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A Q&A with Figma’s VP of Product

Figma’s VP of Product, Yuhki Yamashita, shares what it was like to build FigJam and how things have changed since then. In this post, he reflects on the evolving role of design and product management, what it means to welcome ​“non-designers” into the process, and the future of FigJam.

File structure best practice guide

Luis prepared a best practice guide on how to structure your frames in Figma.

HEIC Import

A new plugin from Rogie, this time for importing files in Apple’s default photo format.

Tricycle

Jordan Singer announced Tricycle, a set of automation tools for designers powered by AI. Over the years, Jordan has built some of the most interesting Figma plugins and experiments, so I’m stoked for this product.

Vectorizing Robotos in Figma

Pablo Stanley live-streamed his process of vectorizing a couple of character sketches.
Vectorizing Robotos in Figma

Figma Mirror in Safari and lightweight Figma Viewer

Rasmus Andersson shares a few hidden Figma tips. His second tip on adding viewer=1 to the URL query part to load a file very quickly in Figma’s lightweight ​“viewer” renderer is something I may use in the future.

Use component descriptions

Ana Boyer with a thread of multiple ways to use descriptions to improve your team organization and collaboration.

21 Best Figma Plugins for Designers in 2021

Molly Hellmuth and the UI Prep team installed and tested over 100 plugins to find the true gems. In this article, they recommend 21 plugins organized into 6 different ​“stacks”.

Plugin API to write prototype interactions

This update allows plugins to create new prototype interactions in the editor. Check out a code sample by Anthony DiSpezio.

Smarter default colors

Default Pencil and text colors are now smarter. When you draw or type, they are now black or white, depending on the background. Miggie shows this behavior in action.

Knockout shadow

By default, drop shadows are no longer displayed through transparent areas of objects. Check out this thread by Rogie on how this feature came to life.

Create multiple flows

Compare, test, and present multiple interactive ideas from a single page. Check out a couple of quick tips for using the new feature by Miguel Cardona.

Edit names on canvas

Now you can edit flow and frame names directly from the canvas. Just double-click the name and start typing.

Updates to quick create for faster diagramming in FigJam

Hover over the quick create icon on a shape or sticky to see a preview of what will be created, or drag it to add connectors between shapes. See a quick demo by Ana Boyer.

Randy Savage covers Procreate and Image Tracer plugins

A special guest in a new video by Figma:55.

Figma in 55 Seconds: Procreate Import and Image

Make a pattern in Figma

Gleb Sabirzyanov shows an easy way to create tiled patterns in Figma.
Make a pattern in Figma — Quick Tutorial

Reminder: never use variants for different icons

Gleb is right – icons as variants can’t be previewed or searched. In fact, Figma doesn’t recommend using variants to group different icons either. If you have different sizes or versions of the same icon, then you could combine these as variants instead.

Joey Banks recommends Figma shortcuts

A few of his favorites to move a bit more quickly while working.

Cropping images

Luis shows a few ways to crop images.

Figma Community “magazine” concept

Ridd shares an idea of what a collaborative magazine made by a Figma community can look like.

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