Note: If you have a different UI than in the course, you can change it back by clicking the '?' in the bottom right corner of Figma and select 'Go back to previous UI'. Happy Figma'ing!

Figma Advanced Tutorial: Become a Figma Pro

Autolayout Nesting with variants and responsive text in Figma

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Course contents
SECTION: 1
Getting Started 5:42
SECTION: 2
Auto Layout - Level 1 55:49
SECTION: 3
Advanced Workflow Tricks 35:51
SECTION: 4
Grids 20:20
SECTION: 5
Simple App Brand 19:52
SECTION: 6
Nested & Responsive Auto layouts 48:11
SECTION: 7
Animation - Level 1 1:11:43
SECTION: 8
Prototyping - Level 1 1:26:31
1. Create & remove bulk multiple noodles wires at once in Figma
3:05
2. Quiz question 13
3. How to bulk update nav links in your Figma prototype
3:15
4. How to set the right phone and find old prototype phones in Figma
4:01
5. How to make sticky scroll position search bar in Figma
3:43
6. Quiz question 14
7. How to stack multiple sticky text vertical scrolling in Figma
13:56
8. Quiz question 15
9. Class project 06 - Multiple Sticky Headings
2:25
10. How to make Interactive Components in Figma
3:42
11. How to make a checkmark turn on and off in Figma
2:38
12. Interactive components with sliding button in navigation for Figma
6:55
13. Quiz question 16
14. Class project 07 - Sliding Button Nav Challenge
4:14
15. Class project 07 - Completed
3:51
16. How to use Sections in Figma for organizing your content
4:49
17. How to use sections for prototyping in Figma
6:38
18. Quiz question 17
19. How to add iOS battery wifi notch status bar to Figma
7:11
20. How to add iOS or Android Snack Bar UI to Figma
10:38
21. Class project 08 - Operating System UI
1:47
22. Be careful what you create in Figma
3:43
SECTION: 9
Advanced Layers 29:26
SECTION: 10
Components & Variants - Level 1 1:07:49
SECTION: 11
Typography 57:38
SECTION: 12
Imagery 1:03:59
1. How to create an image style in Figma
3:47
2. Quiz question 27
3. What's the difference with Images inside frames vs fills vs Masked in Figma
4:15
4. How to crop images using shortcuts in Figma
2:13
5. Quiz question 28
6. How to mask images with text in Figma
6:21
7. Class Project 10 - Text Mask
2:49
8. How to mask using transparent pngs with alpha channels in Figma
6:35
9. Quiz question 29
10. Class Project 11 - Alpha Mask
1:23
11. How to create a luma mask in Figma
3:02
12. Quiz question 30
13. Class project 12 - Luma Mask
1:00
14. How to make a spillover mask outside of the frame in Figma
9:49
15. How to use the pen tool to make image masks in Figma
11:04
16. Quiz question 31
17. How to use color layer blending modes in Figma
9:13
18. Class project 13 - Social Ad
2:28
19. Quiz question 32
SECTION: 13
Video 33:47
SECTION: 14
Color 17:38
SECTION: 15
Styles & Libraries 34:20
SECTION: 16
Drawing, Stroke & Fill 36:19
SECTION: 17
Auto Layout - Level 2 34:07
1. How to overlap & stack things in a Figma Autolayout
3:16
2. Quiz question 39
3. What are the shortcuts for hug & fill in Figma
3:36
4. Quiz question 40
5. How to set absolute spacing so things ignore Autolayout in Figma
2:47
6. Quiz question 41
7. How to absolute position something that is responsive in Figma
2:23
8. How stick things to the bottom right of an auto layout in Figma
4:02
9. How to resize a box automatically in a Auto Layout to match text in Figma
4:52
10. What are the autolayout padding and resizing shortcuts
1:51
11. How to create a minimum width height button in Figma
4:23
12. How to wrap auto layout objects in Figma
1:42
13. What does stroke included excluded mean in Figma auto layout
2:00
14. Quiz question 42
15. How to set custom spacing in auto layouts in Figma
3:15
SECTION: 18
Components & Variants - Level 2 18:22
SECTION: 19
Prototyping - Level 2 1:01:57
SECTION: 20
Variables 33:57
SECTION: 21
Design Tokens 29:28
SECTION: 22
Animation - Level 2 16:52
SECTION: 23
Accessibility 11:01
SECTION: 24
Working with Stakeholders 49:39
SECTION: 25
What Next 21:49

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Course info

177 lessons / 16 hours 46 quiz questions 21 projects Certificate of achievement

Overview

Hi there, aspiring Figma enthusiasts! Are you ready to embark on an exhilarating journey with me, Dan Scott, as we unlock the full potential of our Figma skills in the dazzling realm of UX/UI Design using Figma Advanced?

