mind.
George, I agree with your observations after using Muse for the past five years. Over complex, I'd say...but I'm not a professional who makes a living doing websites although my past five sites would be perceived as more or less "professional." Wix was a no-go... WordPress baffled me because I couldn't design "visually" as I went from content to content... Squarespace came across as doing me a favor by existing and also had too few options. I messed with Macaw (RIP)...but I came to feel that Webflow maybe had an approach suited to my inclinations. Alas, Webflow has more of a learning curve than I thought, all the foxes confused me, and I never did get comfortable naming classes...so...I guess I'm stuck with Muse. Here's hoping that the WO CODE project at Muse Themes is ready for prime time soon. Steve Harris has described this project in a promising way. At any rate...onward. Regards, Jud Blakely
@@judblakely4179 I was excited by WO CODE until I found out I can't export HTML to host on my own server. I haven't found one yet that will allow me to design then download.
Hi! I am an 18 year old girl from the Netherlands. I want to start a fashion and travel blog soon. For this I was thinking about downloading Adobe Muse CC (to make the blog with) and Adobe Lightroom (to edit photos with). Do you have any tips of any programs I should use? Any better programs? Advice? Much appreciated, thank you!
Thanks for all the information that you present. One question is it always necessary or expected to design a responsive website, when muse has the tablet and phone design pages.
Hi Gloria, it is not always necessary to design a responsive website. Adaptive Design works well and I sometimes encourage it, as I find users sometimes add a lot of breakpoints to their website. I was actually thinking of creating one more video about this, and showcasing that you can still create an Adaptive website in Adobe Muse with a layout for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile. Responsive design to me seems like a buzzword that many people throw around without knowing about alternatives. When Adobe Muse first came out it was just Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile layouts. I think it's great that they added the Responsive Design functionality, but Adaptive Design works just as well and sometimes better because you have a dedicated website for each device. Adaptive Design also passes the Google mobile test. So in short, I don't think responsive design is always necessary or expected - the exception being if your client wanted a responsive website that changed layout when the browser resizes. I actually created a Quick Tip titled 'Simplifying with Adaptive Design.' It can be found here: th-cam.com/video/8t9dQpJY6vg/w-d-xo.html
Hi! I'm not an expert, but I'd like to share my opinion regarding responsive vs. adaptive, to give Gloria and anyone else interested something to think about when considering the option. Every year, tech companies are building new devices at different sizes to accommodate user needs. My mom just bought the new Google Pixel2 XL- the screen is huge! - but she's 82 and that works for her. If you're only building with adaptive, you may have to go back and re-do all of your sites when they're not functional for your audience anymore. You've only designed for a specific range of devices. My personal opinion is that if your building responsive, you can set it and forget it, you've got every size in between already covered. If you do it right the first time..... just food for thought.
Thanks for sharing it ! I worked so far with wordpress, where it was total easy to make a resposiv page. But when i see your tutorial, it looks much more complicated to make a nice resposiv page. I have muse in my cloud, but i am a bit unsure if i should use it to make my new project with it.
Yes, breakpoints can be confusing, but once you get a handle on it, Muse blows everything else away in terms of speed and control over your design and page. I always go fluid width on the page, and then treat objects on the page independently for responsiveness. ie. Text boxes always responsive width, but forms and pics often set to fixed width. Trying to make life easier by just going with fixed width pages punts the learning down the road, and your page may look messed up on the next mobile phone/tablet release with yet another screen pixel width introduced to the world. To future-protect yourself you just have to make sure your page looks good at any screen width.
I use Bootstrap as a great guide. Just google Bootstrap breakpoints. But realize that there is no wrong answer for breakpoints if set correctly. The goal is to have a breakpoint before most of the group of devices (e.g. mobile devices). So look for the largest device in that category (e.g. iPhone X) and set the breakpoint a safe amount larger than the phone's resolution.
Garrick Santos appreciate the feedback. I'm just looking for some sort of general guidelines for each type of device. I.e. phones, tablets, laptops, large screen desktops. I'll Google bootstrap and go from there. Thank you.
I'm actually even more confused with Responsive development after watching this tutorial. I think you should concentrate on this topic and hone in on providing one layout and the different pinning options and breakpoints and how they affect layout on different devices. Then provide one or more strategies for dealing with design issues that crop up.
