Community: Rogie King

A recent trick/tip that you share with everyone

As always, Rogie’s tweets gather a lot of fantastic replies.

What's a recent @figmadesign trick/tip you've found out that you share with everyone?
— ˗ˏˋrawr-gieˎˊ (@rogie) October 13, 2021

Fun effects with boolean groups

Boolean groups + vector networks + rounded corners = magic! Don’t miss Miguel’s original thread, and check out where they brought it in the end 🤯

Playing with @figmadesign with @Miggi https://t.co/dOW7sOb4w1 pic.twitter.com/P9xtQQxg1x
— ˗ˏˋrawr-gieˎˊ (@rogie) September 20, 2021

Stuff I wish I knew in Figma when I started

Rogie asks for great tips, and the community delivers in replies.

I’m creating a resource for y’all on stuff I wish I knew in Figma when I started. Can you throw me your favorites?
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) August 4, 2021

Knockout shadow

By default, drop shadows are no longer displayed through transparent areas of objects. Check out this thread by Rogie on how this feature came to life.

Figma just rolled out a feature that allows you to turn off showing a shadow behind transparent areas. I'm ridiculously stoked about this because of what it means for turning designs into code.

Left: HTML shadows
Right: Figma shadows

🧶 A thread this little/big feature... pic.twitter.com/AgvnWL8UAa
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) July 22, 2021

HEIC Import

A new plugin from Rogie, this time for importing files in Apple’s default photo format.

Rogie King built a plugin to import .procreate files into Figma, complete with named layers, groups, blend modes, and clipping masks. Make sure to check out a Twitter thread on his challenges during development.

Figma Tips

Designer Advocate Rogie built a plugin that helps you up your design game in Figma by watching short tutorial videos from the official YouTube channel.

A list of cool things made with Interactive Components

Rogie compiled a giant list of cool demos and experiments.

Ok, wow. Figma released interactive components a few days ago it is already blowing my mind what you all have been able to make. I compiled a list of all the cool things y'all are making , here:

🧵
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) March 1, 2021

Design and preview at the same time

Great tip from Rogie on designing zoomed-in and previewing work in actual size at the same time.

Quick #FigmaTip for y'all. Ever want to design zoomed in AND preview the design at 100% at the same time?

1. Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new desktop app window
2. Cmd/Ctrl + . to hide the UI on your preview window
3. Arrange your windows

Happy designing/previewing! pic.twitter.com/Bu33RLy0vG
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) March 3, 2021

Issue #35
Mar 14, 2021
#Rogie King

Figma in 5: Tricks on Fire II

Rogie with another collection of hot tips and tricks.

Figma in 5: Tricks on Fire

In just 5 minutes, Rogie shares a ton of great tips in a rapid-fire way.

Figma in 5: Auto Layout

A new video in Rogie’s short video series.

Office Hours: Auto Layout

Designer Advocates Rogie King and Anthony DiSpezio show how the updated Auto Layout works, discuss the best practices, and answer questions from the audience.

How Auto Layout works with child layers

Rogie explains hug, fixed, and fill resizing options. The demo of building a to-do list and a table with Auto Layout is really impressive!

Here's a quick run-down on how @figmadesign's improved Auto Layout works with child layers:

≺≻ Fill
≻≺ Hug
⊢⊣ Fixed#FigmaTip pic.twitter.com/2SBx8qkVTV
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) November 20, 2020

Figma in 5: Vectors I

New video series from Rogie, where he explores a single topic in just five minutes. The signal to noise ratio is really high, so everyone will learn something. He kicks off the series with vector shapes, but don’t miss Part 2, where he covers vector editing tools.

Rogie: 3 new features to ease communication with your developers

Rogie demonstrates a few recent improvements to the Inspect tab.

A #TotallyRadFigmaTip for you — I cover 3 new features to ease communication with your developers:

🔥 Documentation Link field (just dropped!)
✨ "Parent Component" inspect panel area
✨ Animation panel inspect panel area#FigmaTips

Here's how to do it in @figmadesign: pic.twitter.com/U9cHlxT7Rg
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) November 3, 2020

Use the Inspect panel

The Inspect panel was also updated this week to make translating design to code easier. Now it provides extra details like documentation, parent component, and animation behaviors. Watch a quick demo by Rogie.

We’re updating the Inspect panel so it’s even easier to translate designs → code. This week, you’ll start to see extra details like documentation, parent component, and animation behaviors.

Learn more ⤵️https://t.co/Qm5h7pXnnj
— Figma (@figma) October 28, 2020

Rogie: Preserve icon colors when you swap out icons

Using a Union boolean operator to preserve colors is a mind-blowing hack! 🤯

Here it is. A workaround for your buttons to preserve icon colors when you swap out icons.

This has been another #TotallyRadFigmaTip from ya boi.

Here's the @Figmadesign file: https://t.co/USmdie8ldt #figmatips #figmatip pic.twitter.com/bueqfLyVFS
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) October 30, 2020

Adding hover states

Rogie shows how to add a hover state and make nav component instances inherit all main component triggers.

Adding hover states in @figmadesign.

✨Bonus: Nav component instances inherit all main component triggers. I loved when I learned this. #FigmaTips https://t.co/3l7bBAmYKZ pic.twitter.com/rEyIj5DuTF
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) October 9, 2020

GIF

A plugin by Rogie to play GIF animations in the editor (!), make memes, and export animated GIFs straight from Figma.

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