Try Figma for free by clicking here.

This course is tailor-made for those who have already mastered the fundamental principles of UI/UX Design using Figma. If you've triumphed over my Figma Essentials course or have a sneaking suspicion that there's a treasure trove of unexplored tools, tips, workflows, and updates awaiting your discovery, then look no further! This course is your golden ticket to taking your UI/UX prowess to the next level.

Together, we'll start by delving into the depths of multilevel nested autolayouts, and unravel the secrets used by UX professionals by learning:
- Workflow techniques, managing design assets, styles, components, grid and column layouts like true virtuosos.
- Learn how to use Variables and put them to work creating even more complete prototypes.
- Use variables to make Light & Dark Modes + Compact & Comfortable spacing versions of your components. 
- You’ll then take your new knowledge of variables to understand and create your own Design Tokens. 
  • - Unleashing the magic of advanced animation techniques, captivating users with animated background gradients and Houdini Text.
  • - Harness the power of Lottie animation files, breathing life into your designs.
  • - Crafting responsive elements that effortlessly adapt to any device, proving your design prowess knows no bounds.
  • - Unleashing the full potential of powerful images & video masking techniques, amplifying the visual impact of your creations.
  • - Mastering advanced typography features, transforming words into captivating works of art.
  • - Embracing the realm of AI, infusing your process with its genius to elevate your skills as a UX designer.
  • - Elevate your prototyping game, conducting user tests with finesse using advanced techniques.
  • - Unveiling sticky scroll buttons that stack, animated anchor points and booleans, and a host of other captivating effects.
  • - Creating enchanting dropdown menus, hover grow effects for images, and expanding search bars.
  • - Discovering the right accessibility tools & techniques, ensuring inclusivity and usability for all users.
  • - Becoming a variant boss, expertly taming unwieldy variants to just 1 or 2.
  • - Unveiling the secrets of seamless collaboration with designers, developers, and stakeholders.
  • - Mastering the art of exporting production-ready assets, bringing your designs to life beyond the realm of Figma.
  • - Unearthing professional workflow tricks & shortcuts, saving you precious time and skyrocketing your efficiency.
  • - Plus much more exciting advanced Figma goodness along the way!

As you journey through this course, you'll acquire the skills wielded by UX professionals, gaining a profound understanding of the UX Design industry. From concept to a highly polished finish, you'll confidently manage your own UX projects ideal for your portfolio.

Throughout the course, I'll assign assignments and projects that nurture your skills and empower you to create your very own unique UX design masterpiece for your portfolio. Don’t worry if this all seems overwhelmingly advanced right now, because the BYOL crew stands ready to support and guide you, ensuring your questions get answered.

It's time to embrace the call to upgrade yourself and transcend from being a good UX Designer to a bona fide Figma UX Superhero! Unlock your potential, save the day, and let your design prowess soar!

Requirements:

- A copy of Figma (a free plan is available on the Figma website).
  • - Basic knowledge of Figma is required. I recommend watching my Figma Essentials course prior to embarking on this epic adventure.

Who this course is for:

  • - UX/UI adventurers who already have a basic understanding of Figma.
  • - Self-taught Figma enthusiasts yearning for structured guidance.
  • - Graduates of my Figma Essentials Course, hungry for more knowledge and skills.
  • - Visionaries who have developed their own unique Figma approach but crave exploration of the vast universe of tools, updates, and time-saving techniques.

