This page has links to useful resources for designers related to Figma and Adobe tools, communication technologies, and mindfulness resources.

Figma Resources

• Everything you need to know about fonts and text (5:09)

• Manage your layers (5:54)

• Layout and Grid (2:44)

• Import image and Export your work (8:47)

• How to deal with images (crop, fit, tile) (3:03)

• Color Picker (Select and Manage Color) (3:03)

• How to do masking: helpful for user profile image / persona etc. (1:39)

• Components: to speed up your design workflow: the basics (5:34); organizing components (3:26)

• Device Frames and Scrolling (7:10): when you want to put more content in one screen

• Prototyping (3:57): this tutorial covers basic knowledge about prototyping

• Export your Prototype (7:04): talks about recording your prototype, super useful for final presentation and your portfolio. Covering tricks for both Mac and Windows

Adobe Resources

• Photoshop for complete beginners 1hr 30min

• Creating a new document in Photoshop 3 min

• Photoshop: Layers and masks 12min

• Photoshop: Removing backgrounds 25min

• Photoshop: Using the pen tool 30min

• InDesign for complete beginners 30min

• InDesign: Setting up a standard grid 7min

• InDesign: Setting up a ‘baseline’ grid 6min

• InDesign: Importing text 7min

• InDesign: Exporting a PDF 7min

• InDesign: Formatting and styling text 12min

• InDesign: Placing + formatting images 14min

• InDesign: Using paragraph styles 8min

Technology for remote collaboration

• Zoom for video meetings (will use a lot this quarter)

• Microsoft Teams for online meetings

• Screen recording tool

• Loom screen recording

• Etherpad for collaborative docs

• Dropbox Paper for shared documents

• Coda for collaboration tools

• Notion for collaborative docs

• Miro for collaborative thinking

• Glitch for collaborative web apps

• Snap Studio

• Material.io (open source style guide)

Mindfulness Resources

• Toolkit for coronavirus anxiety

• Mindfulness Hacks

• Pomodoro Technique for productivity

• Tools for mental and emotional wellness