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This is the best software for any designer or UI Developer to begin with. For somebody who hasn't given much time in Flash or other time frame based tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Flexibility, Now is only available as Principle for Mac and lacks fully supported import from Photoshop or XD. Would love to have auto animate features fully developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
14 out of 15 Total Reviews for Principle
I enjoy all the different options for microinteractions that Principle offers. Compared with Figma, it has significantly more in-depth and comprehensive options for different animations and allows for much more extensive, unique interactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's a bit of a learning curve at first. Some of the commands aren't the same (Command + D, for example) and it's a bit difficult to differentiate from different screens on the left side layers panel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Principle helps to create awesome animation and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The export side is very bad, especially getting gifs is a bit of a challenge and the file size does not help to optimize it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Principle is the best tool I've used for prototyping and design motion and animations in user interfaces. It's great at what it does, without all the bloat and learning curve of something like After Effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Importing from Sketch can be flaky, or you have to design your sketch artboards with Principle in mind. Not as robust export options as other more powerful tools, but also not what it's for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The integration is seamless and allows me to work quickly and efficiently to take my mock-ups to prototypes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The preview window at times seems to get in the way of my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love that I have the ability to create prototypes that use native iOS scrolling, gestures, animations (bezier curves), etc. It makes for a much more realistic experience when
1. Testing out interactions as a designer
2. Doing user testing. The users they feel like they're using a real production app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some typical MacOS shortcuts are missing that you'd expect. e.g. zoom to selection, keyboard shortcuts for manipulating layers. Mostly things that are present in Sketch and Figma and since you're working in those tools in tandem I'd expect them to be in Principle.
Custom fonts are difficult to use if planning on using the app on a real device. They have to be installed using a third party app. Easy work around is to use flattened bitmap layers to get the font you want
Would love to be able to add a remote control as a side bar to the viewport. Have done some TV prototypes and had to build my own remote control within the artboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The way that we really can have goods quality animations iterations of a product, without any problem, also I like the way that principle is connected with other platforms and is easy to import artboards from other tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In my particular case, I dislike the way how we animate from one artboard to another, and if you don't take care of the name of shape and groups the animation can be very messy, also I think that principle should sport a Jason file as Lottie Does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
User-friendly graphical user interface for creating visual prototypes to envision my ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very disappointing that tool does not have web sharing capability like all other prototyping tools in this highly competitive market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy to create animations and transitions between screens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Limitation and poor integration with sketch. Also very iOS focused rather Android and web. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Principle animation is a software for animating UI elements and providing neat interaction effects. It is super intuitive and it supports Figma and Sketch, allowing also to directly import the sketch files you have open on your computer in that moment.
The interface is simple and easy to use without having to go through multiple tutorials. You can achieve pretty smooth animations very quickly, even if you are a beginner. You can also create basic shapes and text directly in Principle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Achieving more complex animations can be tricky if not impossible (such as circular animations or the typing text effect - you have to create an artboard for displaying every single letter). It would be great if there would be more straightforward features for these kind of effects. Also, if you copy and paste some elements from a sketch artboard to a principle artboard, they are pasted as a flat images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