What you'll learn:

  • - Diving deep into multi level nested autolayouts. 
  • - Robust components that are easy to update and hard to break. 
  • - Component properties. 
- Variables
- Design Tokens
- Advanced Prototyping using Variables
  • - Learn Workflow tips and tricks for managing your design assets, styles, components, grid and column layouts.
  • - Advanced animation techniques
  • - Animated Background gradients. 
  • - Houdini Text
  • - Animate along a path in Figma
  • - How to add Lottie animation files in Figma
  • - Build responsive elements ready for any device size.
  • - The best shortcuts & plugins to make you a more efficient UX designer.
  • - Absolute Positioning of Autolayouts. 
  • - Powerful images & video masking techniques. 
  • - Advanced typography features. 
  • - Learn to use AI in your process to make you a better UX designer. 
  • - Advanced prototyping techniques to level up your user tests. 
  • - Make prototypes better and faster using tricks & shortcuts. 
  • - Sticky scroll buttons that stack. 
  • - Video playback controls. 
  • - Animated anchor points and booleans.
  • - Create a Dropdown menu
  • - Create a hover grow effect for images.
  • - Create and expanding Search Bar 
  • - Learn the right accessibility tools & techniques  
  • - Become a variant boss. Cutting down those 100 variants to just 1 or 2. 
  • - Learn the best ways to work with other designers, developers and stakeholders. 
  • - Build a UX project from beginning to end ready for your portfolio.
  • - Export production ready assets.
  • - Learn professional workflow tricks & shortcuts.
  • - Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew.
  • - All the techniques used by UX professionals
  • - 160 videos of detailed Figma Advanced Content.
Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott

Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor

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I discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.

Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.

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Transcript

Hey everyone, at the moment this is what our little responsive card does... kind of works, except with this text, look... sad text, doesn't work... in this video, we're going to make it do this, watch... kind of reshuffles... and also we're going to add a variant...

to say that we turn the price off... look, the text reflows... yes, I've messed up the spelling of Egyptian, that is also part of this video. One thing I do want to throw into here is that... you might be finding it confusing, some of you would be like... "Ah, that's a breeze, this is easy"...

for those of you who are finding it tricky, and tough... and going, "Do they have to be this complex?"... no, they don't, but it's good to understand this stuff... so that you can build complex things if you need to... and by kind of stretching out into this more complicated stuff... it makes the stuff that seemed hard, easy, you play comparison...

kind of beats it into our head, and you might be like me... and like the challenge of building these things... that are quite responsive and resilient... and we can send them out, and people can't break, oh, broken... don't drag it down, dragging down, but it's a future video... but for now let's get their text to reflow.

So we need that text to kind of reflow when that is in there... plus we want to make that a variable, so we can turn on and off... so there's two things we need to do... we need to make it an auto layout, this whole bottom chunk... and we need to make this text box fill the container... so at the moment if I click on enough...

inside of my main component, which is my card... I've got this just framed down the bottom here... which started as a purple box, and that I stuffed the price in there... and I threw in some text. So the first thing I need to do is the entire kind of wrapper... this frame here needs to be an auto layout...

we know the shortcut for that, 'Shift A', doing it all day... we'll worry about the layout in a second... I really want to jump in and do padding and margin... but let me show you the other thing we need to do, is this text box here... at the moment has got a fixed width... so that's why, when I resize this thing it doesn't really work...

if we say, fill the container, nothing really changes... except that when I respond it's going to fill the space provided... at the moment it goes to the edge of this... watch what happens when we resize it, look at that... it adjusts, there you go. So they've got this auto layout, inside of this auto layout...

which is now inside of this auto layout... ah, Figma inception... and before we go and fix the padding let's do the last thing... and turn it into a variable... just to get in the swing of things... does this need to be a variable?

We're going to do it anyway... so for this to have variables, variants, come on, Dan... it needs to be a component set, which is the same thing as a main component... and where can a main component not live? Inside a parent main component... you're like "I'm out, I'm turning the video off"...

ah, we started easy, we're getting harder, this is good, we'll keep practicing. So you're going to go over here... you are going to be, not a component at the moment... so I'm going to say, you, over here, you're my main component... 'Command Option K', 'Ctrl Alt K', you're a component... I want to add a property to it, what property?

