Pidoco and ScatchApp are joining forces to help our users make the most of paper prototyping. While Pidoco is a great tool for creating UI prototypes of websites and software applications really easily, we still find that some of our users prefer to create their initial designs on paper. To help our users save time and money, we are working with ScatchApp to see if we can make it easier for our users to transform their paper wireframes into interactive software prototypes. We believe ScatchApp is a great tool that will help our users create prototypes even faster than before and take advantage of the great collaboration and testing features Pidoco has to offer. ScatchApp has won several awards and is a triple Startup Weekend winner of Szczecin 2011 due to its innovation merging the boundaries between paper and computer.
How does ScatchApp work?
ScatchApp works by using unique technology that can recognize the layout and features of paper wireframes. ScatchApp can recognize components such as text boxes, headlines, buttons and image place-holders, which is great, whether you are creating flowcharts or wireframes. Uploading your designs with ScatchApp is easy. Simply draw your sketch on a piece of paper using the relevant symbols, take a photo with your mobile phone and upload the image to ScatchApp. Within seconds, your design will be transformed into a digital wireframe that you can edit online in Pidoco. ScatchApp even aligns the individual elements in your design, giving you a clean, professional-looking layout.
We've sketched out a paper wireframe of the Pidoco home page that we will upload with ScatchApp.
How will you be able to use ScatchApp with Pidoco?
Here’s an example of how to use Pidoco in connection with ScatchApp. We understand that some people like to sketch out their ideas on paper first. Some even find this helps them be more creative. Naturally, paper has its limitations and even the best paper wireframes cannot produce the same results as prototyping with Pidoco. In addition, paper prototypes cannot be adapted or shared easily. In the example above, you can see that we’ve sketched out the layout of the Pidoco home page. In the picture below, you can see what the finished product will look like in Pidoco once this has been uploaded into ScatchApp. The buttons, text boxes and image placeholders appear in the same visual layout as in the sketch.
Now we've uploaded our sketched wireframe to Pidoco, we can edit our prototype and add interactive elements.
In Pidoco we can now link and edit these pages. With Pidoco you can also collaborate on prototypes online in real-time and even use your prototypes in usability testing. What’s more you can discuss your prototypes with colleagues online. Using ScatchApp with Pidoco therefore enables you to model your UI designs with paper and pen, while making the most of all the great features of digital prototyping that Pidoco has to offer. If you would like to learn more about Pidoco have a look at our website, or if you would like to learn how to program your own application against the Pidoco API, take a look at our documentation here.
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