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Visual design

Visual design

- [Instructor] A visual designer will often start with the output from an interaction designer and will artistically create meaning and elements and understanding of interactivity on a screen through the use of fonts, colors, images, and space. Like an interaction designer, a visual designer's work is based on expected user knowledge and understanding. It is possible that you may wear the hat of both interaction designer and visual designer or may draw from both of these skillsets, however often these are separate but overlapping roles and the visual designer will interact regularly with the interaction designer as well as other business stakeholders. Even in a visual designer role that is separate from an interaction designer, you may design interaction through the use of meaningful controls so that the user understands where they need to go to do what they want to do. You may also be involved in product branding through…

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