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Anatomy of a button
1. Anatomy of a Button
Jonathan Libov
Product Manager @ Appsfire
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2. I’m a Product Manager at ,a
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7. Creating graphical assets for an app is often a
mostly procedural process.
If you can write Objective C, you can contribute
graphical assets when a designer is not on hand.
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8. How to become a pseudo-designer
How to develop a great user experience
For UI/UX, hire a designer or user experience
expert to get you started on the right track.
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9. Understanding what needs to be done to this
rounded rectangle...
To make it look like an awesome button...
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10. And to understand the difference between this...
And this
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11. And this...
And this
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12. When you know how to toggle the right
parameters in Photoshop, you can produce
beautiful assets.
You’ll also be able to talk to your designer.
“Um, ,כאילוsomehow this “The inner shadow should
doesn’t look right to me. be deeper when the button
Maybe it’s the color?” is in the pressed state.”
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13. A crash course in color theory, font pairing,
icon design or any other erudite design skill.
But you will start noticing more details in your
favorite apps.
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14. iOS 5 style nav bar button
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15. “If you decide to add a bevel,
be sure that it is 90° (to help
you do this, imagine a light
source positioned at the top
of the icon).”
iOS 5 style nav bar button THE 90° RULE
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FRONT FACING SIDE VIEW, iPHONE VERTICAL
iOS 5 style nav bar button THE 90° RULE
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17. LIGHT SOURCE
LIGHT
SHADOW
LIGHT HITS
THIS LIP
iOS 5 style nav bar button WIREFRAME
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18. Stroke
Gradient
Inner Shadow
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button LET’S BUILD IT
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19. Stroke
MAKE THE BUTTON STAND
OUT FROM ITS BACKGROUND
Gradient
Inner Shadow
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button LET’S BUILD IT
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20. Stroke
Gradient
GIVE THE BUTTON A
CURVED SURFACE
Inner Shadow
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button LET’S BUILD IT
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21. Stroke
Gradient
Inner Shadow
INDENT THE BUTTON INTO
THE NAV BAR
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button LET’S BUILD IT
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22. Stroke
Gradient
Inner Shadow
Drop Shadow
RESOLVE THE BUTTON
INDENTATION
iOS 5 style nav bar button LET’S BUILD IT
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23. Stroke
Gradient
Inner Shadow
JUST CHANGE THE BLACK
TO WHITE
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button CHANGE IT UP
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24. Stroke
Gradient
MAKE IT DARKER & A LESS
STEEP GRADIENT
Inner Shadow
MAKE IT DARK & INCREASE IT
Drop Shadow
iOS 5 style nav bar button PRESS THE BUTTON
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25. GMail
FLAT AND PROTRUDING
Waze
NOT ONLY PROTRUDING, BUT
PRACTICALLY FLOATING DUE TO
BLURRY DROP SHADOW AND
EXCESSIVE INNER SHADOW
Skype
FLAT, BARELY PROTRUDING
Variations
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26. iOS 5
iOS 6
The iOS 6 style nav bar button
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27. iOS 5
Slightly deeper
via inner shadow
iOS 6
The iOS 6 style nav bar button
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28. iOS 5
No glossy gradient
iOS 6
The iOS 6 style nav bar button
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30. Read up
flyosity.com/tutorial/crafting-subtle-realistic-user-interfaces.php
Try it Try it
sachagreif.com/ebook designthencode.com
Resources SACHA GRIEF & FLYOSITY
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31. Thank you!
jonathan@appsfire.com
@libovness
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