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Posts to help you free your ideas, to inspire you to bring them to life.

Introducing the New Free & Pro Plans

Introducing the New Free & Pro Plans

Anyone can use ProtoPie for free forever. Learn how the new plans affect you and how you can benefit as an existing ProtoPie customer.

Fredo Tan ∙ 7 min read

Latest posts

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How to Format Currency in Money Transfer App in ProtoPie

Jeff Clarke ∙ 9 min read

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Optimize your High Fidelity Prototypes with User Testing

Teo Tokis ∙ 3 min read

ProtoPie Fits Right in the Sweet Spot Between Usable and Powerful

Customer Spotlight

ProtoPie Fits Right in the Sweet Spot Between Usable and Powerful

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 5 min read

ProtoPie vs Flinto: Which Is the Best Prototyping Tool on the Market?

ProtoPie vs. Flinto: Which Is the Best Prototyping Tool on the Market?

Iulia Sorodoc ∙ 12 min read

ProtoPie vs. InVision: Which Is Your Best Ally for High-Fidelity Prototyping?

ProtoPie vs. InVision: Which Is Your Best Ally for High-Fidelity Prototyping?

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 11 min read

ProtoPie vs. Principle, Which Prototyping Tool Is The Real Winner?

ProtoPie vs. Principle: Which Prototyping Tool Is The Real Winner?

Iulia Sorodoc ∙ 10 min read

ProtoPie Search Box Guide: 4 Easy Steps Using Formulas and Variables Thumbnail

ProtoPie Search Box Guide: 4 Easy Steps Using Formulas and Variables

Jeff Clarke ∙ 15 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? A Revamped, Cleaner Design for Pie Pages on ProtoPie Cloud

Patricia Franciskovic ∙ 3 min read

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ProtoPie and blokdots: The Guide To No-Code Arduino Prototyping

Khonok Lee ∙ 10 min read

ProtoPie vs. Proto.io: Which Is the Best Prototyping Tool?

ProtoPie vs. Proto.io: Which Is the Best Prototyping Tool?

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 13 min read

ProtoPie vs Adobe XD, Which Is Better & Why?

ProtoPie vs. Adobe XD: Which Is Better & Why?

Iulia Sorodoc ∙ 8 min read

ProtoPie vs Framer, which one is right for you?

ProtoPie vs. Framer: Which One Is Right For You?

Iulia Sorodoc ∙ 10 min read

Customer Spotlight

How ProtoPie Accelerates R/GA’s Digital Product Design Workflow

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 4 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 8: Using Variables II

Jeff Clarke ∙ 9 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 8: Using Variables I

Jeff Clarke ∙ 6 min read

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Customer Spotlight

How Project MARCH Uses ProtoPie To Build Robotic Exoskeletons

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 6 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 7: Formula Basics II

Jeff Clarke ∙ 9 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 7: Formula Basics I

Jeff Clarke ∙ 8 min read

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Create Reusable Button Component With Ripple Effect

Shilpa Yadav ∙ 6 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Animate Transitions Automatically with Smart Jumps

Patricia Franciskovic ∙ 4 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Creating the Car of the Future With ProtoPie

Shannon Yu ∙ 10 min read

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3 High-Fidelity Prototyping Principles Designers Need to Know

Fredo Tan ∙ 6 min read

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The Importance of Prototyping and Your Design Stack

Fredo Tan ∙ 6 min read

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Create a Typewriter Effect Using Variables and Formulas

Tianyang Wang ∙ 5 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 6: Typing Interaction

Jeff Clarke ∙ 10 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 5: Camera Interaction

Jeff Clarke ∙ 6 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 4: Voice Interaction

Jeff Clarke ∙ 8 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 3: Creating and Sharing Interaction Libraries with Designers

Jeff Clarke ∙ 9 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 2: Using Interaction Recordings to Collaborate with Developers

Jeff Clarke ∙ 7 min read

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ProtoPie School

Lesson 1: Quick Start Using ProtoPie in 3 Steps

Jeff Clarke ∙ 8 min read

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Introducing the ProtoPie Smartwatch Solution

Fredo Tan ∙ 4 min read

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Customer Spotlight

How Does ProtoPie Help Vodafone’s Smart Tech Team?

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 10 min read

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The New ProtoPie Design System

Summer Lee ∙ 9 min read

ProtoPie & Useberry: Valuable Insights From Your Prototypes Thumbnail

ProtoPie + Useberry: Valuable Insights From Your Prototypes

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

15 Most Inspirational Interactive Prototypes for 2022

Julie Ko ∙ 3 min read

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Create a Draggable Map Prototype in ProtoPie

Joseph Wang ∙ 6 min read

Show/Hide Password Using Detect Thumbnail

Hide and Show Password Using Detect Trigger

Abhas Sinha ∙ 6 min read

Creating a Skeleton UI Loading Animation Thumbnail

Creating a Skeleton UI Loading Animation

Shilpa Yadav ∙ 3 min read

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Multi-Select Photos Using Components, Variables, and Formulas

Cal Brackin ∙ 8 min read

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Making a Functional Star Rating Using Components

Tianyang Wang ∙ 5 min read

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How to Do Remote Usability Testing with ProtoPie & UserTesting

Kelly Park ∙ 11 min read

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How to Do Remote Usability Testing with ProtoPie & Lookback

Kelly Park ∙ 13 min read

How to Do Remote Usability Testing with ProtoPie & UserZoom GO Thumbnail

How to Do Remote Usability Testing with ProtoPie & UserZoom GO

Kelly Park ∙ 10 min read

ProtoPie vs. Figma, which tool is better for interactive prototyping?

ProtoPie vs. Figma: Which Tool is Better for Interactive Prototyping?

Gina Lim ∙ 10 min read

ProtoPie 6.0—Highly Interactive Prototyping for Everyone Thumbnail

What's New in ProtoPie? ProtoPie 6.0—Highly Interactive Prototyping for Everyone

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Building Prototypes to Solve Personal Problems with the Runner Up From This Year's Dribbble Playoff Contest

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 8 min read

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Making a TV Controller Using Components

Shilpa Yadav ∙ 11 min read

Stopwatch Timer Using Formulas and Variables Thumbnail

Create a Stopwatch Timer using Formulas and Variables

Cal Brackin ∙ 7 min read

The Future of the ProtoPie Brand

ProtoPie ∙ 10 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Duplicating & Moving Prototypes

Julie Ko ∙ 3 min read

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Design a Circular Slider Using Masks and Chain

Cal Brackin ∙ 6 min read

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Software & Hardware Integrated Prototyping for Beginners

Tony Kim ∙ 9 min read

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Arduino Prototyping with ProtoPie

Tony Kim ∙ 5 min read

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Create a Long Press Menu Animation Using Range Trigger

Briandito Priambodo ∙ 8 min read

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ProtoPie & ISO Compliance: This Is What It Means

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Why Does the Google Maps Team Use ProtoPie for Testing?

Fredo Tan ∙ 4 min read

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How to Test Early and Often During the Entire Product Development Process

Jonathan Widawski ∙ 11 min read

Image Overlay Using Formulas

Create an Expanding Image Overlay Using Long Press and Formulas

Joseph Wang ∙ 7 min read

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Creating a Nested Scroll Using Containers

Tianyang Wang ∙ 6 min read

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Become a ProtoPie Ambassador

Patricia Franciskovic ∙ 5 min read

Input Validation Using Detect Thumbnail

Easiest Way to Create Interactive Form Fields that Check User Input

Michael Ajah ∙ 10 min read

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Create a Draggable Slider with a Dynamic Number Indicator

Abhas Sinha ∙ 9 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Prototyping for the Future: From Contest Winner to Designer at ProtoPie

Adriana Diaz ∙ 14 min read

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Prototyping an Auto-Formatted Input Field

Nathaniel Abrea ∙ 9 min read

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Systems Thinking for Designers 101

Julie Ko ∙ 8 min read

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Display a Tooltip on Mouse Hover

Shilpa Yadav ∙ 5 min read

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Create a Scrolling Wheel Picker with 3D Rotate

Abhas Sinha ∙ 8 min read

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How to Create a Looping Scroll Carousel for Desktop Web

Briandito Priambodo ∙ 8 min read

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Designing Automotive In-Car Experiences with ProtoPie

Tony Kim ∙ 8 min read

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How to Make a Toggle Button with Condition

Fredo Tan ∙ 2 min read

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Prototype a Dropdown Menu using Components for a Faster Workflow

Cal Brackin ∙ 7 min read

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Checking items in a Checkbox Form using Components and Send & Receive

Tianyang Wang ∙ 12 min read

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The Differences Between Low Fidelity vs. High Fidelity Prototyping

Fredo Tan ∙ 9 min read

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An Introduction to Digital Prototyping

Fredo Tan ∙ 14 min read

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Calculating Total Payable Amount in the Shopping Cart Using Component

Shilpa Yadav ∙ 6 min read

Design a Subtle Parallax Scrolling Effect Using the Chain Trigger Thumbnail

Design a Subtle Parallax Scrolling Effect Using the Chain Trigger

Briandito Priambodo ∙ 5 min read

Prototype a Scroll View (Starting at the Bottom) for a Messaging App Thumbnail

Prototype a Scroll View (Starting at the Bottom) for a Messaging App

Cal Brackin ∙ 4 min read

The Easiest Way to Create a Sticky Header That Responds to Scrolling Thumbnail

The Easiest Way to Create a Sticky Header that Responds to Scrolling

Abhas Sinha ∙ 7 min read

Prototype an Input Stepper with ProtoPie's Formula Feature Thumbnail

Prototype an Input Stepper with ProtoPie's Formula Feature

Nathaniel Abrea ∙ 4 min read

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10 Essential Keyboard Shortcut Tips to Boost Productivity

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 4 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Share Prototypes More Intuitively & Confidently

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

A Designer's Perspective on Prototyping—Going Beyond Artboards Being Snapshots

Adriana Diaz ∙ 12 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Formulas in Playback, Image Fill, and Shortcuts Modal

Julie Ko ∙ 7 min read

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How to Make a Video Player Prototype

Leah Han ∙ 10 min read

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How to Create an In-Car Voice Control Prototype

Tony Kim ∙ 9 min read

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Beginner’s Guide to Microinteractions

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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ProtoPie for Education: Why Design Students & Teachers Need ProtoPie?

Julie Ko ∙ 6 min read

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ProtoPie Bootcamp: Bare Essentials in Less Than 2 Hours

Fredo Tan ∙ 7 min read

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Not Your Prototypical Prototyping, ProtoPie's CEO Says

ProtoPie ∙ 5 min read

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ProtoPie 101 for Beginners

Adriana Diaz ∙ 2 min read

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Grasping the Future

ProtoPie ∙ 7 min read

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Scheduled Maintenance on Saturday, May 15, 2021

Fredo Tan ∙ 1 min read

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When Words Fail You, Stop Using Them

ProtoPie ∙ 5 min read

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Let’s Talk About More Than the Weather

ProtoPie ∙ 7 min read

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Customer Spotlight

14 Mind-blowing Prototypes That You Must Try

Adriana Diaz ∙ 5 min read

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ProtoPie Plugin for Sketch: From Static Designs to Realistic Prototypes, And Beyond

Julie Ko ∙ 3 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Individual Corner Radius and Apple Silicon (M1) Compatibility

Rebeca Caritas ∙ 4 min read

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Podcast Season on Designing for a New Level of Uncertainty

ProtoPie ∙ 3 min read

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Giving Voice to the Blind—Why Innovation Defies Accessibility

ProtoPie ∙ 4 min read

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ProtoPie 101 Crash Course: Beginner to Advanced

Leah Han ∙ 3 min read

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Notebooks Are Leather-bound Graveyards for Your Ideas

Tony Kim ∙ 7 min read

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What's New in ProtoPie? Public Interaction Recordings & Password-Protected Prototypes

Julie Ko ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

10 Most Inspirational Interactive Prototypes for 2021

Julie Ko ∙ 2 min read

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Adobe XD + ProtoPie: The Perfect Duo in Your Design Stack

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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Customer Spotlight

From a Passion for Gaming to Prototyping His Own Game

Adriana Diaz ∙ 9 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Reimagining, Redesigning & Reinventing Email App Interactions

Adriana Diaz ∙ 6 min read

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ProtoPie 5.1: Give Your Interactions a Voice

Fredo Tan ∙ 5 min read

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Customer Spotlight

From Junior Designer to Prototyping Champion & Dribbble Playoff Winner

Julie Ko ∙ 10 min read

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Prototyping for Voice - Blending Interaction & Conversation Design

Fredo Tan ∙ 6 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Meet the Man Who Prototyped a Prototyping Tool with ProtoPie

Adriana Diaz ∙ 6 min read

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ProtoPie Plugin for Figma: A Seamless Workflow to Boost Productivity

Fredo Tan ∙ 3 min read

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Mathematics, Your Ally for Better Prototyping

Tony Kim ∙ 6 min read

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Customer Spotlight

How Politecnico di Milano uses ProtoPie in the classroom

Julie Ko ∙ 5 min read

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Touchscreen Prototyping in a Way You Haven’t Before

Tony Kim ∙ 4 min read

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Customer Spotlight

14 Interactive Prototypes Reimagining Everyday Interfaces

Adriana Diaz ∙ 4 min read

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ProtoPie’s Interaction Libraries in a Nutshell

Darren Bennett ∙ 10 min read

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ProtoPie 5.0: You Won’t Miss Misunderstandings with Interaction Recordings & Libraries

Fredo Tan ∙ 4 min read

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How to Resize Container and Sub-Layers Together

Leah Han ∙ 2 min read

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How to Make a Looping Animation, Part 2

Leah Han ∙ 3 min read

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How to Make a Looping Animation, Part 1

Leah Han ∙ 3 min read

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How to Start Paging From the Middle

Leah Han ∙ 2 min read

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ProtoPie 4.3: More Flexibility With Nested Components

Fredo Tan ∙ 5 min read

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How to Maximize Your Prototyping While Working Remotely

Fredo Tan ∙ 5 min read

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May No Idea Be Left to Die

ProtoPie ∙ 7 min read

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Calendar Tutorial in ProtoPie, Part II

Rob Cleaton ∙ 5 min read

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Customize the Way You Share Your Pies in the Cloud For Remote User Testing

Patricia Franciskovic ∙ 2 min read

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Calendar Tutorial in ProtoPie, Part I

Rob Cleaton ∙ 3 min read

Eduardo Sonnino senior designer at Microsoft

Customer Spotlight

Prototyping the Surface Duo & Neo: When You Prototype, Nothing’s Lost in Translation

Fredo Tan ∙ 5 min read

Crafting ProtoPie’s New Brand

Patricia Franciskovic ∙ 7 min read

How ProtoPie Beefs Up the Design

Customer Spotlight

How ProtoPie Beefs Up the Design Workflow at OnePlus

Fredo Tan ∙ 8 min read

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Customer Spotlight

Four High Fidelity Prototypes You Can’t Miss Out On

Fredo Tan ∙ 7 min read

Tony Kim ProtoPie CEO

Don’t Hesitate in Reversing Decisions for the Sake of Success

Fredo Tan ∙ 5 min read

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ProtoPie, the Award-winning Prototyping Tool

Claire Shin ∙ 2 min read

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Customer Spotlight

ProtoPie & LINE Mobile Prototyping Meetup

Tony Kim ∙ 5 min read

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Customer Spotlight

20 Prototypes Easy to Replicate in 5 Minutes

Leah Han ∙ 6 min read

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Designing for Gestural Interactions

Claire Shin ∙ 9 min read

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Prototype with Sensors in ProtoPie

Tony Kim ∙ 7 min read

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The Journey Behind Discovering ProtoPie

Tony Kim ∙ 10 min read