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UXPin
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UXPin has great advanced features for prototyping
integration if this then dop that and custom javascript functionality
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Expensive subscription model
$29 per user/mo ($350 pa) will soon rack up compared to a standalone product like Axure PRO ($450) which has a license that lasts years (they have given out free updates for the last 2 versions).
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Actively developed
UXPin is constantly being updated with new features.
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Steep learning curve
UXPin is one of the more complex prototyping tools. Combined with a lack of documentation, it can be discouraging for first time users.
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Import from PhotoShop and Sketch
A pro UXPin account will allow you to import existing projects from PhotoShop or Sketch.
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Extensive library of elements and patterns
UXPin offers elements from a wide range libraries. This includes responsive frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation, and libraries specific to mobile prototyping.
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Origami
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Completely free
Origami is offered to the public completely free, no monthly plans, no upfront cost whatsoever.
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Steep learning curve
Origami is a toolkit for Quartz Composer, and unfortunately the learning curve for it is quite steep. Especially for beginners.
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Powerful animations and interactions
Origami was actually built to help Facebook designers work on Paper, one of Facebook's latest apps. Every animation that is coded into Origami was first made for Paper. It uses powerful 3D effects and some of the most advanced features for scrolling, tapping and swiping to create a faithful and interactive prototype.
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Mac only
Since Origami is not an app in and on itself, but a plugin for Quartz Composer, which is built by Apple. Therefore, Origami is only available for Mac and for a developer to download and use it, they need to register as an Apple Developer.
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Native testing
Developers can develop their prototypes with origami through their desktops, but the testing itself is done on the native devices.
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Mouse driven interactions
There's no way to directly test the tactile interface.
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No code required
Origami is built by designers for designers. As such, it allows for quick prototyping without writing a single line of code.
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Open source
Origami is free and open source and it is hosted on GitHub.
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Adobe XD
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Easy to use interface
It's easy to be productive immediately with XD but it also includes a demo so that you can learn about some of the more powerful features.
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No tools for animation
It is possible to create transitions, but this feature is very limited.
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Cross platform
It's available on both macOS and Windows.
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Only good for mockups
XD is not a multi-purpose tool like Sketch. It is not a good tool for logos, icons, or other design assets.
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Repeat grid is a timesaver
Creating a list of items is simple with "repeat grid." Just create one and use repeat grid to duplicate that item vertically or horizontally. Then drag and drop text or images to create unique entries for each repeated item.
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UI Kits are available for iOS, Material Design, and more
Includes: iOS Google Material Design Windows UWP Wireframes
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Share online and gather feedback
Allows mockups to be pushed to the web where collaborators can try the mockup and leave feedback.
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Interactive mockups
XD allows you to wire any object to any destination page so that clicking a button asset will take you to a page that you specify. Mockups can also simulate a scrolling page or window.
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ProtoPie
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Smooth and gradual learning curve
As the interface is very clean and simple, it enables you to create interactions by combining objects, triggers and responses just like that. No need for wireframing or shitty mockups, just get to hi-fi prototyping right away.
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Native prototyping
Deploy prototypes on any device right away. What's the point of prototyping mobile apps if you cannot deploy it on your mobile devices easily?
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IoT, Interactions across devices
Create prototypes e.g. chat platforms, payment apps etc. and deploy them on multiple devices and have them communicate with each other.
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Utilizes sensors very easily
Easily control the sensors of smart devices in your prototype, such as tilt, sound, compass, proximity sensor, vibration motor and 3D Touch sensors.
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Runs on Mac and Windows
It offers the same features on both MacOS and Windows. Plus, you can switch machines as long as you are logged in to ProtoPie Studio.
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Fast and easy sharing
Sharing is very easy via the cloud. Open the prototype in desktop or mobile browser, or deploy the prototype on the ProtoPie Player app. All is possible.
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Code Free
No coding needed to do interactions for your prototypes. You just choose the objects and link them with the triggers and responses you want to based on your preferred interactions.
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HotGloo
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Seamless
HotGloo's interface is designed to be intuitive. You won't have to invest a lot of time in trying to figure out how it works. You can jump straight into work and rely on the abundance of tutorials, webinars, and documentation in case you get stuck.
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Expensive subscription model
$27 a month soon racks up to a lot of money, a standalone product will be much cheaper in the long run.
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Interactive
HotGloo makes collaboration and interaction easy. You can add others to your account and send projects for review and feedback rounds.
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Principle
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Comprehensive help & examples
You can find videos for the Principle app course here.
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Mac only
Sadly iOS centric.
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Simple Sketch import
Import Sketch layers easily to animate your designs.
