I would like to share a tip in omnigraffle.
My biggest problem with visio has always been being confined to pt
units.
That is one of the biggest reasons I changed to omnigraffle (among a
lot of other reasons of course) - to be able to work in pixels so I
can see how big it will be on the screen. I make a lot of web work so
it makes sense to be able to work in that resolution enviroment. This
is especially useful (to me) while doing high definition wireframes.
You get to test your design considerations/decisions very early. Low
definition wireframes i can do on anything - whiteboard, postits,
napkins or even in powerpoint..
Another problem has been that you are confined to a paper format
(standard delivarable carrier), making you try to stuff so much you
can within that format. This is of course not ideal when working with
the web which can have veery long pages. Omnigraffle allows pixels,
but the pixel resolution you get on a a4/letter format is not a lot to
work with. If you get a long page you will still have to try and stuff
it in (not ideal design) or add another paper (bye bye forests).
So the tip goes as follows:
1. In your page setup. Choose a large paper size such as A3 or 11x17.
(you will still be able to export/print it as A4 or letter)
2. In your work enviroment, choose pixels.
3. In the inspect/canvas/size panel. Choose 50% on print scale. This
will now give you a pixel resolution of approx 1500x2300 (portrait)
depending on margin settings allowing for a lot of room making long
screens. But wait... everything got smaller! You still want your
pixels to be actual pixels on the screen so zoom in your work space at
200%. Voila.
Yes, this WILL be tiny on a printed a4/letter but still OK for most
part.
If you don't quite want that much space you can work within another
proportional relationship such as print scale 80% and zoomed work
space at 125%. This will get you a resolution of approx 940x1400
(portrait).
With this tip you will make both Edward Tufte (resolution is the
answer!) and the planet happy. Print on both sides of a paper and your
paper stack deliverables will get a lot lighter.
Best
Johan Sjöstrand
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