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Figma 2.0 â Design and prototype in one always up to date tool
Super excited to introduce Figma 2.0 today -- now complete with Prototyping and Developer Handoff.
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@alexanderisora I experience no lag whatsoever with Figma, even with nearly 50 frames and thousands of layers. In fact, Sketch runs slower for me!
@alexanderisora The only file I have that runs slow has 250k layers... so not sure what you're throwing at it to slow it down. Load times, yeah, not ideal, but overall usage is pretty good for me.
@alexanderisora Hey Alexandra, our goal is to be the fastest tool around! Can you email me directly [my first name] at [figma] and cc [support] at [figma]? If you can send us an example file that's giving you issues (or even just system specs), we can investigate further and figure out what's going on.
@zoink sure Dylan.
But there will be no surprise for you. As far as I can see, JS apps are always clumsier that their native analogs. Telegram>Slack, SublimeText>Atom, Sketch>Figma etc.
@alexanderisora Give us a shot :) With respect: we are working very hard to prove you wrong. And if you can highlight some cases where we don't measure up just yet, we will do our best to fix them.
Hey there, Iâm Dylan, the CEO of Figma. Super excited to introduce Figma 2.0 today -- now complete with Prototyping and Developer Handoff. Weâre the only interface design tool that runs in the cloud, so weâre able to do some fun things with these features.
In Figma the prototype is the design file, so it never goes out of date. As you make changes to your files, theyâll be reflected in real time in your presentations⊠no exporting necessary.
Other highlights:
- You can tweak frames or add screens to prototypes in real time while others watch. Weâre already finding this hugely helpful in design critiques at Figma.
- No need for endless versioningâŠor the crazy naming conventions that other tools require to order your artboards (good-bye artboard 1, artboard a1, artboard a1b, artboard a1bcdefgahhhhhfuckthis).
- My new fav: You can navigate presentations from your phone. Any designers who dream of strolling the conference room like youâre giving a TED talk, this is your moment.
- You can use components (symbols) with hot spots, so when you set a navigation from a component once, it will populate through all instances
- Developers can access Developer Handoff tools in âview-onlyâ mode, which means (1) they wonât accidentally mess up design files and (2) Figma teams do not have to pay for them to access!
I wrote more about it here if you want to learn more: https://blog.figma.com/figma-2-0...
Figma is free for individuals (and students!). If you want to give it a try go to figma.com. Weâd love to hear what you think. Also happy to answer questions and get feedback on PH -- will this meet your design needs? What are you dying to see in the design tool space?
@zoink have been using it for 3+ months now, haven't touched PS , Sketch. Totally in love with this. Love that framer was supporting import from Figma but now I see how things are changing. Haven't loved a tool as much as Figma after using PS for 6 years.
Good luck with it.
@zoink I've been using Figma since the early alpha days. As usual, your team does not disappoint! đ Thanks for continuing to pour blood, sweat, and tears into this tool and making it so powerful.
@zoink Nice one! I really like the ability to have components with hotspots. Can I migrate my Adobe XD projects to Figma?
I've heard great things about Figma, good to see a big update! I'd consider myself a novice Sketch user (I try to leave the real stuff to our designer who actually knows what he's doing). Figma and similar products like Framer seem like the "future" of design tools given how they simplify handoffs to devs, etc. without adding in external tools, but I haven't had time to test them out. I've got a couple of questions for you:
1. How difficult is Figma to pick up given a base level knowledge in Sketch?
2. How would you compare the pure design capabilities of Figma vs Sketch? You can obviously do a lot in Sketch - does Figma provide the same level of detail & control in designs?
3. Can Figma handle animations & transitions? If so, do those work with developer handoff?
@nneuman I've been converted from the Sketch camp over the last few months. If you have a good level of understanding of Sketch, it should be a smooth transition. There's a few features that are distinct, like symbols vs components, but overall they're very similar.
I'd say that the only gap that Figma is currently missing vs Sketch, are the library of integrations and 3rd party plugins. This was a deal-breaker for me at first, but I've had a series of issues with plugins breaking my designs, so I'm actually liking it better without that worry in the back of my mind. These can be even more of a problem in a team environment.
No transitions or animations yet. Not sure if this is on their roadmap, as they are integrated with Framer right now, but I'd agree that there's a good deal of potential here.
