Day 4: Click the right arrow to advance slides and play videos.
Day 3: Add template text styles in the Design mode instead of jumping between modes.
Day 2: Hit Shift‑D or toggle the right end of your toolbar to access your Design mode.
Figma Slides was launched two weeks ago, and now the team is shipping 10 improvements in 10 days. The first drop: view layers in the Design mode while in the grid view.
Vijay Verma shows how “Figma Slides” illustrations were made.
Femke made a template for the presentation deck as an overview of your next design project.
Daniel Destefanis and Soundharya Muthukrishnan: “Here’s a simple presentation template to share designs with your collaborators or clients and get alignment.”
I shared Lenny’s interview with Mihika a couple of months ago, but it’s worth recommending again now that it’s clear that this “0 to 1” product she talked about was Figma Slides.
Mihika shares the inspiration and the process of making one of the coolest Slides features.
Mihika Kapoor shares the story of taking Flides from the Maker Week pitch to reality. That team photo in the end is a poor gold. Also, see Keeyen’s demo tutorial from a year ago with an early prototype, where he pretends to be Zander Supafast.
“In this video, we’ll take a tour around the Figma Slides editor so you can start creating your own presentations.”
“As a tradeoff for pixel-level control and the familiarity of their favorite toolkit in Figma, designers have gone without basic slide functionalities like speaker notes and slide transitions. Figma Slides not only addresses those core features, but amplifies design functionality, making it easier for both designers and non-designers to co-create in the same space.”