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Magician enters public beta

“A magical AI-powered design tool for Figma” is now available to the public with a 7‑day trial.

How Figma apps have changed in 2022

Robert Bye reflects on his first full year at the new Figma Native apps team and how much their desktop, iPad, and phone apps have changed in 2022

Cool glowing button

Vijay wrote a step-by-step guide on making a button with a cool multi-color glowing effect.

Tips for creating and presenting slides

Ana Boyer with tips for using Figma for presentations.

Managing Styles

Luis is experimenting with a different way of managing styles in Figma. He argues that bringing styles a lot closer to their usage makes it easier to understand the context.

Learn how to create “Linear gradients”

In this tutorial thread, Fons Mans walks through the steps of creating Linear-like gradients. The community file is available as well.

6 ways to work smarter with colors

A few solid tips and tricks on working with colors in Figma.

FigJam in virtual reality

Ever wanted to collaborate in FigJam using virtual reality? A note from the developer: ​“We wouldn’t build a better tool than Figma, so we used their super SDK to write a plugin that integrates with our XR application. We develop our applications for Snapdragon Spaces technology, available for Lenovo A3 glasses, as well as for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. We use Unity technology, so in the future the app can be open on any device like Android/​iOS/​MagicLeap/​Quest etc. The app is still a prototype, but we consider of going forward and release it in some day.”

Notes from Figma investment opportunity

Founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian shared his notes from a missed investment opportunity in Figma back in 2016. Hard to believe that it was still in private beta and they didn’t even charge for it only 6 years ago!

FigTree

While the community file is super simple, I love how its prototype is used as a quick landing page, with links and animations. Fast and scrappy!

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Vijay Verma with a smart workaround for rotating an object reflection with the key object. (And here is another one, if that wasn’t enough!)

Managing gradients in Figma

Miggi with two great tips on managing gradients. I wish we didn’t need to resolve to a 100 pixels square hack, but often it gets the job done!

Shaders

Dan Hollick with a fantastic deep dive on shaders. While this specialized area of graphics programming may seem too niche, shaders have been gaining popularity in UI design for animating gradients and creating cool special effects. In Figma, you can play with shaders inside Rogie’s popular Noise & Texture plugin.

Primitive shapes challenge

Vijay challenges himself by limiting his tools only to primitives while working on this icon. It’s quite amazing what can be done by mixing imagination with 29 ellipses, 8 rectangles, and 1 frame.

Design System Overrides

In a short thread, Nitish Khagwal explains how instance overrides work in Figma.

Best advanced Figma tips for setting up a design system

Dann Petty asks for the best Figma tips for setting up a design system, and there are lots of golden nuggets in the replies. One of my favorites is ​“to not over eagerly start the design system when you start a project”.

Top 10 Figma mistakes when building the design system

Molly Hellmuth shares common mistakes that many of her students make when building their first design system, from overusing component sets and styles to mismanaging icons and making every component public.

Export Smart Animations to GIF

Early beta of a new plugin for exporting Figma animations into a GIF.

Inner shadows

Vijay is experimenting with inner shadows in Figma. Despite a limit of only 8 shadows, it’s usually enough to create a 3D effect on any shape.

Slot components mistake

Ridd explains why it’s better to think of each container component as having a single slot instead of a bunch of individual slots.

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