Item: InVision
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with InVision

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use InVision for prototyping and getting feedback for my designs from clients and team members. I've used InVision to import my sketches for demoing a paper prototype all the way to a full-scale visual design. InVision also integrates easily with Sketch via the Craft app, which is a definite download if you have Sketch. The InVision Craft app allows you to take your artboards from Sketch and import and update them easily to your project in InVision. Every designer who regularly prototypes should learn InVision, as it has become an industry standard as well - it is well worth the cost.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Great for collaboration, I love the commenting and live share feature - it helps you keep transparency with the client.
Simplicity and ease-of-use, it's very easy to pick up and get started.
Quick workflows allow you to jump from one screen to the next very intuitively without having to go back to your project page.

Cons

Cannot perform advanced interactions, only simple drops, and swipes.
Hotspots can get a bit confusing to manage if you've created them in the Craft app within Sketch then imported them into your InVision project
Sometimes your design can feel like a clickable slideshow due to the lack of interactions

Likelihood to Recommend

InVision is well-suited when a designer is looking to demo a design/flow quickly for a client or team member to try out.

InVision is not well-suited if your website or application has many complex interactions and animations, the final product out of InVision won't convey the behaviors at all if that is the case. If your site does have complex interactions/animations, I recommend using Principle or After Effects to convey those behaviors to the client.

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An InVision review from an entry-level Designer