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Figma News | Sep 27, 2024

Figma introduced the ability to create a Figma Slides outline from a FigJam board using AI...

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Figma is a leading collaborative design tool based in San Francisco, California, that enables teams to design, prototype, and gather feedback on products in a single platform. It aims to make design accessible to everyone and offers a suite of products including Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides, facilitating collaboration among designers, developers, and product managers.

Updates as of Sep 27, 2024

  • Figma introduced the ability to create a Figma Slides outline from a FigJam board using AI.
  • Figma launched its first plugin called Spring for faster animation on September 27.
  • Figma now supports automatic generation of component variants with the new version of CVA.
  • Figma released a VS Code extension that allows developers to access and inspect designs directly within the editor.
  • Figma has removed support for Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean languages from their website.
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  • Figma's Variables feature has exited beta but lacks viewer access for engineers, causing inconvenience for users.
  • Figma is hosting a back-to-school special event titled 'Tools for the Future: Your Best Semester' with Notion and The Browser Company.
  • Figma built a new UI optimized for large screens, which can be annoying to use on laptops.
  • Peloton Game Studio is using Figma to create wireframes and prototypes for their new fitness game.
  • Figma is being used for UX design and prototyping at sweetgreen.
  • Figma reintroduced its Make Design feature as First Draft, now in limited beta, to help designers start projects more easily using AI models like GPT-4 and Amazon Titan.
  • Figma introduced editable text in measurements in Dev Mode to describe design details beyond numbers.
  • Figma now supports using CSS Scroll Snap to enhance user experience when converting designs to WordPress websites.

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