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Build iOS transitions & animations easily
All the iOS easing info is built-in.
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Proto
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It allows you to use JSON animations (such as Lottie)
That's awesome.
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The mobile app for previews doesn't look as good as the preview on the browser
That can be very disappointing. Once you have everything perfect the design becomes different when you open it on your mobile app.
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Has one of the largest gestural support libraries in the market
Proto supports one of the (if not the) largest gestural support libraries out of all the prototyping tools. With gestures such as: Pinchin/out Swipes Double tap Tap Hold Release and more...
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Since it opens on browser, it can get very laggy
Once you start using lots of images, vectors and animations you can go into deep trouble.
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Native prototype testing
Developers can build prototypes through the browser with Proto, but the testing itself is done on the devices. Proto has released native apps for both iOS and Android that developers to test their designs right on the native device itself.
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Only a free trial
Other prototyping tools offer free plans to trial as long as one wants, but Proto only offers a trial that while has full functionality has a 15 day time limit.
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Easy to use with it's intuitive drag-and-drop interface
Proto is very easy to use even for beginners, or programmers who are not well-versed in Photoshop or Sketch or any other drawing application. With it's easy drag-and-drop interface and with a wide library of commonly used UI elements for Android and iOS, prototyping with Proto is very simple.
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Prototyping can be relatively slow
Proto's animations and interactions are very detailed. As far as prototyping goes Proto is probably the best tool to get as close to the actual app as possible. But this brings the downside that prototyping with Proto becomes quite slow and can take several hours to finish to get everything to work perfectly.
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Design and prototype all in one tool
Better UX to not switch between multiple tools.
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Preview prototypes on the device (e.g. iPhone, Android phone)
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User testing / screen recording capabilities
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Noodl
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Use external data
You can use REST API to get data to your prototype.
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Free
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Cross-platform
It is a Chrome app and you can test prototypes on any device that supports WebGL or Canvas.
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Prototype two-device (master — companion) apps
You can setup communication between two devices.
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Components
You can build one interactive component and then reuse it with different input values (like images, txt, width, speed — any value you can imagine).
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HitFilm 2
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Import 3D models
You can import .obj, .lwo or .3ds models right into your composites, then texture and animate them. No 3rd party plug-in required.
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No OMFI support
Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) is a platform-independent file format intended for transfer of digital media between different software applications.
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It has a free express version
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2D & 3D motion tracking
A 2D track is built in HitFilm and the "Camera Solve" part of Mocha comes integrated with the software.
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Powerful particle simulator
Physics based 3D particle simulator that can interact with surfaces and forces. You can have custom particles, size randomness, bounce, different emitters, etc. It can even be set to animate based on audio waveforms.
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Real 3D
Particles, models, lights, camera tracking, effects, etc are all in true 3D space. You don't have to manage object or effect depth or angles by obfuscation.
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Mac & PC support
Works on both Mac OS X and Windows.
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Powerful presets & visual effects
Color grading, motion blur, lights, flares, 3D muzzle flashes, procedural fire, etc. They both work out of the box and can be heavily customized. More than 150 visual effects and more are added constantly.
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Beginner friendly
Amazing all-in-one starter software thanks to a lot of powerful presets and a simplified workflow. There are tips, guides, explanations and easy access to community support. The interface is intuitive and easy to overview.
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3D camera data support
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Splash screen
Gives access to community.
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Framer Studio
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CoffeeScript integration to define animations
Framer uses coffeescript for defining animations. CoffeeScript has a low learning curve and as such it can be learned easily even by non-programmers.
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Coding required
Framer Studio uses CoffeeScript for prototyping the UI of an app. This can be a problem for designers who don't know CoffeeScript since they would be forced to learn a new programming language in order to use Framer.
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Multiple device support
Framer supports animation and interaction prototyping for multiple devices, ranging from desktop apps to web apps and mobile platforms. There are already 8 pre-installed devices to choose from, or developers can create their own setup quickly.
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Mac only
Framer Studio is only supported for Mac. There is no version for Windows or Linux.
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Photoshop & Sketch integration
Framer is integrated with Framer Generator, which allows developers to import layers directly from Adobe Photoshop and/or Sketch.
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Instant visual feedback
Framer Studio offers and instant preview of the animation that is currently being made.
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Autograph
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Available on all platforms
Collaborate on the same project, in a diversified hardware ecosystem. Autograph is available on all platforms in order to better integrate with your pipeline and your needs.
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USD Hydra Renderer delegates support
Autograph has two rendering backends (render delegates): Storm, part of the USD/Hydra project, and Filament, a real-time physically based rendering engine. Each has different rendering capabilities and material models. Autograph offers a unified material model, which lets you specify your material once and have it work with both renderers.
