Figma Essential Training: The Basics
1h 38mBeginner2021-05-05
Authors

Brian Wood
Web Developer, Author, and Trainer
Course details
Learn how to use Figma, the collaborative interface design tool. This course introduces the features and concepts you’ll need to know to start your first user experience (UX) design project in Figma. Find out how to create new files, segment your project for multiple screens and devices, and start adding content, including shapes, images, drawing, effects, and text. Instructor Brian Wood then shows how to work smarter—not harder—using Figma features like layers, reusable formatting, and components. In the final chapters, you can add interactions to the mix to build functional prototypes that really tell the whole story of your design to collaborators and clients.
Skills covered
FigmaInteraction DesignUser ExperienceEssential Training
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The basics of Figma
- 02 - What you can learn
- 03 - Using the exercise files
- 04 - What is Figma
1. Getting Started with Figma
- 05 - Sign up for Figma
- 06 - Set up local fonts
2. Setting Up Your File in Figma
- 07 - Create a new file
- 08 - Create and edit frames
- 09 - Create pages
3. Adding Content in Figma
- 10 - Create shapes
- 11 - Combine and edit shapes
- 12 - An intro to drawing
- 13 - Add images
- 14 - Hide parts of content with a mask
- 15 - Get creative with effects
- 16 - Import content from UI kits
- 17 - Add and format text
4. Work Smarter
- 18 - Organize with layers
- 19 - Save formatting you can reuse
- 20 - Reuse content with components
- 21 - Resize content with constraints
5. Prototyping
- 22 - An intro to prototyping
- 23 - Start prototyping
Conclusion
- 24 - Goodbye
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