A good tip from Miguel – Command-Click on an object to show a list of all layers below.
Here is a micro #FigmaTip for your hump-day! Easily select something in @figmadesign by holding ⌘ (Mac) or Ctrl (Win) when you right-click. This will pull up a list of objects directly beneath your cursor.
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 10, 2021
This is where naming your layers pays back dividends! 😊 pic.twitter.com/t4RNeGW9w7
“In this episode, Charli talks sits down with Ashley Seto, lead product designer lead at Pinterest. Together they dig into what it takes to govern a design system and the systems and process in place that can help get everyone on board.”
“In this episode, Charli talks with her colleague Alf Salib, product design lead at ConvertKit. Together they dig into what it takes to implement a design system with a small team and get real about the challenges and lessons learned along the way.”
In this follow-up to a previous question, Steve Schoger shows his process for building one of the icons in Heroicons set.
How to make a “Question Mark” icon in @figmadesign.
— Steve Schoger (@steveschoger) February 8, 2021
🧵 thread 👇 pic.twitter.com/TV642bjec5
Steve Schoger looks for the best way to create a dot that responds to the stroke width. There are some creative solutions in the replies, but making a rectangle with width and height set to 0.001 is the best one.
How do you create just a dot in @figmadesign?
— Steve Schoger (@steveschoger) February 6, 2021
Every time I try to create one by drawing a point with the pen tool it doesn't get recognized as a shape and disappears.
I managed to create one once but I forget how and I've just been copy/pasting the same one ever since 😅 pic.twitter.com/11LdpcCPG0
A new tutorial from Blush, based on Pablo Stanley’s Figma Crash Course on YouTube. “Learn the basics of Figma’s new Auto Layout and speed up your creative workflow with this awesome feature.”
Handy tiny plugin by Gleb Sabirzyanov.
Figma and Charli Marie, Creative Director at ConvertKit, introduce the new video series “Coffee with Charli”, where she’ll interview design systems leaders. First up, Charli chats with Chris Pearson of Conde Nast about design systems for multiple brands.
And another short video from Miguel, this time about Bezier curves.
Here is a #FigmaTip to give you more control over your bezier handles when creating vector illustrations in @figmadesign. 🖋
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) January 19, 2021
Use command + option when clicking anchor points to change the behavior of bezier handles and control them independently.https://t.co/rSbcUA1bTA pic.twitter.com/Lz5ozxN5pH
⌘+⇧+K to place an image, ⌘+⇧+C/V to copy/paste it from/to an object.
Happy Friday! Here is a #FigmaTip showcasing some short keys to help master placing images in your @figmadesign designs.
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) January 22, 2021
⌘ + ⇧ + K to load and place images
⌘ + ⌥ + C to copy an img style from an object
⌘ + ⌥ + V to paste an img style to an objecthttps://t.co/VN7ZPDibzX pic.twitter.com/KrPEtlL7qc
Noah Levin, Design Director at Figma, collected 20 of his favorite tips and tricks for whipping up something quickly.
Presentation template featuring ‘Stuck at Home’ illustrations by Blush.
Miguel Cardona on using OpenType features.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but some fonts come with stylistic alternatives for glyphs, and its super easy to swap them out in @figmadesign. Especially if a client has strong opinions on that letter "a" (true story).
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) January 8, 2021
This is Basic Sans, btw. pic.twitter.com/dT51BuKAN5
Great trick on using Union to preserve the color of icons.
Hottest #FigmaTip since sliced bread coming your way.
— luis. (@disco_lu) January 15, 2021
Here's a way to use variants AND icon instances with preserved colours 🤯 pic.twitter.com/iTNV664rQU
A quick tip from Figma Designer Advocate Anthony DiSpezio. (While on topic, read the story behind color named “rebeccapurple”.)
Quick @figmadesign tip for some www nostalgia - you can use CSS color names as hex values in Figma #FigmaTiphttps://t.co/DqCiMhbUtr
— Anthony DiSpezio (@adispezio) January 14, 2021
My favorite is "burlywood," what's yours?! pic.twitter.com/Iz9Ta5zNwW
Figma55 recorded a short demo of the recently released plugin by Figma cofounder Evan Wallace.
🎉🎉 Figma55 is one year old! 🎉🎉
— Figma:55 (@figma55) January 16, 2021
To bring in the new year, here's a video covering an often missed Adobe Illustrator feature that you can now do in Figma, thanks to @evanwallace's Variable Width Stroke plugin pic.twitter.com/vdNmwQ3gIi
Figma profile by Index Ventures, with insights from Sho Kuwamoto and Dylan Field.
The plugin adds support for variable-width strokes. Made by Evan Wallace, a co-founder of Figma. (Hopefully, this is just a sign that native support is coming to the app soon!)