In contrast to a lo-fi wireframes, High Fidelity
, or hi-fi wireframes incorporate some design elements of the final product, such as images, colors, fonts and real copy which will appear in the final product. For this lab, we will use the term Wireframes
to refer to mock-ups without interactivity, and Prototypes
to refer to mockups with interactivity, which we will see next week, though keep in mind in industry you may see the terms used interchangeably.
In Figma, it’s often not much harder technically to create hi-fi wireframes than lo-fi, which involve colors, actual images, and content, as long as these assets are available. We can create our layouts using primitive shapes with color, images, text and UI icons.
Similarly, we can also extend Figma’s functionality with high fidelity UI kits, for example, something like Figit, however tradeoffs will exist - what you gain in speed you may lose in flexibility and creativity.
A Quick Note on Image Licensing: Always make sure that you have the rights to use the images that you use in your designs!
The easiest way to ensure that you can use assets for any purpose is to use Creative Commons CC0 assets - this is a very permissive license which effectively puts the assets in the public domain, allowing anyone to use them for any purpose without even needing to credit their source.