ARTICLE NO. 444    December 10, 2009

Animating paper prototypes using stop motion

by Jonathan Anderson

Here (video) is a really novel approach to paper prototyping by Chris Neale.

Love the combination of low-fi media with hi-fi communication efficacy. Check out Chris' site for an extended discussion of animating paper prototypes. It's particularly impressive that this type of animation apparently only takes 15 minutes to produce. I've used Flash and OmniGraffle Professional to do the same thing and it took a heck of a lot longer than 15 minutes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Jonathan (@first_day) is a tech-focused jack of all trades and the managing editor of UX Magazine. He is also the author of Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software, published by O'Reilly Media. From 2005 to 2009, Jonathan helped found EffectiveUI, a leading UX strategy, design, and development agency focused on web, desktop, and mobile systems. Besides UX Magazine, Jonathan is also involved in building a number of technology-driven startups and small businesses.

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December 15, 2009
Pretty awesome, but I agree with Tom.
December 10, 2009
Pretty nice. But a bit harder to make it with hundreds of photos and lots of "states" or "pages" of a website. :/ pros and cons.
December 10, 2009
Brilliant!
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