“Org admins on Organization and Enterprise plans can now use Figma’s pre-integrated Google SSO app to configure SAML SSO for their org. Customers on the Enterprise plan can also use the pre-integrated app to enable SCIM provisioning.”
Figma just added 450 new Google Fonts to the app. Select “Google Fonts (8÷24 update)” from the font picker dropdown to access them.
“We’ve improved the experience for moving files. Now you can bulk move a group of files and find the right destination more easily.”
Constraints and a blend mode now display inline when toggled on, or the default is changed.
Mike Bespalov is cooking something dope. The glass effect is very cool, but I love the displacement effect applied to the text even more. The plugin is not out yet, but it’s coming soon — can’t wait to try it out!
I’ve always wanted a quick way to do these effects in @figma, so I made a plugin for it. Coming soon pic.twitter.com/9y09vmismq
— Mike Bespalov (@bbssppllvv) August 22, 2024
A Chrome extension that converts any page or a section of a page into React code or an editable Figma design.
New plugin for Vijay Verma for creating a beautiful stippling effect.
Figma Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh joins a livestream on the Visual Studio Code channel to talk about Figma for VS Code extension, allowing developers to easily access and inspect designs from VS Code.
Brett from Designjoy shows how to achieve a cool visual effect with a Progressive Blur plugin.
Brilliant tip from Molly Hellmuth — create a special text style for labels where line height aligns to your grid. No matter what variable is used for padding, the height of your UI elements will be a multiple of the base grid. (This is also a nice way to keep your labels aligned with icons.)
Loren Baxter shares at Sneak Peek how to use Figma variables to design a dynamically colored UI for light and dark modes.
My friend Helena Zhang designed a new monospaced pixel font and licensed it under the SIL Open Font License. It’s beautiful and nostalgic, bringing back so many memories from the early days of the web. The website is a lovely mix of retro vibes and a modern feel.
So much polish has been added to FigJam in the last few weeks! Now, you can change the color of connectors and their text independently.
Ok last one from us: Get your diagrams looking *just right*. Now you can change the color of connectors and their text independently.
— Kelly (@kly_cl) August 29, 2024
(this one is for all you ~particular~ designers out there) https://t.co/EjniX3Dhrv pic.twitter.com/4yhDYjkRNn
Users in Enterprise organizations with workspaces set up can now publish libraries to a workspace in addition to a team or the whole org.
Vijay Verma made a tiny plugin to simplify the vector editing workflow when working on illustrations. Here is how it started: “After releasing UI3, people have been complaining that the boolean task is a bit hard to find. So, I thought, why not create a tiny plugin with some of the most commonly used options for vector work?”
Sam Anthony explores the most effective methods to export, share, and hand off your designs in Figma.
Andrei Rybin shows his tools and methods for interface animations. Rive is a very interesting product I’ve been meaning to try for a while!
Small improvements to FigJam keep coming — now connectors can connect to the edge or arbitrary spots on an object, not just the NSEW cardinal directions.
At Config, Figma shared a roadmap to make Figma work better for freelancers and agencies. Last week, they launched the first step towards this commitment. Now, you can transfer work to your clients on Pro plans. In the process, you can keep a copy of the work for yourself, and clients can remove collaborators when accepting a transfer to avoid accidental upgrades.
Pointillism converts images into thousands of vector points. Customize the size and frequency of the dots to achieve the perfect look and bring a unified style to your designs. Compatible with Parallax, Shape move, and Physics animation plugins, it offers exciting animation possibilities.