Meng To is working on a free plugin (requiring API keys) for turning designs into code using Claude.
I look forward to the next release of Supa Palette with support for OKLCH and reusable configs!
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
Brett from Designjoy shows how to achieve a cool visual effect with a Progressive Blur plugin.
That’s a pretty cool demo of how powerful the Generator plugin is. Impressive!
Christine Vallaure doesn’t like to rely on plugins too much, but in this article, she shares “some little helpers that I wouldn’t want to do without.” Some are time-tested tools, but others were completely new to me.
In case you said goodbye to Dev Mode last week, Molly Hellmuth recommends a few plugins to help fill in the gap — Annotate It, Print Variables, Frame History, EightShapes Specs, and Handoff Notes.
If your team is saying goodbye to Dev Mode this week 😭, here are a few free plugins to help fill in the gap!
— Molly Hellmuth (@molly_hellmuth) February 1, 2024
..at least until you’re ready to upgrade (if you can swing it, I highly recommend)!
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Molly spotted a nice improvement to opening a plugin from the Community — now they can be opened in a recent file instead of creating a new empty file in Drafts.
This tiny update makes me SO happy!
— Molly Hellmuth (@molly_hellmuth) January 28, 2024
You can now open a plugin in a recent file instead of creating a new empty file in drafts. pic.twitter.com/QHRFtdudPB
It all started with Rahul Chakraborty’s question about a particular illustration technique used by Sketch in their blog. Two days later, Isaac Miller built the Extrusion Effect web app to generate cool extruded illustrations, and Anvesh Dunna turned this technique into a Figma plugin — hopefully, it will be available in the Community later this week. That’s why I love the design community!
Turned this into a plugin with a bunch of props. I love doing procedural stuff, so gave this a try. Learned a lot about vector networks. #figma #figmaplugin https://t.co/Z7ffG23eu9 pic.twitter.com/aAhCxL8oM5
— Anvesh Dunna (@anveshdunna) January 19, 2024
A cool technique of using randomizer plugins like Random Swap Variants and Variants Randomizer to generate a set of unique illustrations from predefined components.
Some #figma tip
— Max (@Aximoris) January 11, 2024
I was tasked by my manager to create around 6 covers for our blog page.
So I prepared a few components with different variants (background color, texture, shape, doodle), and then - using a randomizer plugin I quickly generated more than 6 covers per second 😎 pic.twitter.com/sWrMNwOU2E
A cool tutorial on creating an animated card background using Rogie’s popular Noise & Texture plugin — fast-forward to the end to see the final result.
See our new tutorial to learn how to use @rogie's Noise & Texture Figma plugin to create a beautiful bento card.
— Alex Barashkov (@alex_barashkov) November 23, 2023
Send me DM or reply in a comment to get a Figma link. pic.twitter.com/EcpLMt30oT
Some great recommendations for quality unitasker plugins in Fons Mans’s comments.
Some plugins in @Figma are full flex applications 😅
— Fons Mans (@FonsMans) November 2, 2023
I prefer the smaller ones, solving a simple and focussed issue.
What’s your go-to plugin?
Great update to the OkColor plugin letting you specify both absolute and relative chroma in colors.
Last OkColor update 🌈 you can now use relative chroma in OkLCH: https://t.co/ZUhIw7cojP
— Doko Zero (@dokozero) October 9, 2023
It does not replace OkLCH's absolute chroma which is important, but it brings the advantage of OkHSL's saturation while keeping the features of OkLCH.
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“Good typography is good design. This collection of plugins for Figma will help you to improve the typography in your design.” Font Fascia and Fonts Changer are two of my favorites on this list!
At Smashing Meets Figma event, Christine Vallaure showed how to add real data to your Figma designs, and various ways to include Google Sheets and API data via Kernel.
A preview of the new ray tracer plugin currently in development by Yi Shen. Some of the examples are pretty wild!
Testing @pissang1 Figma to 3D Plugin✨
— Davo (@pixelbeat) July 11, 2023
I'm absolutely impressed by his work.
Just a handful of levers to pull and I have a pretty solid 3D render from my Figma asset.
It's a ray tracer running on Figma. pic.twitter.com/vKOv82vTK1
Great video from Chad on a conversion technique I described above. Recommend watching this video before you embark on a journey to update your color system.
The first-ever demo of a new plugin by Diagram. Can’t wait for it to become a part of the editor!
Just unveiled at #Config2023: The first-ever demo of Genius by @diagram, now part of the Figma team. pic.twitter.com/0KxQViOz64
— Figma (@figma) June 22, 2023
Developer Advocates Jake and Akbar made a couple of sample plugins for importing/exporting variables and converting existing color styles to variables. (Also, Ryhan provides an interesting insight into how Figma migrated from color styles to variables in their internal design system.)
🛠 Plugins to help you along the way
— Figma (@figma) June 21, 2023
Our developer advocates @jak___e and @actuallyakbar have published a number of plugins to help you get started.
👉 Variables import/export plugin: https://t.co/HpyNOJ0JGd
👉 Styles to variables converter: https://t.co/ud7XFW2NpU pic.twitter.com/69T42lPAKM