March 23, 2016 in Learn
9 of The Best Free UX e-Books
Looking for some expert techniques to give you an edge in UX design? We’ve rounded up a selection of our favorite e-books from the Web that you can download right now for free. 1. The Psychology of Web UI Design…
December 30, 2015 in Learn
Soft Skills for UX Designers
Question: What is the most important skill needed for a UX Designer to be effective today? High-fidelity prototyping wizardry Strong visual design chops Knack for removing the inessential Fluency in HTML/CSS/Javascript/React Answer: None of the above. The most important skill,…
November 5, 2015 in Learn
Animation and Motion Design at Treehouse: Process and Workflow
Hi, I’m Jake, a Motion Designer here at Treehouse. We use a lot of animation and motion, and some of you have been asking to learn more about it in our Community forums. This post is intended to give you…
September 24, 2015 in Learn
3 Steps to Better UI Wireframes
Creating sketches of a user interface, called wireframes, is often the first step in the design phase of a software or web project. Wireframing your software or website project may seem simple at first because of how easy they are…
August 11, 2015 in Learn
How to Start Designing With Developers
Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at the collaborative wireframing & prototyping app UXPin. For expert advice on building creative yet feasible designs, check out the free 34-page e-book Building Mockups Developers Won’t Hate. The most rigorous phase of brainstorming…
June 25, 2015 in Learn
How to Create a Stunning Site Hero Image in 5 Minutes or Less
Hero images are everywhere these days. You’ve probably seen them front and center in websites for apps, magazines, stores and pretty much every other product category. And with good reason: these large background images are often successful at capturing a…
June 10, 2015 in Learn
Learn JavaScript and Up Your Photoshop Game
You’re a Photoshop master. You have your preferences perfected, the menus memorized. You’re a Wacom wielding wizard. Or are you? If you use Photoshop and you don’t code, you’re wasting time and effort with every project you touch. That’s time…
June 3, 2015 in Learn
Gestalt Principles for Designers – Applying Visual Psychology to Modern Day Design
Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at UXPin — the wireframing and prototyping app. To learn more about how to create visually digestible interfaces, download the free e-book Web UI Design for the Human Eye: Colors, Space, Contrast. In…
December 31, 2014 in Learn
A Brief Introduction to SVG
SVG, or Scalable Vector Graphics, is an XML markup language for creating two-dimensional images using vectors. Unlike JPEG and PNG, SVG is not raster-based, and doesn’t use pixels. This means SVG images can have an infinite level of detail, but…
November 28, 2014 in Learn
How to Design for Accessibility
It’s the day after Thanksgiving so we know that all you really want to do is sit and watch a lovely free talk on “Designing for Accessibility” presented by Alastair Campbell and recorded at Generate, London 2014. So here you…
October 22, 2014 in Treehouse News
New Course: Web Typography
As web features barrel ahead, web typography advances with it. We now have more control over type than ever before. But, as the often-quoted line from Spiderman goes, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Well-built websites can be plagued by…
September 25, 2014 in Community
Interview: Type Designer Mattox Shuler
I recently interviewed Mattox Shuler, a type designer who runs Fort, his type foundry. Mattox was kind enough to talk to me a bit about his journey to becoming a full-time type designer and his new Treehouse course. MS: Mattox, let me start…