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Learn the basics of ProtoPie and create a prototype for your entire app in minutes

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Advanced Prototyping in ProtoPie

Advanced Prototyping with ProtoPie

11:48

Quick Prototyping

11:46

Start Animation and Sequence

12:36

Drag and Release

9:38

Toggle with Conditions

11:48

Screen Transition

12:53

Pull to Dismiss

6:59

Page Scroll Position

11:57

Input and Submit

13:41

Chain and Drag 3D

7:45

Formula and Detect

16:37

Range and Card Animation

15:32

Variable and Detect Mouse

12:02

Sensors and Receive

12:47

Imported Layers

All layers imported from the design tool get automatically merged as bitmaps.

All Masked layers get merged together.
Groups remain Groups, except when there's a Mask.
Layers get merged individually.
Drop shadows and other styles also turn into bitmaps as a whole, so that will change your sizes. To keep consistent sizes, you can Group those layers.

Triggers

Triggers are events from an interaction, like Touch, Mouse, Input and Sensor. To start an animation or any response, you'll need to create a Trigger first. Each Trigger provides different possibilities for animations.

Responses

Responses are animations and actions that respond to a Trigger, such as Move, Scale, Rotate, Jump, Focus, etc. Please note that responses are different based on the Trigger. For example, a Drag can only use Move, Scale, Rotate, 3D Rotate.

Create Tap

The Tap trigger is the most basic interaction that initiates after a use taps on an element of the screen.

Let's select the Card 1 layer and click Add Trigger. Select Tap.

Jump

You can use Jump to change the Scene. Jump can be triggered from a Tap or also from other Triggers like Range, after an animation. You can also use it to go to a previous screen.

Choose the Jump response and select destination to Cards.

Transitions

For quick prototyping, you can choose from a variety of presets: Fade, Pop, Slide In, Slide Out.

Choose Fade transition.

Jump Back

Select the Cards scene from the Scene editor. There, set a Tap on the Done layer. Then, add a Jump response and select Previously show screen.

Scroll

After you Group layers inside a container, you can make the content inside that container to be scrollable.

Create a new Container > Scroll Container. Set the width and height to 100%. This will automatically set the values in pixels. Rename the layer to "Scroll".

To ensure that you have some scroll offset at the bottom, you can expand the Frame to Height 470.

Components

Since ProtoPie 4, you can now create components from your layers and groups. This is especially useful for reusable elements like menus and repeated content.

Let's go to the Login scene and right-click the Input group and select Convert to Component.

Text Override

Editable layers like Texts and Shapes in components can be Overriden, which means you can have custom content for each of the copies.

To turn a merged Text Bitmap into a native Text layer, select the layer and click on Convert to Text.

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Advanced Prototyping with ProtoPie

Create high-fidelity prototypes with variables, formula, conditions and sensors

11:48

Quick Prototyping

Learn the basics of ProtoPie and create a prototype for your entire app in minutes

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Start Animation and Sequence

Learn how to use the Start trigger, animation responses and timing

12:36

Drag and Release

Use Drag, Touch Up and Touch Down to create gestures with cards

9:38

Toggle with Conditions

Create multiple animation states and toggle back and forth between them

11:48

Screen Transition

Create a custom transition between screens and that jumps to another scene

12:53

Pull to Dismiss

Create a dismiss interaction that transitions back to a previous screen

6:59

Page Scroll Position

Prototype an onboarding experience with 3 screens and use the scroll position to set the page indicator

11:57

Input and Submit

Prototype a Login experience with a form, error messages and a success modal

13:41

Chain and Drag 3D

Use the drag position to move and animate with perspective

7:45

Formula and Detect

Use object properties, functions and type conversions to power your prototype

16:37

Range and Card Animation

Detect a range of values to trigger a response and create screen transitions

15:32

Variable and Detect Mouse

Store dynamic values from your mouse and create a parallax effect

12:02

Sensors and Receive

Use Tilt to detect the angle on your device and Send & Receive values

12:47

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