Question 1

What makes Avocode different from InVision Inspect, Zeplin, Marvel Handoff, or Abstract Inspect?

Accepted Answer

Design format support
          Avocode fully supports layered design files in the Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma format. You can multi-select layers and layer groups and use a fully-featured layer panel.
          
          InVision supports only the import of Sketch & Photoshop artboards, not whole files. You cannot select multiple layers and there is no layer panel.
          
          Zeplin supports the import of Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, and Figma artboards, not whole files. You cannot select multiple layers and there is no layer panel.
          
          Marvel supports only the import of Sketch & Photoshop artboards, not whole files. You cannot select multiple layers and there is no layer panel.
          
          Abstract Inspect supports only import of Sketch files. You cannot select multiple layers and there is no layer panel. Design rendering
          Avocode has a unique rendering technology that renders all elements of the design - including fonts, and vector shapes up to 4x. This way, your design si sharply scalable, and all vector assets can be scaled up for export.
          
          Zeplin, InVision, Marvel, and Abstract import a bitmap preview of your design screens in the fixed resolution from the design tool. Zooming and scaling the design beyond its original scale will pixelate it. Design import
          Since Avocode works with whole files, not just artboards, you can import any design file only by drag & drop without design tools on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
          
          Avocode desktop app also auto-installs plugins to Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, and Illustrator, which are especially useful for selective artboard sync.
          
          Zeplin, InVision, Marvel, and Abstract can only import artboards from design tools using their plugin. You cannot import whole files, and you need to own a design tool, which can be platform-dependent (i.e., you can only import Sketch artboards on macOS). Image export
          With Avocode, designers don’t have to prepare design layers at all. Since all layers are fully rendered, developers can export any layer, selection of layers, layer group, or combination of layer groups in any resolution as PNG, JPEG, SVG, or WebP. Avocode also offers a built-in image optimization for SVG, JPEGs and PNG image assets.
          
          Zeplin, InVision, Marvel, and Abstract are counting on the traditional workflow: first, designers need to set layers as assets in the design file so that developers could export assets as PNG, JPEG, or SVG. Images that were not adequately grouped and set as Exportable in the graphics editor cannot be exported from Zeplin or InVision. Code export
          Avocode generates code from layers not just in CSS (CSS 3), but also in CSS in JS, Less, Saas, SCSS, Stylus, Styled Components, Android, Swift, and React Native. You can customize the code output, import variables from your devstack and set replacement rules. Also, Avocode has an Atom and VS code integration to inspect the design side by side with your code.
          
          Zeplin offers a wide range of code export templates through their Extension - CSS3, CSS in JS, Less, Saas, SCSS, Stylus, Styled Components, Flutter, Objective-C, Swift, React Native - to name the most popular. It does not offer in-app code customisation options and it does not work with variables.
          
          Marvel Hand-off provides CSS, Swift, and Android code without in-app customization options.
          
          InVision Inspect and Abstract Inspect provide only CSS code without in-app customization options. See the full Avocode vs Zeplin comparison

Question 2

What makes Avocode hand-off more useful than Figma, Sketch Cloud, or Adobe XD hand-off features?

Accepted Answer

Image export
          Avocode renders all layers in your files, and all layers are auto-exportable.
          
          With proprietary design tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD, designers have to prepare (mark) all layers and layer groups for export, before developers can export them from the inspect link. In other words, the whole export is done twice: first by designers (pre-export) and then by developers. With Avocode, designers don’t have to prepare design layers at all. Code export
          Avocode generates code from layers not just in CSS (CSS 3), but also in CSS in JS, Less, Saas, SCSS, Stylus, Styled Components, Android, Swift, and React Native. You can import variables from your devstack and set replacement rules, and the code output is automatically changed. Also, Avocode has an Atom and VS code integration to inspect the design side by side with your code.
          
          Most design tools offer only basic CSS code generation. In the case of Figma, Swift and Android code is also available. Collaboration
          Avocode is a universal tool. That means it works with all major design formats and works on all operating systems. With Avocode you can cover all workflows from file management, storage backup, Sketch version control, browser-based user flow prototyping (Sketch, XD, Figma), commenting, and hand-off.

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