Web Design Tools to Familiarize Yourself with in 2016

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AtomicAtomic is a web design tool that allows you to create a design in your browser, on both PCs and Macs, and then share them for viewing on a variety of devices, including the Apple Watch. This is great for showing customers your mockups or sending your developer an summary of what you want them to create.Dane Hulse says atomic allows you to start from a blank canvas or pull in styles from Photoshop or Sketch.

AvocodeAvocode aims to be the bridge between designers and developers. With this web design tool, you can easily export your Photoshop and Sketch designs into Avocode, with all elements and layers kept intact. Therefore, if you’re a front-end developer who is looking for an easier way to get your work over to your back-end coders, Avocode could be just what you need.Mobuz Solutions says Avocode means that all of the work takes place in a central location.

FormFrom has recently joined Google, so if you want to ensure you’re staying on top of the material design trend, this free tool could be a worthy addition to your prototyping toolkit.Form will let you create prototypes for a range of devices and then add all the necessary interactive and animation effects to help your clients get a good idea of what you have to offer. If you’re looking for inspiration, there are plenty of demos and prototypes available to download from the Form website.

Frontify

The Frontify Style Guide tool is a neat piece of software that helps designers create branding and style guides for their projects. There’s plenty of scope for coloration with this tool, so if you want to ensure your team are all singing from the same hymn sheet while working a project, this branding guideline publishing tool is well worth taking for a test drive.As well as the Style Guide tool, Frontify also has a prototyping tool called Workspace.

Macaw

Designed to help you rapidly construct wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups, the Macaw user interface looks very similar to that of Photoshop. Therefore, if you are familiar with Adobe’s flagship image manipulation app, you should feel right at home here.As you work, Macaw generates the underlying HTML and CSS in the background. While this code generation might not be that useful to Word Press developers using a drag and drop theme like Divi

OrigamiOrigami has been created by the Facebook team and they’ve reportedly used this tool to design and build some of their most well-known products, including Instagram and Messenger.Unfortunately, Origami is only available for Mac and iOS but if you are lucky enough to use an Apple device, this free wireframing and prototyping tool, with its Sketch integration, could help speed up your workflow no end.

Pixate

Pixate aims to simplify the process of creating realistic mobile app and mobile-first website prototypes, all without the need to write any code.By connecting your iOS or Android mobile device, you can create the designs on your desktop and then preview and demo them on your Smartphone. Pixate is another new addition to the Google portfolio of apps and is completely free to use.The mobile demos you can create with Pixate are 100% native, ensuring that your audience can test-drive your ideas in a realistic environment.

PowerMockupPowerMockup is an add-on for the ubiquitous PowerPoint platform. This makes it a web design tool that would be great for delivering presentations and collaborating with less technical clients.In the package, you’ll find over 800 UI elements, each of which have been made from PowerPoint shapes. Simply drag and drop these elements into place to create a PowerPoint presentation that will demonstrate or share your website or app prototype, in a format most clients should be familiar with.

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