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Ask DN: What's your workflow when handing off PSDs to an iOS Developer?

10 years ago from Alyssa Pelletier, Designer at Camp 4 Creative

  • Alyssa Pelletier, 10 years ago

    Hey, thanks for this well thought out & detailed answer! I really appreciate it. I wasn't really talking about anything that needs to be sliced / exported – I will definitely be doing all of that, and luckily it's pretty "flat" so there isn't much to slice. (Guess I wasn't clear on that in my original post.)

    You mentioned that you make a text file for the text information... do you also do an annotation that shows spacing for everything?

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    • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, 10 years ago

      Hey, thanks for this well thought out & detailed answer! I really appreciate it.

      No probs. :)

      I wasn't really talking about anything that needs to be sliced / exported.

      Ah, ok!

      You mentioned that you make a text file for the text information... do you also do an annotation that shows spacing for everything?

      Typically not, only because it seems like a lot of work for not much benefit. I prefer talking to the dev as they’re building. If they have a question, I can measure the parts we’re talking about and tell them. I think it’s easier that way, because the implementation may mean that the measurements are taken from a place that isn’t initially obvious.

      Quite often we just slap the UI in roughly, then I’ll measure everything and provide a document with changes. They look like this: http://i.imgur.com/qlvA9.png

      That means the developer can worry about the code without getting hung up on the UI being pixel perfect.

      I do provide specs for text though (usually made before the dev starts work on that section of the app).

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