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Filament: a realtime open-source PBR renderer
Autograph comes with Filament, a high-quality, real-time physically-based open-source renderer that lets you illuminate scenes using environment images (IBL), project shadows, simulate penumbra (SSAO), depth of field, reflections, and refractions (SSR).
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Based on USD
Universal Scene Description (USD), created by Pixar, has quickly become the standard to interchange 3D data between DCC and much more. USD lets you create complex 3D scenes called "Stages". Any operation involving 3D in Autograph is done using this format.
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Windows, Linux, MacOS
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Prototyping on Paper
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Multiple device support
Prototyping on Paper supports both Android and iOS.
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Not well suited for complex prototypes
PoP is built to be a tool for quick prototyping, especially in participatory design sessions. For complex prototypes with a lot of screens it would require a large number of images to be used and this can make any project hard to maintain.
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Based on sketched wireframes
Prototypes made on PoP are based on sketches made on paper or a whiteboard, which are later photographed or scanned and uploaded into the app. Once that's done, hotspots can then be added, which register tapping or several gestures.
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Blender
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Free and open source
Blender is licensed under the GPL. Some Blender modules such as the Cycles rendering engine are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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Too many possibilities, no unified workflow
The operations are not optimized enough for specific tasks.
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Wide import and export format support
Support lots of modern 3D formats including DAE and FBX - ideal for game developers.
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The physics engine is a bit lagging behind, especially the destruction physics
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Has a powerful rendering engine
Blender runs the Cycles path tracing engine under the hood. Cycles is a very powerful rendering engine capable of full path tracing (light fall off, caustics, volumetrics). It is mostly compatible with OpenCL and CUDA rendering, and is implementing mycropolygon displacement features. The upcoming release has a viewport engine called EEVEE whereby you can see and interact with your work in render mode in real time!
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Difficult learning curve
Blender has a history of being unintuitive, but the 2.8 overhaul made the program far easier for beginners to pick up, and changes continue to be made to further improve the experience. However, there is still a learning curve.
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Python extensibility
Blender embeds Python 3, which can be used to write add-ons, tools, extend the interface, rig characters and automate tasks.
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Not good for Industrial Design because it uses average vertex normals
You can not create a hard surface with a radius continuity degree along a surface using a specific radius value.
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Powerful animation suite
Blender provides a full rigging system, and automates animation by interpolating between keyframe positions.
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Vertex normal issues on edges after boolean operations.
After creating a simple boolean operation the vertex normals are broken. A lot of work to fix the issue and you loos surface continuity.
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Supports both low-poly and hi-poly modeling
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Bad vertex normal after boolean operations
Does not handle well polygon intersections. And need tweaking by hand points or adding average vertex normals via modifiers.
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Regular release schedule
Releases are made every ~3 months.
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Does not handle NURBs
Is not capable of real hard surface for industrial design because is not able to reproduce surface continuity degree as a NURBs does and average vertex normal destroy surface radius.
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Sculpting and 3D painting features
Although Blender's 3d painting and sculpting tools (mostly painting) are not at par with specialized software like Substance Painter, ZBrush, or Mari, it is more than capable of getting most jobs done if the user takes the time to learn and understand it.
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Poor particle system
The Blender particle system can at times be a little limiting and finicky (and buggy) to get working. Even if it can get most straight forward jobs done, it is far from the most advanced system, and could benefit largely from advancements.
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Includes video editing & compositing tools
Blender's node-based compositor has comprehensive video sequencing and post-processing features.
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Node based modeling support
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Keyboard shortcuts
Good keyboard shortcuts for everything. Keep your left hand on the keyboard and your right hand on the mouse.
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Very useful for a freelancer
It offers a round solution (it covers many areas and professional fields) for a freelancer, for free, constantly updated, very polished, and allowing high quality results that clients do require. After some learning, it becomes very useful for professional work.
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Has a large community
There's a huge community to help you get started immediately.
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Coherent and streamlined workflow / internal use logic
The trick with Blender is to get used to its usage philosophy, as it keeps consistent through all the application. Once you get it, every feature or addition is learnt naturally, almost effortlessly.
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Very versatile
You don't have to switch between software when you want to do different things. Because modeling, sculpting, composting, video editing etc can all be done in blender.
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Generative geometry using nodes
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C, Python
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Yes (as of 2.8)
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Invision
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Free plan 
Invision offers a free plan to anyone that is limited to one project. While the free plan is a bit limited it does allow the user to trial the software for as long as they like to decide on its merits and whether it is worth paying for the more robust options.
