Figma from scratch. From basics to first layouts

In short, a course for all non-designers who need to make banners, covers, and avatars. Everything you learn you can use immediately in your work.

Why Figma? This is a modern graphic editor with wide capabilities. All functionality is available online for free. This means: you don’t need to buy a subscription, you don’t need to pirate, you don’t need powerful equipment, you don’t need to download images – you can send a link to show it to colleagues or a customer.

What you can do in Figma: work with vector objects – make a logo, or beautiful fashion elements, work with several frames simultaneously – you can make layouts in several sizes at once.

You will master the tools and capabilities of Figma and learn interesting design techniques that you can apply in layouts for your projects.

On the course you will learn:

work with layers
customize templates
apply automation to create designs in Figma
create objects
make complex gradients
make PNG files with transparent background
create interesting 3D effects
insert photographs inside objects and inscriptions
make shadows for inscriptions and objects
cut images for carousel and endless Instagram feed

After the course:

✔Write your knowledge of the Figma graphic editor on your resume.

✔In your portfolio, put the layouts made during the course.

✔Make posts for social networks.

Questions:

I’m a newbie, can I do it? This course is designed for beginners. During the lesson I do it slowly, comment on all the actions, name the instruments and hot keys. In the first module, I disassemble all the tools separately, so that in the second module I can do complex things.

Why Figma? This is a new free graphics editor. It is quickly gaining popularity among designers and web designers. You can install the application on your computer, or you can work online. In Figma you can make any layouts – from banners to website design and applications. To work in Figma, you don’t need a powerful computer, just the Internet!

I’m not a designer, will this course be useful to me? This course was specially designed for SMM specialists, targetologists, and marketers. In the course I tell you how to quickly, or better yet simultaneously, create designs for social networks – banners, covers, avatars, insta-puzzle, carousel, cards for VK.

How long will it take to complete the course? Lessons are short – lasting from 5 to 15 minutes. Completing the lesson task takes from 15 to 30 minutes.

I’ve never done a design before, can I handle it? Starting design with Figma is a good start. This is a professional editor in which you can quickly create a basic layout, for example, a photo with an inscription, and there are opportunities for complex, sophisticated designs. Mastering Figma means working for the future.

Who is this course for:
SMM specialists, marketers who have to make design layouts on their own
Designers who need to get to grips with Figma