Hi Roland, here is 17-day course where I go more in depth on working with elements across different breakpoints: th-cam.com/video/RmTOd2PFoa8/w-d-xo.html
I'm NOT a coder! I'm a designer. InDesign is brilliant for print. Muse is great for web! Ugh! I had just got into Flash Catalyst and pushed it really as far as it could go but before the multimedia project was finished Adobe pulled the plug on FC. Muse I thought was a safer bet after a few years had gone past and more folk using it and the development was stable. It's part of what I pay for in my inclusive package. I don't want to pay out for something else. I don't want easy peasy Wix. I don't want Wordpress. Do I want to learn again when Muse is 'it'. Da! No. Muse is InDesign for the web. I'm NOT a coder. I don't want to learn code. I have stayed away from code. I'm too busy to fiddle. I'm a designer on the front end of code. That's why I rejoiced when UI got better! Muse is a great package to have as an inclusive with the master collection. It's a great incentive to have the master collection. It's a no brainer. InDesign for the web. It's so simple, easy, intuitive. It's a brilliant product.
Well-presented tutorial and perfect content that answers some of my questions concerning Muse! I've been a designer for 27 years and love to keep learning-and I appreciate your expertise and the way you systematically go through each point. Thumbs-up!
thanks, it is never to late to learn something new, I have a few years left with muse.
Thanks for your help but I am pulling out of Muse, after years of trying and following the right advice (like yours and other piers) I am giving up Muse. Unfortunately dealing with breaking points and pinning and a huge amount of other complexities is just too much. My 15 years experience with Illustrator and Photoshop is simply not enough, I don't have the time to figure out Muse and I m no longer Amused! - sorry for venting out but it's too much for me and I can't afford to loose more time an be totally frustrated.
I am at the crossroads, perhaps I may use Divi/WP or Elementor/WP... they may be "basic mainstream" but I am willing to trade absolute design freedom for simplicity and peace of mind.
George, I agree with your observations after using Muse for the past five years. Over complex, I'd say...but I'm not a professional who makes a living doing websites although my past five sites would be perceived as more or less "professional." Wix was a no-go... WordPress baffled me because I couldn't design "visually" as I went from content to content... Squarespace came across as doing me a favor by existing and also had too few options. I messed with Macaw (RIP)...but I came to feel that Webflow maybe had an approach suited to my inclinations. Alas, Webflow has more of a learning curve than I thought, all the foxes confused me, and I never did get comfortable naming classes...so...I guess I'm stuck with Muse. Here's hoping that the WO CODE project at Muse Themes is ready for prime time soon. Steve Harris has described this project in a promising way. At any rate...onward. Regards, Jud Blakely
This is good.
@@judblakely4179 I was excited by WO CODE until I found out I can't export HTML to host on my own server. I haven't found one yet that will allow me to design then download.
Hi! I am an 18 year old girl from the Netherlands. I want to start a fashion and travel blog soon. For this I was thinking about downloading Adobe Muse CC (to make the blog with) and Adobe Lightroom (to edit photos with). Do you have any tips of any programs I should use? Any better programs? Advice? Much appreciated, thank you!
Hi, for the page expansion, what about when that double arrow doesn't appear? My home-page doesn't have that double arrow option :/
Thanks for all the information that you present. One question is it always necessary or expected to design a responsive website, when muse has the tablet and phone design pages.
Hi Gloria, it is not always necessary to design a responsive website. Adaptive Design works well and I sometimes encourage it, as I find users sometimes add a lot of breakpoints to their website. I was actually thinking of creating one more video about this, and showcasing that you can still create an Adaptive website in Adobe Muse with a layout for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile. Responsive design to me seems like a buzzword that many people throw around without knowing about alternatives. When Adobe Muse first came out it was just Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile layouts. I think it's great that they added the Responsive Design functionality, but Adaptive Design works just as well and sometimes better because you have a dedicated website for each device. Adaptive Design also passes the Google mobile test. So in short, I don't think responsive design is always necessary or expected - the exception being if your client wanted a responsive website that changed layout when the browser resizes.
I actually created a Quick Tip titled 'Simplifying with Adaptive Design.' It can be found here:
th-cam.com/video/8t9dQpJY6vg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks so for taking the time out to answer my question. Your videos have been a tremendous help in learning to use Muse!
