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Design Tools News #42

Design Tools News #42
By Roy  • Issue #42 • View online
Here is issue 42! Some think the number has special meaning. For me, it’s just another edition with some cool resources. I’ve been contemplating giving this newsletter a refresh, in terms of design and content. But no concrete plans yet. If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear from you!
Enjoy this edition✌️

Autoflow for Figma — Plugin for flow diagrams
Autoflow is a Figma plugin that makes it easy to draw flows. Simply select 2 objects, hit ⌘ ⌥ P and a line will be magically drawn between them. In the latest version it auto-updates! This is really useful in many scenarios. So, check it out!
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Glass — A community of photographers
An Instagram competitor! It’s about time… Glass is a private, interest-based community specifically for photographers. With a focus on community — not meaningless engagement and advertisers — they aim to take a different approach. I’m hopeful there is a big enough interest and market for this. Sign up to stay updated!
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Super — Custom domains, fonts, and analytics for Notion
Notion is a powerful live documentation tool, and with it you can share a public link to any page you create. With Super, you can host your Notion docs on your own custom URL, and use it as a standalone website with analytics, live chat, social meta tag customization, and more… ⚡️
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Quick Note for Notion
And while we’re at it. Sometimes you want to not forget about something while on the go, or when you’re screen sharing in a meeting. Quick Note for Notion is an iPhone and iPad app that launches instantly, and lets you quickly jot down notes that get saved to a drafts page in Notion. Type instantly. Stay in the flow. Organize it later!
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Adobe XD — A new brand
Adobe has launched a new look for Adobe XD. It’s not an app redesign (yet), but think of it as a new suit of clothes for a product that has grown incredibly. It’s a great sign to see Adobe taking this space seriously and keep evolving the brand and product. The first application of this rebranding can be seen on their product website. I like where this is going!
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Report: State of Prototyping by Framer & Design Week
Framer released a beautiful website (as always) showcasing a global industry report that studies the rise of high-fidelity prototyping across startups, agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Some worry Framer turns into more of a content and marketing company like InVision is. Is it a good resource, or unnecessary corporate mumbo-jumbo? What do you think?
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From the Twitterverse
kristina varshavskaya
show me your figma floor plans nerds. I know you have them https://t.co/2AYh3W326O
Floor plans: Unconventional use of a design tool?
This is a great thread of people sharing their floor plans made in Figma. I’ve done this several times before as well to get a better sense of an apartment’s layout and see how my things fit in. I even used it on deciding where to place a home projector! (Still haven’t bought one though). I find it an easy way of working to take 1px = 1cm (or 1 inch if that’s your thing).
Are you using design tools in an unconventional way?
Cameron Hunter
In video meetings it's a hassle to unmute just to say one word especially if someone else is speaking. I created a video lens that uses hand gestures to show comic-book style messages instead. So far it's been pretty fun! https://t.co/wp6XO5QDQc
Gestures for better video meetings
A great and fun demo of how we can make video calls more efficient. Made with Lens Studio from Snapchat!
A quick tutorial on animated textures
Somewhat far away from my type of work. But I still find it really cool to see such short explanation videos on achieving certain visual effects. In this case a simple noise generated layer can be used to create different looking types of fluid for example!
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