#Animation

Fun with an infinity symbol

Miggi created a single-point infinity sign, then Vijay came up with a cool animation. Team work đź™Ś

Little experiment with Autofocus and Parallax inside Figma

Beautiful effect! See also the source file at the Community.

Replicating PlayStation 5 UI

A cool recreation of PS5 UI with Smart Animate.

Since I got my PS5, I spent more time replicating

LottieFiles: Still frame to Figma

“In this video, we will guide you on how to select a single frame from a Lottie animation from the LottieFiles Library and export it to Figma. Then, we will use this new SVG and place it as part of our UI and animate it in Figma using the prototype feature.”

How to add a single frame as an SVG from the

Figma and After Effects: Animated Bell Icon for Lottie

“Let your users know they’ve got notifications with this Animated Bell Icon that starts out in Figma, gets sent to After Effects to be animated, then exported as a Lottie file.”
Figma and After Effects: Animated Bell Icon for

Table Booking Animation

Smart and delightful use of animation in the UI. See also the original file at Figma.

Animation easing styles

u/​TheJMoore has been posting a lot of useful content on the r/​FigmaDesign subreddit lately. This one compares animation easing styles side-by-side.

Jitter

Import your Figma projects to Jitter, add animations easily, and export as a video or GIF. Check out this quick demo to see how it works.

Using animated GIFs as masks

Cool tip on masking, never realized it was possible!

Responsive prototypes using smart animate

Good idea to show different sizes side-by-side in a prototype. An animation looks great, too!
Responsive prototypes using smart animate

Interactive Coin Flip

Gleb Sabirzyanov made a cool isometric coin animation entirely in Figma.

Interactive Illustration in Figma

Pablo’s live stream on creating an animated illustration in Figma.
Interactive Illustration in Figma

Figma Tutorial: Create Animations in Your Web, UI Design & Prototypes

Mizko shows how to build animations with Figma’s Smart Animate feature.
Figma Tutorial: Smart Animate - Create UI & Web

Creating overlapping animations

Miguel shows how to create bouncing circles animation with different timings.

Talky – Interactive Component Animation

If you’re in beta, check out this community file by Bruno Figueiredo.

Illustrating concepts using Figma’s Smart Animate

How Dropbox uses Figma’s Smart Animate feature to illustrate product design concepts.

Figma logo animation

Noah Jacobus pushes Figma’s capabilities beyond normal product design and uses it to draw, style, and animate the logo.

How to Make Ultra-Smooth Animations in Figma Motion Plugin

Pavel Babkin shows examples of creating UI interactions, adding special effects, and even animating basic game characters with the Figma Motion plugin.

Animate Angular gradient strokes

And another tip from Miguel for making simple animated spinners.

Animating new Auto Layout options

Miguel Cardona shows how the ​“Fill container” resizing option can be animated.

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