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Sketch Training Class Online February 22 2021 Sketch App

Sketch training class

Mon, Feb 22 2021
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online Training
American Graphics Institute AGI Training Online Online

2018-05-25 11:36:47 $495.00

In this hands-on Sketch class learn to efficiently create UX prototypes for websites and apps. This Sketch course provides professionals involved in the design, development and planning of websites and apps with the skills to efficiently create and test interactive prototypes. This Sketch workshop is suitable for UI and UX professionals, business analysts, developers, and product managers. This Sketch workshop is available independently or as part of the comprehensive UX training offered at AGI.

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Getting to know Sketch
 
  • Sketch Overview 
  • Workspace Overview
  • Using the Toolbar, Layer List, and the Inspector
  • Understanding pages and layers
  • Working with artboards in the infinite canvas
Navigating Sketch pages and artboards
 
  • Viewing, Zooming, Pixel Preview, Pixel Zoom
  • Precision placement using rulers, grids, and guides
  • Preferences for best viewing
  • Helpful keyboard shortcuts
Sketch Artboards in detail
 
  • Creating, naming, and editing artboards
  • Creating backgrounds for your artboards
  • Aligning and distributing your artboards
  • Adding scrolling to your artboard
Using Sketch layers
 
  • Adding and naming layers
  • Selecting and moving layers
  • Grouping and ungrouping
  • Rearranging the stacking order of layers
Creating shapes and other objects in Sketch
 
  • Creating and editing objects
  • Using Boolean tools to customize shapes
  • Changing properties such as fill, border, opacity and corners
  • Quick shape keyboard shortcuts
Transforming and positioning Sketch objects
 
  • Resizing, rotating
  • Setting up resizing constraints
  • Align and distribute
  • Rotating multiple layers
Creating fills, strokes and borders in Sketch
 
  • Selecting and creating Local and Global colors
  • Opacity and blending
  • Borders, shadows, and blurs
  • Saving object styles
Creating styles to work efficiently in Sketch
 
  • Creating layers styles
  • Sharing layer styles
  • Editing and updating styles
  • Using plug-ins to sync styles
Sketch Masking
 
  • Masking shapes with objects and text
  • Filling shapes with images
Using the Sketch Drawing tools
 
  • Pen tool
  • Pencil tool
Importing artwork into Sketch from other applications and file formats
 
  • Import into Sketch from XD, Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF
  • Importing general file formats
  • Importing and editing images
  • Cropping images
  • Removing backgrounds from images
Creating and editing text in Sketch
 
  • Adding text areas
  • Changing text properties
  • Saving text styles
Saving Sketch artwork as symbols
 
  • Creating symbols
  • Editing and updating symbols
  • Overriding and detaching symbols
  • Creating and using nested symbols
  • Organizing your symbols for easy access
Creating and using Sketch libraries
 
  • Using existing libraries
  • Creating your own library
  • Modifying Sketch libraries
  • Enabling and disabling libraries
Prototyping with Sketch
 
  • Creating links and custom hotspots
  • Breaking and re-directing links
  • Removing all links
  • Testing and previewing
  • Using the Mirror app to test your app on your phone
Saving & exporting Sketch prototypes
 
  • Saving files
  • Saving templates
  • Sharing files
  • Exporting assets 
  • Exporting to PDF
Helpful Sketch Plug-ins
 
  • Measuring specs
  • Style library options and more