# Figma Bootcamp (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://training.sdfm.org/courses/figma-bootcamp-self-paced>

## Overview

Figma is a modern design platform built specifically for Web, UX, and App Designers. Unlike traditional image editors like Photoshop, which were originally made for print or photo retouching, Figma was created with a sole focus on crafting user interfaces and experiences. In this hands-on course, you’ll explore how to design responsive layouts using frames, manage typography, colors, and imagery, and build reusable components. You’ll also learn to create interactive prototypes that include scrollable areas, navigation overlays, and animations using Smart Animate.

## What you'll learn

- Create UI (user interface) and UX (user experience) designs for websites, apps, and more
- Design finished layouts that are optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop screens
- Design on grids, extract image assets, share designs with clients/developers, and more
- Build interactive prototypes
- Make animations using smart animate
- Use components (including variants) to make updating your designs easier
- Work with Team libraries to share style and design components

## Curriculum

### Section 1

#### Creating a New Figma File

- Creating a new file
- Setting up frames (other apps call these artboards)
- Setting up a Layout Guide

#### Designing on a Layout Guide (like the Bootstrap Grid)

- How to design on a Layout Guide
- Adding text
- Creating colored backgrounds for text columns

#### Importing & Cropping Photos

- Importing & cropping photos
- Rounding corners

#### Vector Graphics, Colors, Shadows, & More

- Importing vector graphics
- Aligning & distributing layers
- Layer opacity vs. fill opacity
- Reusing colors (color styles)
- Adding a drop shadow

### Section 2

#### Components (Reusable Elements)

- Creating & editing components
- Overriding content in one instance vs. globally updating all components
- Setting Constraints
- Detaching from a component

#### Turning a Design into a Clickable Prototype

- Linking between frames (artboards)
- Previewing the prototype
- Creating an overlay
- Fixing the position of elements so they don’t scroll

#### Exporting Assets for Web: SVG, JPEG, & PNG

- Exporting individual assets
- Exporting frames (artboards)

#### Sharing Figma Files: Commenting, Testing, Developers, etc.

- Sharing a Figma file
- Sharing a Prototype
- Commenting on shared files
- Viewing a prototype for user testing
- Specs for developers

### Section 3

#### Auto Layout: Introduction

- Using Tidy Up for Even Spacing
- Using Auto Layout
- Alignment Constraints
- Spacing, Rearranging, & Adding Items with Auto Layout

#### Auto Layout: Deeper Dive

- Nesting Auto Layouts
- Auto Layout Gap Spacing & Padding
- Auto Layout Sizing & Constraints
- Negative Spacing & Stacking Order
- Ignoring Auto Layout

#### Linking Up/Down a Page, Scrollable Areas, & Hyperlinks

- Making Links that Scroll Up/Down a Page
- Making the Navbar Fixed to the Screen
- Adjusting the Position & Speed of the Scroll
- Creating a Scrollable Area Within a Page
- Adding Hyperlinks

#### Text Styles

- Opening Sketch files in Figma
- Handling missing fonts
- Creating, editing, & organizing text styles

### Section 4

#### Component Properties & Variants

- Component Properties (Text, Boolean, Instance Swap, & Variant)
- Creating & Using Component Variants

#### Hovers, Overlays, & Smart Animate

- Adding a Hover State to a Button (Using Variants)
- Opening a Pop-Up (Using an Overlay)
- Auto Animating the Hover with Smart Animate

#### Team Libraries (Shared Libraries)

- Publishing a Team Library
- Using Components in a Team Library
- Using Styles in a Team Library
- Swapping Team Libraries

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $695