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10 Hottest Design Tools You Must Try In 2016

A recent design tools survey conducted by Khoi Vinh, one of Fast Company’s “fifty most influential designers in America”, shows that Photoshop is slowly losing its popularity among designers.

Answers from over 4,000 participants hailing from almost 200 countries prove that designers are open to new tools that ease the process of conceptualizing, wireframing, prototyping and designing digital products.

Let’s take a look at some of the hottest design tools you must try in 2016.

Atomic

Atomic is an interface design software for professionals. Image credit: Atomic.

Atomic is an interface design software for professionals. Image credit: Atomic.

Atomic is a handy tool for designing interactive prototypes across different devices. Simply design in your browser, on Mac or PC, and view on any device.

Ceros

Ceros is an interactive content marketing software. Image credit: Ceros.

Image credit: Ceros.

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Ceros is a powerful content creation software for marketers & designers. You can easily create engaging interactive content such as infographics, ebooks, microsites, magazines, banners and more.

ProtoSketch

Powerful yet simple vector graphics editor for iPad. Image credit: ProtoSketch.

Powerful yet simple vector graphics editor for iPad. Image credit: ProtoSketch.

ProtoSketch claims to be a desktop-class graphic design software for iPad. It is easy to create anything from a logo to web design. A great tool to try for prototyping when traveling.

Floid

Floid is an interaction design tool for any platform & device. Image credit: Floid.

Floid is an interaction design tool for any platform & device. Image credit: Floid.

Floid is a rapid prototyping software that allows you to design for any platform & device including the web, iOS and Android. Currently available only for Mac users.

Source: Forbes.com