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[Mini-Tutorial] Blend 3: SketchFlow Part II

Bill Buxton talks about the difference between “Sketch” and “Prototype” in this his Sketching User Experiences. (see the summary below)

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I agree sketching is an important part of the design process, but often times it’s hard to share our paper and pen sketches and get feedback from others. Following Part I of the SketchFlow tutorial, this tutorial demos the SketchFlow player and different ways designers can share their design ideas.

You can also download the video here.

Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:36 PM by qixing

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James said:

Very helpful, thanks for the tutorial.  I wonder, is there anyway to easily package up the sketchflow reader for non-technical stakeholders to use?  You know, so they don't have to install Blend3 and run this project from within the tool to get the reader experience.  Thoughts?

Thanks,

James

# July 7, 2009 12:20 PM

qixing said:

Hi James,

The SketchFlow player (I think you call it Reader) is stand alone and doesn't require Blend 3 install. When you start a SketchFlow project in Blend, the SketchFlow player is part of the Silverlight project, so anyone can use it to comment on the design as long as they have Silverlight plug-in install on their browsers. They can comment, save the feedback file, and send it back to the designer. At the production stage, the SketchFlow project can be easily turn into a production ready project where the SketchFlow Player UI can be removed.

Hope this helps!

# July 10, 2009 8:19 AM

shaggygi said:

Good videos.  Could you release examples of the following.

1. Basic app that allows data to be collected and then processed at end of selections.  Meaning, a good example would be of Snowboard site to allow use to select products to add to a cart ( Collection of data ) and then process ( either list in a final UI location ).

2. Show how to remove SketchFlow Player and deploy example for both WPF and Silverlight type applications.

Thanks in advance.

# July 10, 2009 4:42 PM

qixing said:

Hi Shaggygi,

To remove the SketchFlow Player reference, please see the topics in the User Guide titled ‘Convert into a production project.’

Thanks, Qixing

# July 15, 2009 4:40 PM

Dan said:

I second shaggyi's request for a tutorial that shows the collection and processing of data. Is there a way to do this in SketchFlow??

# August 25, 2009 10:22 PM

Nathan said:

Great video, but the sound level is too low, makes it hard to hear. Can you check for the next one that the sound level is higher.

# September 8, 2009 9:47 PM
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