The most common one is Navigate To, which gives you the option to select a different frame that the user will arrive to when this interaction is over. Now that you selected your trigger, you can see different options for the behavior of this interaction. This interaction type is limited to frames only, you can’t choose this kind of interaction when prototyping buttons, for example.
Think about menus and sub menus, for example. Best to use when you want something to happen when mouse enter and not go back automatically when the hovering is done. Mouse Enter/Mouse Leave: the interaction will begin when mouse enters or leaves the selected element (or frame), very similar to While Hovering but it won’t automatically bounce back when the hovering is over, with both mouse enter and leave you can fake an interaction that feels about the same.While Hovering: your interaction will begin when the user hovers on your selected object or frame and it will return to its initial state when the user is done hovering.If the Interaction is on a frame, so the user will be able to click anywhere on this frame to trigger the interaction. On Click: means that the interaction will happen when the user clicks your selected object.I won’t cover all the triggers but a few important ones are: The Animation part is where you’ll pick the animation style and duration. Once you selected an arrow, the option titled Interaction is where you can pick the kind of trigger and behavior for this interaction. If you can’t see the options titled Interaction and Animation, you need to click on one of these blue arrows. The arrows representing the flow between frames (or objects)Īfter connecting the screens you’ll see on the Prototype tab options for your selected interaction. If you want to animate an element you must insert that element inside a frame, so you’ll have a canvas for the plugin to work on. Now that we have the plugin installed, let’s dive right in, to open Figmotion go to Plugins and select Figmotion, Open Figmotion, the plugin will be opened in a new window above everything else. If Figmotion isn’t there go to Browse all plugins and there will be a list of all the plugins available, you can go to the search box at the top right corner and just type Figmotion.
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How do I install a Plugin in Figma? First of all, if you don’t have the plugin installed, go to your Figma app and under the Plugins menu go to Manage Plugins, here you’ll see a few featured plugins. It’s a great way to add motion to your designs and render those designs as a video or a GIF to share with other people on the team. Most notably is Adobe Photoshop, but this is Figma, so let’s make a GIF with Figmotion, which is a plugin for Figma that lets you make keyframe-based animations (kind of like a mini version of After Effects).įigmotion is a bit tricky because it’s an external plugin, it has some bugs and unintended consequences sometimes. GIFs can be made with a variety of tools.
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In this article I will go over the different methods of adding animations to designs done in Figma, from the most simple to the complex, feel free to hop around them as you wish, this is my order: Somehow I see a lot of people eyeballing towards Adobe XD, Protopie, UXPin or Principle for their animation features, so I decided to write this article to let you know what’s possible these days in Figma.Īs our tools keep evolving I’m sure Figma will get more and more features and this article might seem quaint in a few months, but this is a snapshot of what’s possible today. It matured as one of the most influencing design tools around, it also got an ecosystem of plugins around it and a few new tricks up its sleeve. I like Figma, it’s one of those tools that from the first time I tried it I understood there’s something new and interesting here, since then it only got better with every update.Īs a designer/developer I always look out for new tools, both at the design front and at the development front, we clearly are in the golden age of new tools in both of these fronts.įigma has come a long way since I first tried it out.
Figma: 5 ways to add animation to your designs
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