Not to shamelessly plug, but I wrote a medium post on this topic about a month ago: https://medium.com/@tomjohndesig... . There's a bunch of questions that came up in the comments which might help you try it out.
@nneuman Hey Nick, thanks for your questions!
1. I've heard people say they are able to transition from Sketch to Figma in less than an hour. Our keyboard shortcuts are pretty similar (except that 'v' is 'move tool' like in Adobe Illustrator, not the vector tool â this drives me crazy in Sketch...) and we even have Sketch import.
2. So I'm a bit biased, but I'd say we are even more powerful than Sketch. Our rendering is top notch and in many cases we are even faster than Sketch. We also have features like Vector Networks (https://blog.figma.com/introduci...) that enable you to create icons faster.
3. Not yet, but we integrate with Framer for these use cases.
Loving the pace at which you guys ship new features and improve the tool!
I'm definitely considering moving to Figma (from Sketch), however, I think the UI (and especially the layer panel) is way too minimal and really hard to use. I would love to see that improved so I can make the switch!
Keep up the good work! đ„
Really glad to see Figma entering the prototyping field, I think a lot of designers want an all-in-one UI design tool and watch with a great interest whatâs going on with you, Framer, Sketch and their numerous plugins, Adobe XD, Atomic and many others.
Great update, I hope advanced animations and transitions are on their way and will be as well implemented as the rest!
Myself and my team love Figma. The real-time collaboration and being able to comment anywhere on the design to ask for feedback, or content edits is absolutely amazing! and that's just scratching the surface. Thanks for an amazing product that we use everyday! @rsms @sodewumi @jlfwong @ryanjkaplan @johanprag @kathrynaaker @zoink @evanwallace
They also have a integration with Zeplin and you can export all your layers into Zeplin.
Works very well. You can export every layer or group/object as JPG/PNG/SVG.
You can copy every text layer by just selecting it and Ctrl+C (copy as text), you can see the fonts and colors for text layers as well.
You can also share your projects with your team by email invite and public link.
Pros:Everything looks exacly like in Sketch
Cons:Uses a lot of RAM memory and sometimes breaks and needs a refresh
Great update!
Please, fix the Mirror problems. It canât scale mock-ups to iPhone viewport. I am making mock-ups in x2 format. And I canât look at them on iPhone, because the system can fit to screen.
And waiting solution such as Craft for fill up content.
I am a product manager and have little design skills or experience. In my startup saves me everyday in communicating with developers. Good job, guys.
I literally just started using Figma last week. I'm incredibly impressed by the performance of the web app.
Superb job guys, and great update đ»
Incredible update! Prototyping with living documents is a fun one to try and get your head around đź Killer work Figma team!
I realy love Figma. I use it almost every day! Works very well and has a very good UI. Actively recommend!
I've been using Figma as my main tool lately and I'm loving it. I still need Sketch for a few things here are there (like getting things done offline, but that's rare). I just really love prototyping now that I can see changes immediately (no waiting for exports or a server to sync). I also love it when I can collaborate with a writer as I design screens. We used Figma to design the App Store screenshots for Tonight! New York (also on Product Hunt) and it was so fun and productive.
Pros:The collaboration and prototyping features in Figma are game changing. I didn't think I needed collaboration, but I did!
Cons:...no offline app (yet?)
But I think they are still implementing some features. Above all, it's really a great alternative :)
Pros:Nice, comes with almost all XD tools, easy to learn interface
Cons:would be better if I can collapse the left tab. and also have a grid system like XD.
You can work offline with Figma, just open your project when connected, then you can disconnect and can still work with all the tools except to view your prototype. And also don't forget to connect to WiFi when you are done or else you will loose all your work.
This is an amazing update, truly deserving of a "2.0" label - congrats Dylan and team!!!
Tried Figma as Sketch replacement since i lost my MacBook.
Pros:- Easy to Use
- Cloud based Storage
- Have all basic vector need
- Zeplin integration which is plus for me
Cons:Sometimes the app is freeze after doing some medium to hard task.
Nothing wrong with my Laptop but the issue come from UWP i think
My goto wireframing tool. There are things in Sketch (organising and nesting/overriding components) and Adobe XD CC (the grid) i would like to see in Figma but the overall power and focus far outweighs a few shortcomings.
Pros:Platform independent. Sketch on steroids.
Cons:None IMHO
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