Tips & tricks
Small habits and shortcuts you can use in the next five minutes.
Add auto layout in one keystroke
Select layers in Figma and press Shift + A to wrap them in an auto layout frame.
Set big nudge to your spacing unit
Change Figma's Shift + arrow nudge from 10 px to 8 px so every move lands on your grid.
Lost in the viewport? Frame the selection
Press numpad period in Blender to zoom straight to whatever you have selected.
Instant smoothness with Easy Ease
Select keyframes in After Effects and press F9 to replace linear motion with a gentle ease.
Check hierarchy with the squint test
Blur your eyes at the layout. Whatever you still see first is what readers will see first.
Review type at its real size
Zoomed-in canvases lie. Check body text on the actual device before you sign off.
Clean your SVGs before you ship them
Run exported SVGs through SVGO or SVGOMG to strip editor junk and shrink the file.
Name layers the way developers will
Layer names like button/primary/hover become component and variant names. Your handoff gets easier.