Silverlight 3 is already a fact and along with it a new version of Expression Blend has been released. One of the changes in the Expression Blend that makes me a deep impression is that the new Blend has been made more approachable for designers. Beside the behaviors, Photoshop and Illustrator importers, the new Blend 3 makes a huge step in the direction of making better user experience. This step is the SketchFlow. The SketchFlow is a new set of tools for Expression Blend to create sketches and prototypes of interactive content and applications.
Frank La Vigne has posted a great SketchFlow Tutorial - "Introduction to Prototyping with SketchFlow in Expression Blend 3".
Discover SketchFlow, a new feature set in Expression Blend 3 that helps you define the concept for user experiences in early stages of the design process. From sketches to wireframes to prototypes of simple or high definition, SketchFlow provides you the right tools to communicate your ideas and gather feedback from others.
Nick Josevski tried to find a solution of how to simulate a user typing text in a SketchFlow Animation and he came out with something that according to him works OK. The definition of ok is very subjective in this situation. I also describe steps to animate a highlight effect on some text. So if you’re reading this and have a better/easier solution let me know.
The definition of ok is very subjective in this situation. I also describe steps to animate a highlight effect on some text. So if you’re reading this and have a better/easier solution let me know.
We love SketchFlow over here at the Open Light Group. As Ian would say, it's "bomb-diggity". Well the Open Light Group has a Open Source project called SilverlightDesktop.net that uses draggable movable windows. We needed to make these windows in our SketchFlow projects because the point of SketchFlow is that you can quickly make a sketch that actually moves.
Christian Schormann is talking about SketchFlow Prototypes embedded in DotNetNuke.
When you create Microsoft Silverlight SketchFlow applications you will usually want to place them in a password protected place. DotNetNuke can provide the user and role management you desire. The DotNetNuke Silverlight SketchFlow Viewer can have separate instances placed in your site as many times as desired.
Discover Sketchflow, a new feature set in Expression Blend 3 that helps you define the concept for user experiences in early stages of the design process. From sketches to wireframes to protoypes of simple or high definition, Sketchflow provides you the right tools to communicate your ideas and gather feedback from others.
The Starter Kits cover SketchFlow, Game Programming, SuperPreview and Silverlight Support in Expression Web. Each Kit includes a guide, assets and tutorial videos.
This is my personal take on which Expression Studio Resources are the most important. I have a strong personal focus on Blend and Silverlight, so you'll notice the available resources are biased in that direction.
I was floored by SketchFlow when I first saw it at the MIX09 keynote. Now that it’s out and available to the public, getting started with it isn’t immediately obvious.