Features

Making Pencil tool a little more interesting

Steve Ruiz shows a plugin he is working on and explains the process. Looks really cool!

making @figmadesign's pencil tool a little more interesting ✍️👀 pic.twitter.com/cbQua4ZMDT
— Steve Ruiz (@steveruizok) March 7, 2021

Issue #35
Mar 14, 2021
#Plugins

Figma Components 101

“Components are elements of your designs that you want to reuse — you can think of them like building blocks. Components help keep your designs consistent and allow you to quickly apply changes across multiple files and projects.”

Figma Tutorial: Create Interactive Components with a Real Project

A new tutorial by Mizko.

Auto Layout Styles

Just a few days ago, I tweeted that Auto Layout needs Styles, and now Pavel Laptev releases a plugin just for that! “The plugin brings an experience of Figma styles to the Auto Layout feature. You can make separate configurations of Auto Layouts, save and load them, lock or change at any time.”

Figma Tips: Adding a glass effect to your designs

Luis shows how to create a cool glass effect using a Morph plugin.

Baseline Grids with Auto Layout

“In this Figma Tip, learn to set up a 4px baseline grid using layout grids, and how to set offset values to your text blocks using auto layout to account for fonts’ different baselines and keep a consistent vertical rhythm in your designs.”

Segmented Control component

Joey Banks build a Segmented Control component using Auto Layout, Variants, and hidden layers.

Using Auto Layout, Variants, and hidden layers to create a Segmented Control component in @figmadesign. 🎛↔️ pic.twitter.com/U53IPDcLay
— Joey Banks (@joeyabanks) February 17, 2021

Live-Building Figma Kits for Tailwind UI with Auto Layout and Layout Grids

Live-building Sign-in and Registration components for the official Tailwind UI Figma kits.

A Front-end developer using Figma

“In this post I want to tell you my first experience with Figma, how I am defining my design system, what resources I have found and how to create slides with your own brand.”

Switchable styles from light to dark mode in Figma

“We will teach you how to choose the right shade and contrast of colors, how to structure them properly according to their uses. In addition, we will talk about how colors should be properly applied to Light and Dark modes, followed by some tips and tricks, and finally, teach you a quick and easy way to switch from Light to Dark mode with just a few buttons.”

Issue #34
Feb 28, 2021
#Styles

Illustrating concepts using Figma’s Smart Animate

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

Issue #34
Feb 28, 2021
#Animation
#Dropbox

What you can make with Interactive Components

Kelsey Whelan shows a few examples of really cool animations and interactions.

Look at what you can make with just 1 interactive component, 4 noodles, and 1 top-level frame 🎨 pic.twitter.com/J7RgTst5Ju
— Kelsey Whelan (@kelseymwhelan) February 25, 2021

Toggle Switch

Joey Banks creates a toggle switch as his first set of Interactive Components.

Creating my very first set of interactive components in @figmadesign. 🔥🎛️ pic.twitter.com/apIht8EpFb
— Joey Banks (@joeyabanks) February 26, 2021

Criss-Cross Game

Miguel builds a criss-cross game with a single frame and Interactive Components.

Interactive Components in Figma bring so much potential for prototyping interactions.

Sign up for the beta here! https://t.co/d4xztICaFA

This is one frame 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/XKmgEr4FKj
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 25, 2021

Talky – Interactive Component Animation

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

Creating overlapping animations

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

Hi everyone! Wanted to share something I'm excited for w/ interactive components in @figmadesign, overlapping animation!

Here I have three different interactive components using delay interactions to make bouncing circles with different timings. Let me know what you think! pic.twitter.com/xg6Dy3zmCP
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 26, 2021

Why Interactive Components are important for design system teams

See how Interactive Components can dramatically reduce the number of connections you create.

Interactive components are here my friends.

Here's a quick run through of what they mean and also why it's important for design systems teams.

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Sign up for the beta here: https://t.co/PYXoKapYVL pic.twitter.com/dZdqJ1fhDd
— luis. (@disco_lu) February 25, 2021

Join Figma’s interactive components beta

“With interactive components, you can create reusable, shareable interactive elements for your prototypes. Sign up to get early access to the feature and help us improve before launch.”

New macOS icon

Ryhan shows the process of creating a new Big Sur-ready icon for Figma desktop app.

Small update — today we’re rolling out a new macOS icon that’s designed to feel at home on Big Sur. pic.twitter.com/yWRPwslpkC
— Ryhan (@ryhanhassan) February 25, 2021

Export Presets

Create and automatically apply custom Export Settings. Share them across your files and projects. Includes default presets for the most popular platforms.

#Features