A variant, not a variable... let's have two variants... let's put it somewhere else, let's grab the edge of it... and put it somewhere it's not kind of overlapping everything... and a second variant here, we need to turn this off... and because it's in an auto layout, just do it, Dan...

look at that, it's an auto layout, which means it disappears, everything reflows... and because this thing says, Fill Container, not Hug, not Fixed... it goes, all right, I'm going to fill the container... whereas on this one it's filling all the way to the edge here... because there's something in the way... but when there's nothing in the way it says, I'm still filling it...

hey, look how far I go... it's not over there, how do I get it? Let's go to our 'Assets panel', let's grab an instance of it... and put it over here... there we go, it's not in the right place let's have a look at our layers... I need to be inside this, my Card Event...

now I'm going to play around with the padding to try and make it look nice... and what I mean by that is... in the auto layout here, of the lower Nav... I'm just going to kind of try and push everything around... but I'm not going to do it in the instance... actually, I'm going to do it in the instance for now, I'm going to show you...

how is everybody? You're like, "Oh yeah, get this looking good, this is great."  I'm going to look at the padding of the right hand side... yeah, I want it to be 16, perfect... I get this thing looking sweet... and then I realize I'm working on the instance, what do I do? Huh, what do I do?

You can select on the instance and say... right click and say, actually, I want to push, where are we? Here we go, 'Push changes to main component'... and then it will adjust over here, where is it? That one there... because you forget, and it's kind of weird...

just adjusting this and then keeping an eye on this one, and adjusting this one... sometimes it's easier to just adjust the instance and then push it to the main... mainly because I forget... and while we're here let's tidy the--  actually, that's over here, let's tidy the property names... so this is going to be Price... and I would like, I'm going to have this little option here to say, On and Off...

you can say, True or False, that works as well... can't think of any other ones, go Stop, nope, that doesn't work. if you know of any other ones that turn on this cool toggle switch... let me know in the comments, there we go... you notice that the bottom is changing in this one, how do I fix that? I am going to turn it off, fix it in my instance...

bump it up one more pixel... and then I'm going to say... you, 'Main Component', let's push it... before I forget, and now when I toggle it on and off, hey, there we go. Other problem is, I adjusted all my padding... when I had this on, to get it how I wanted...

then I pushed it back to the main component, the component set here... but these are actually separate now, can you see... the spacing is different on this one... so I need the spacing on this... actually, the spacing of this... 16, 5, 10, 10, to be the same as this...

I can copy it, 'Command Option C' to copy... that's 'Ctrl Alt C', and this one, so same two keys, plus 'V'... there we go, now hopefully... this one over here is, oh, not sure, which one am I doing? We got a little lost, there we go, you, my friend, need to be... you saw me do it, I didn't know how I did that...

but now I can surely go in here, toggle that on, that off... they're the same. So that was good, we brought up a good couple of points of like messing with... one of the variants, and assuming you're doing it for both... then realizing your mistake, and being able to... copy and paste the properties to both of these...

all right, accidental bonus. Let's do one last thing... actually, I just thought we've got a couple of variants going... so I can say, actually, this one here... my Card Lower, nope, my Price, actually has its own toggle switch... and weirdly, I was staring there, going...

"I thought I just made this thing work," it doesn't work... it actually does, it's just that... there, it's actually so you can see it's spreading out, but the word Egyptian... if it was smaller it would be better, there we go. So let's turn this toggle on, toggle off, now it works, it was working... do you get the idea?

Just, the line was too long to break down to the next one... all right, I'm back, I finished this video, and did the outro... and then I was like, "Yeah, look how cool I am"... this works, the variable turning on and off... so if I double click on the bottom one I can turn this on and off, it reflows... why doesn't it reflow nice and responsive though?

It's because if I click on my lower card... the constraints, I'm going to hold 'Shift'... so that I've got left and right going, we can pick it from here, now it'll work... why did that go away? Because it was working at the beginning, remember, earlier when I made this... remember, I said I need to make it a component, so let's drag it...

out of here, and I made a component, and then I put it back in... when it comes out of here it did it again, look, I dragged it out, and it goes... it didn't drag it out, it didn't lose it... but when I did all this stuff to it, it somehow lost that... and just become left aligned... there you go.

That is the mystery solved, or the problem that I created, and we fixed... I like to pretend, like sometimes I put these in as learning experiences... but man, when you're building these things when they... you know, start doing complicated things like we're doing now... you end up just having to test lots, and then go, "Huh, what happened?"... like in the next few videos we're going to have to go, "What's happening here?"  ignore that for the moment, we will fix all that...

all the while becoming auto layout, component, variable... sorry, variant, and constraint masters, there we go... I'll see you in the next video.
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