Hi! I'm not an expert, but I'd like to share my opinion regarding responsive vs. adaptive, to give Gloria and anyone else interested something to think about when considering the option. Every year, tech companies are building new devices at different sizes to accommodate user needs. My mom just bought the new Google Pixel2 XL- the screen is huge! - but she's 82 and that works for her. If you're only building with adaptive, you may have to go back and re-do all of your sites when they're not functional for your audience anymore. You've only designed for a specific range of devices. My personal opinion is that if your building responsive, you can set it and forget it, you've got every size in between already covered. If you do it right the first time..... just food for thought.
Thanks for sharing it ! I worked so far with wordpress, where it was total easy to make a resposiv page. But when i see your tutorial, it looks much more complicated to make a nice resposiv page. I have muse in my cloud, but i am a bit unsure if i should use it to make my new project with it.
Thanks for this! Dude, I seriously didn't know the minimum breakpoint width could be adjusted until watching this
Mind = BLOWN! I now feel stupid for not noticing these things lol But MANY thanks for this!
Started with Muse today, thanks for the video :D
Great video for someone like me new to Adobe Muse.
Nice to know when you start up :)
thank you so much!! It was very helpful!! :)
Awesome video man, so sad Muse is dead
Yes, breakpoints can be confusing, but once you get a handle on it, Muse blows everything else away in terms of speed and control over your design and page. I always go fluid width on the page, and then treat objects on the page independently for responsiveness. ie. Text boxes always responsive width, but forms and pics often set to fixed width. Trying to make life easier by just going with fixed width pages punts the learning down the road, and your page may look messed up on the next mobile phone/tablet release with yet another screen pixel width introduced to the world. To future-protect yourself you just have to make sure your page looks good at any screen width.
great tutorial, thanks! =)
Thank you very much, Its very useful..
Can someone direct me to a link where he talks about what breakpoints are general for desktop, tablet, and phones?
I use Bootstrap as a great guide. Just google Bootstrap breakpoints. But realize that there is no wrong answer for breakpoints if set correctly. The goal is to have a breakpoint before most of the group of devices (e.g. mobile devices). So look for the largest device in that category (e.g. iPhone X) and set the breakpoint a safe amount larger than the phone's resolution.
Garrick Santos appreciate the feedback. I'm just looking for some sort of general guidelines for each type of device. I.e. phones, tablets, laptops, large screen desktops. I'll Google bootstrap and go from there. Thank you.
thanks alot man
Wow Thank you!!!!
Muito bom, obrigado.
I'm actually even more confused with Responsive development after watching this tutorial. I think you should concentrate on this topic and hone in on providing one layout and the different pinning options and breakpoints and how they affect layout on different devices. Then provide one or more strategies for dealing with design issues that crop up.
Hi Roland, here is 17-day course where I go more in depth on working with elements across different breakpoints: th-cam.com/video/RmTOd2PFoa8/w-d-xo.html
Can someone help me, i want to put ICONs inside my NAV bar, how i do that?
I mean my Menu
Hi VvDoom, you can just place the icons over the nav bar.
VvDoom drag your icon/s and when you see your menu highlighted as a solid line your icon will be inside. I think that how it goes
Yeah, thx i did something wrong the first time. i'm loving Muse. Its so easy!
I'm NOT a coder! I'm a designer. InDesign is brilliant for print. Muse is great for web! Ugh! I had just got into Flash Catalyst and pushed it really as far as it could go but before the multimedia project was finished Adobe pulled the plug on FC. Muse I thought was a safer bet after a few years had gone past and more folk using it and the development was stable. It's part of what I pay for in my inclusive package. I don't want to pay out for something else. I don't want easy peasy Wix. I don't want Wordpress. Do I want to learn again when Muse is 'it'. Da! No. Muse is InDesign for the web. I'm NOT a coder. I don't want to learn code. I have stayed away from code. I'm too busy to fiddle. I'm a designer on the front end of code. That's why I rejoiced when UI got better! Muse is a great package to have as an inclusive with the master collection. It's a great incentive to have the master collection. It's a no brainer. InDesign for the web. It's so simple, easy, intuitive. It's a brilliant product.
GO check out webflow.io Its kinda nice, you design in the browser. Its can still be coding, but you also have GUI just like muse.
hmm, this seems hard.
ps: i'm a newbe
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#6 ... that Adobe would shelve Muse 4 years later. Don't get too attached to new Adobe products.