Do you learn ux design for sites when studying graphic design?

I watched some videos and it seems that there are designers who first design the site on photoshop and then turn it to code, is this process easy? do you learn how to design a site's interface when studying graphic design?

GodThor said:

first design the site on photoshop and then turn it to code

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Exactly right! This is the way every web development companies following.

UX and graphics designs were similar. If you are good in photoshop design, then you can design UX as well.
When compared with graphics design, UX designer have high demand in market.

Charles Fort said:

Exactly right! This is the way every web development companies following.

UX and graphics designs were similar. If you are good in photoshop design, then you can design UX as well.
When compared with graphics design, UX designer have high demand in market.

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That is a ton of misinformation.

UX design and graphic design are not similar. UX design has nothing to do with graphics in the first place - it's User Experience design and has a ton of work on it. It's practically a science in itself.

Once approved, the UX flow is converted into a UI which is User Interface - which is then turned into code.

They may start at the same base tools, but they're two very different outcomes. It's like saying a mason and a sculptor are the same thing because they use the same tools.

Graphic designers mostly work with print media, logos, branding and have a prominence in the advertising industry. They have an acute sense of design and are mostly great artists on paper. They use software like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw or Adobe Indesign. They understand Print, they understand packaging, they understand display, they understand banners.

While UX and UI - it goes in a different tangent. Understanding User experience includes writing user stories (their flow from one end of the application to another and back) These are then added to a prototyping tool such as Balsamiq, and once approved are handed to a UI artist who works in converting them into screens. Each screen is then sliced and then used for development.

If you're interested in UX design - there are several tools to use.

Also, Photoshop is no longer the only tools available for designing websites and apps - there's Sketch, there's Adobe XD, Figma etc. that is being used more and more in the industry.

I agreed with your points. What I am trying to say is, graphics designer may know about photosop tools, so they can design UX also.

Thanks, Anyhow you explained briefly and mentioned other tools also.

BlogPro said:

That is a ton of misinformation.

UX design and graphic design are not similar. UX design has nothing to do with graphics in the first place - it's User Experience design and has a ton of work on it. It's practically a science in itself.

Once approved, the UX flow is converted into a UI which is User Interface - which is then turned into code.

They may start at the same base tools, but they're two very different outcomes. It's like saying a mason and a sculptor are the same thing because they use the same tools.

Graphic designers mostly work with print media, logos, branding and have a prominence in the advertising industry. They have an acute sense of design and are mostly great artists on paper. They use software like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw or Adobe Indesign. They understand Print, they understand packaging, they understand display, they understand banners.

While UX and UI - it goes in a different tangent. Understanding User experience includes writing user stories (their flow from one end of the application to another and back) These are then added to a prototyping tool such as Balsamiq, and once approved are handed to a UI artist who works in converting them into screens. Each screen is then sliced and then used for development.

If you're interested in UX design - there are several tools to use.

Also, Photoshop is no longer the only tools available for designing websites and apps - there's Sketch, there's Adobe XD, Figma etc. that is being used more and more in the industry.

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BlogPro said:

That is a ton of misinformation.

UX design and graphic design are not similar. UX design has nothing to do with graphics in the first place - it's User Experience design and has a ton of work on it. It's practically a science in itself.

Once approved, the UX flow is converted into a UI which is User Interface - which is then turned into code.

They may start at the same base tools, but they're two very different outcomes. It's like saying a mason and a sculptor are the same thing because they use the same tools.

Graphic designers mostly work with print media, logos, branding and have a prominence in the advertising industry. They have an acute sense of design and are mostly great artists on paper. They use software like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw or Adobe Indesign. They understand Print, they understand packaging, they understand display, they understand banners.

While UX and UI - it goes in a different tangent. Understanding User experience includes writing user stories (their flow from one end of the application to another and back) These are then added to a prototyping tool such as Balsamiq, and once approved are handed to a UI artist who works in converting them into screens. Each screen is then sliced and then used for development.

If you're interested in UX design - there are several tools to use.

Also, Photoshop is no longer the only tools available for designing websites and apps - there's Sketch, there's Adobe XD, Figma etc. that is being used more and more in the industry.

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When I see a website, I get overwhelmed by the placement of each graphic/copy/plugin etc, I want to get past this confusion and be able to imitate what I see. I want to learn how to easily decide the placement of each element depending on how many elements I have available and how much I'm willing to invest. I struggle right now with that part. I'm not interested in the illustrations but mostly where they should be placed along with the copy and everything else that makes up a site, also what they should look like. Is what I describe user experience?

I'm also interested at designing sales funnels with ease.

I want to be able to create awesome sites for any type of business at zero budget without struggling. Also the ability to turn a paper design into css code is fantastic. I rather create my sites with css very quick instead of using a customize software.

Personally, I did not learn UX design when studying Graphic Design.