#FigmaTip Roundup 4.0 | Figma Blog

The post is a roundup of community-submitted Figma tips designed to help users work more creatively and efficiently. It highlights practical techniques for cropping, creating patterns, resizing layouts, and inspecting designs, showing how small features and shortcuts can improve everyday workflows.

Cropping Images with Masks

• Use masks to crop images into custom shapes rather than relying only on rectangular frames.
• Masks provide a flexible way to control which parts of an image remain visible.

Creating Patterns with Symbols

• Reuse symbols to build repeating visual patterns.
• Duplicating and arranging symbols can quickly produce decorative or structured compositions.

Resizing Frames with Constraints

• Set constraints on frame elements to control how they behave when the frame is resized.
• Constraints help preserve relationships between elements across different dimensions.

Inspecting Designs with Outline Mode

• Press Command + Y to switch to Outline Mode.
• This view makes it easier to inspect vector paths, layers, and the underlying structure of a design.

The roundup encourages designers to experiment with Figma’s masks, symbols, constraints, and keyboard shortcuts to make common design tasks faster and more adaptable.