Figma is one of the most powerful design tools available for free. Get familiar with it.
Figma is a top-rated design software that helps individuals and teams create designs faster and more efficiently. Figma is completely free and can be used on any web browser on Mac or Windows.
This course will introduce Figma and explain how to get started. These are some of the key topics that will prepare you to design beautiful UI/UX designs.
- Figma: What is it and why should you use it in your design projects
- How to sign up for the Desktop App
- Reviewing the menu options
- Learn how to import existing Sketch files into Sketch (if you're coming directly from Sketch).
- Explore the Main Toolbar, Layers and Properties Panels
- Learn about Grids, Frames, and Shape Tools
- Learn how to use the Pen & Pencil Tools and how to use Boolean Operations for combining shapes
- Figma: How to align objects
Is this the right course for you?
If any of these apply to your situation, you're in the right spot.
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You are interested in user interface and user experience design (UI/UX), but don't know where to begin.
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Entrepreneur with an app idea. You want to make your idea a prototype and mockup.
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To get the job you want at companies such as Apple, Google, and Airbnb, you will need to improve your design skills.
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You are already a designer and would like to jump into Figma to take your designs to the next step.
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You are interested in making an income as a freelance designer.
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You are simply looking for a new career and graphic design has intrigued you.
What do you need?
This course is designed for both novice and experienced designers who want to improve their Figma skills. You will need a web browser and a computer.
What's Next?
It's entirely up to you to decide what Figma is used for. Here are two courses I have created that will help you learn Figma for designing mobile and web apps. These courses are worth a look:
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About your instructor
This course is taught Nima Thami, entrepreneur and designer. Nima has over 10 years experience in designing and developing mobile apps and web applications for clients and his own startups. ShiftRide, Nima's current startup has been featured in numerous news outlets, including Forbes. The app was highlighted because of its simplicity.
This course was created by Nima to help people become better designers. Design is a foundation for many things, from great websites and products to great advertising and everything in between. Nima also created and developed an open-source iPhone library called FCAlertView. This allows 350,000+ app developers to create beautiful, customizable alert prompts in their apps.