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While Invision acts as an all-in-one environment for design, it may become a nuisance 
These times, teams are not using just a single app or tool for everything. It's not unheard of for teams to be using up to a dozen different tools for their work. Invision works as an all-in-one environment for product design and unfortunately it does not integrate with other tools. This may be a nuisance for teams that want to integrate different tools in their workflow.
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Presents designs in a way that mimics an actual web browsing experience
Once uploaded on Invision, the screen will be presented in a way that will behave as an actual web page. This is especially easy for showing the work to clients, more so if compared to just showing them a .PDF, which may make it look like the page is "too crowded".
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Expensive for just a hosting platform
Invision is a tool for building click through prototypes and getting feedback on them, you need to design everything in another app and upload them, it isn't a design tool.
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Supports gestures, transitions & animations for web, iOS & Android 
Hotspot links can be created for every page, and once it's done, for each one of them gestures and transitions can be registered. Invision supports various gesture types: swiping, double tapping, sliding, etc...
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Real-time collaboration and VOIP chat 
Live Share allows you to collaborate in real-time using an in-browser screen share. Each collaborator gets their own mouse, so you can easily point and see what someone is talking about. You can also sketch, and chat right inside the Live Share interface. Invision's Live Share gives team members the ability to collaborate in real-time through a screen share inside their browser. Each collaborator has their cursor which they can use and edit or add notes in real-time. On top of that, Invision also has a VOIP chat which works inside the browser.
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Design files are automatically synced and their version history tracked 
Invision uses Invision Sync or Dropbox to automatically save design files on the cloud. Furthermore, it has version control built in. This is especially helpful if a team is going through different versions for a specific design and they want to return again and again to previous designs.
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Great built-in feedback features 
Invision allows clients, stakeholders or any team members to leave comments and feedback inside the design which will be displayed as a point on the page itself. These paints can be discussed or even be turned into tasks. This makes it easy for designers to go through what they need to work on, and once it's done, the task can be checked off.
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KDENlive
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Open Source
Kdenlive is licensed under GPLv2, and built on top of other open source projects like FFmpeg.
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It's laggy and freezes, with some chance of crashing
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Works great as an audio editor
Audio is edited in the same way as video, which makes it one of the best audio editors.
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Timeline cursor is not working
Timeline cursor is not working well on Kubuntu, very difficult to use it. You have to switch all the time between project monitor and clip monitor to get it work.
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Surpisingly complete
Although this editor is not up with the top of the professional pack of editors, it certainly packs a powerful punch, and should provide enough features for amateur montages, ranging from alpha manipulation, to multiple audio and video live track editing.
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Dose not work well in Windows
They do not support windows well like other distribution. You will face a lot of problems.
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Its great for learn the basics of video-editing
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No hardware acceleration
If you don't have a CPU that's good for video encoding, the render time can be quite bad.
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Subtitles included
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Does not have good distribution channel
You have to go to their website to get newest version, does not auto update via package manager.
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Doesn't support multi frame-rate video editing
When you choose the mixed frame rate option, your video with 60 fps will be broken (slow down and trimmed). (This con might be just misunderstanding of how to do video editing and production from the user who typed in).
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FluidUI
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User friendly
The learning curve is relatively low compared to other software that supports animations/transitions. Both building the wireframes and designing the interactions is all drop and drag.
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Tools for team collaboration
Work with your team on a design. Connect on live video calls and chat or add comments.
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Supports realistic gestures & transitions
You can simulate all the typical iOS gestures such as tap, double tap, swipe & long hold. These gestures then can trigger animated transitions such as sliding, fading, pop in, & flip. This enables you to create very realistic interactable demos of your app. Checkout the demo page for some examples.
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Awesome version control
Every action you or your team takes automatically creates a revision you can easily revert to.
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Provides UI assets from all the versions of iOS
The UI library is huge and very high quality. All the UI required to design iO7 apps is included as well as iOS 6 and basic wireframing elements. For example in iOS7 it provides: Backgrounds Navigation & status bars Layouts (list pickers, maps, keyboards, scroll etc) Controls Typography Icons
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Fast
Using the app is feels very snappy.
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Free forever for a single project & 10 screens
They have a very reasonable free tier with the paid versions starting at $12/month.
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Lets you test on an iPhone as well as in the browser
You can preview your designs live in the browser as well as send them to a mobile device to better simulate the UX.
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Makes it easy to plan out the app workflow
Fluid isn't just about wireframing static screens. You can plan out all the user flows and then define the transitions between them. This is really handy for planning out the entire user workflow.
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