So you want to Figma?

Config, a Figma conference is happening this year both in person and virtual. Get more details at https://config.figma.com! All speakers have been announced! Hope to see you there!

Making a map location icon in Figma! In this quick demo we make a map location icon using a circle and we cover some vector short cut keys that give you control over bezier handles.

Have you ever lost sight of your frames in #figma against the canvas when they have no background color? Use the quick actions menu (Cmd or Ctrl + P) and type in 'show frame outlines.' And you will see the bounds of your frames on the canvas. #figmatip

Here is a video on prototyping overlay transitions with thumbnails. Recently, I was working with a colleague and we were troubleshooting ways we can have thumbnails assembled into an auto layout frame, but also have hover previews that broke out of those frames with a higher zindex. This is what we came up with. Here is a link to the community file: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1185614750827595773

Here are two quick tips to get the most out of spell check in Figma and FigJam! 👉 Enable or disable spell check with Command (Ctrl) + P and type 'Check spelling' 👉 Choose a language by right-clicking on a misspelled word! (It will auto-detect by default)

Quickly making a cactus icon in Figma.

Happy Monday! Have you ever just needed to get the original image out of a design Figma?! Get the original image by selecting it, going to the inspect panel and scrolling down to the fill area. You can pluck the originial, as-placed, unaltered image out of Figma.

Figma's new scale ui is pretty great. - Select an object you want to scale - Press the "K" key - Choose a multiplyer or size on the right design panel For example 2.5x will multiply the current dimensions by 2.5 and scale everyting like frames, type and stroke sizes accordingly.

First! Was just helping out a friend with a thing, and they didn't know that you can measure the distance between points in Figma, so I am instinctively sharing here (as I do). - Select an object or point - Hold the option key (alt on Win) - Move your mouse to another point or object