For most product managers, drawing prototypes is a big headache 😝 so before drawing prototypes, everyone has reached a consensus, that is copy! Learn from the same type of APP!

Appropriate amount of reference can indeed reduce detours, but if the prototype is drawn page by page according to the rival APP, it is not only very slow, but also prone to various details. Finally, when people look at it, they can not help but ridicule: it is not copied from someone, it is a little low, right?

Then the problem comes, how to skillfully learn from, this is the product people need to carefully think about the problem!

For me, when it comes to prototyping, the first thing I refer to is a prototype template rather than an existing APP. Since the APP is already live and the UI has added a layer of visual effects, it is important to search for lots of prototype templates!

When I select a template and import it into the prototype tool, I add, subtract, and add directly to the template. Isn’t that faster than copying page after page from a competing APP? !

Admittedly, finding a ready-made prototype template can be a bit time-consuming, but fortunately I recently found a prototyping tool called Replicator RP that comes with a ton of prototype template resources. When I selected the template, I could enter the interface of drawing the prototype with one click, without downloading and importing the template. From the early reference template to the subsequent modification and optimization, can be completed on this tool, a series of operations quite smooth, smooth! Another reason to choose Copy RP is that it is officially declared free forever and you don’t have to worry about paying for it.

So next, I will talk to you in detail about how I quickly “copy” the perfect prototype from 0-1 in copy RP!

The first step, efficient reference!

Appropriate reference is conducive to better presentation of the prototype, so the prototype template library must become a necessary tool kit for today’s product managers, after all, can save you a lot of time and effort, efficient work is the common pursuit of the goal!

After entering the official website of Imitation, click “Template Example” to unlock 5 G prototype template case library, including mobile and web devices to choose from, template types include: e-commerce, consulting, social, life, official website… You according to their own products, search related types can!

What I screenshot below is a reading APP, which has made most of the scene pages. Of course, very few pages still need users to add freely according to the situation, but I have to say that this has been very able to solve the problem!

Once you’ve found the right template, add it to your project and start prototyping yourself. Click the project tree on the left of the page, all pages will be displayed on the left, and then click the corresponding page to modify one by one, which is efficient one-click reuse!

Also, if you’re looking for a material component template, you can save it in your project for later use.

As one says, although it presents a more comprehensive page, but do not recommend complete copy, after all, this is a template, more or less with your own products there are some differences, so you can imitate, and then innovation!

In addition, templates can also be shared to the phone, which can also be used to interact between pages or components. This allows you to view template examples on your phone, even if it’s not convenient to use a computer.

Step two, turn the template into your own prototype!

Templates found, and the prototype is 50% done! Now comes the second step: how do I enrich the template and turn it into my prototype?

Come on, show!

On the basis of the original template, add appropriate components or ICONS, and copy has a rich component and icon, one key drag or double click can be done.

Secondary panels can be added when the main panel is not enough to display. With these rich components and ICONS, combined with the template examples you found earlier, I don’t believe you can’t prototype!

In addition, I would like to remind you that you must pay attention to the cleanliness of the prototype drawing, does this prototype look very clean?

Therefore, when drawing prototypes, remember the basic principle of design: alignment. So, the row of buttons below the properties, be sure to take advantage of!

Step 3, quickly straighten out the page logic!

Many product managers often say that when drawing more prototype pages, the whole logic is confused, especially when doing interactive pages, it is easy to have problems. I know this very well.

In copy RP, if you want to quickly straighten out the page logic, you can solve it by using the panorama panel. Take a quick look at the thumbnails of all the prototypes, create logical lines for each page in the panorama panel, and add descriptions for each page. The logic line is only there to help you sort out the logic, it doesn’t have any effect on the page interaction.

Once the page logic is sorted out, you can establish an interactive relationship. 15 animation effects, 8 gestures, can meet most of the interaction needs. Drag and drop lines if you want to interact between pages. Component and page interaction, create a hot area, add interaction, simple and quick, it is called a refreshing operation!

Fourth step, real-time modification, show the results!

When MY prototype is finished, I submit it to the team for review. If someone finds a problem with the prototype, I can edit and modify it immediately. Everyone in the same project can also check the modification effect in real time, which is very efficient. Even when multiple people edit the page together, there is no lag.

To tell you the truth, I quite like the real-time editing function of multiple people. Everyone can edit in real-time on the page together, which can quickly let team members get your ideas, avoiding the embarrassment of using your mouth to express your ideas, which may not be understood by each other.

In addition, real-time multiplayer editing can also be applied to other scenarios. For example, when a team is brainstorming, everyone can work on a project at the same time, whether editing text or drawing graphics.

conclusion

Back to the beginning: How to prototype quickly?

The first step is crucial, and a good reference can solve more than half the problem. Appropriate reference must be desirable, to know the perfect prototype is caused by a certain quantity of qualitative change, you use other quality prototype, and know more about the design concept of other excellent product managers, when you accumulate more, can gradually formed its own set of methodology, the nature of a set of perfect prototype figure appears!

The above is the method of drawing prototype diagram that I summarized during this period of using copycat. Operation is really very simple, copy the official website also has a very detailed tutorial materials, if you do not find the answer to your question in the tutorial, you can also join their official group to ask questions, technical advisers will be back in seconds, the experience is still very good ~

Permanent free copy RP, white whoring a function so powerful prototype tool, you don’t feel very fragrant?

Finally, I wish you can copy out a perfect prototype!