Generative fill in Photoshop, and Hidden Figma Features!

Just wow! Photoshop is taking things to another level!

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Asaad Mahmood
May 25, 2023

Read time: 2 mins

Generative fill in Photoshop, and Hidden Figma Features!

Things we’ll be cover:

  • 🤯 Generative fill-in Photoshop

  • 😱 Things you perhaps didn’t know in Figma

  • 🧐 Wisdom Street

  • 💰 Top free icon packs

  •  🎯 Tools to keep on using

😱 Things you perhaps didn’t know in Figma

A lot of people know most of what there is to know in Figma, but perhaps aren’t aware of the awesome plugins they can use to expand Figma’s features.

Tokens Studio for Figma
I have created an advanced demo video on it which you can check out to be more familiar with it.

Wisdom Street!

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Stop comparing yourself with others, rather, compare yourself to who you were yesterday. You’re never going to be doing enough if you compare yourself to others.

Asaad

💰 Top free icon packs

I didn’t wanted to do a huge list, because I wanted to only share icons that are high quality and legitimate.

🎯 Tools to keep on using

Figma - For UX, UI and Web+Mobile Design
As many of your know, I teach Figma, and I think it’s currently the best UX, UI and Design tool out there, and I don’t see an immediate competitor right now.

Webflow - For website/landing page creation
I have worked on Wordpress, Shopify, and a few other platforms as well, and based on the growth of Webflow, and the jobs in the open market, I would highly suggest designers to familiarise themselves with it.

Framer - The new Figma+webflow!
I now think this is a tool you need to get into asap! There’s not a lot of supply right now of designers for framers, so its really a good time to be good at it and make yourself an authority figure in the space.

Eagle - Organize all your reference images in one place
When starting out on a project, download this tool on a free trial and give it a try if you have to collect a bunch of inspirations and generate a moodboard. You’ll be surprised how much of an aid this tool is!

1password - One of the more secure password managers
This is more for professionals and teams. I used to use Lastpass but there was a breach, so I could no longer trust it.

Todoist - Manage your personal tasks
If you want to manage your personal tasks with ease, and keep track of them. Try to read about the The Eisenhower Matrix to optimize your daily tasks a bit better. (feel free to use any other todo tool).

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Until next time!
Asaad