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Figma Community Riffs: Share Ideas and Animations

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Figma introduced Community riffs, a lightweight way to post ideas, animations, prototypes and experiments to the Figma Community and to personal Community profiles. Riffs let designers share work in progress straight from the canvas and build a creative portfolio inside Figma.

Key Takeaways

  • Community riffs are a new, quick-share format for ideas, animations, prototypes and experiments.
  • Riffs can be posted to the Community feed and to a personal profile, doubling as a creative portfolio.
  • The format lowers the effort of sharing compared with publishing a full Community file or resource.
  • Both static and animated work can be shared, which complements the new Motion features.
  • Posting starts from the Figma Community feed, keeping sharing inside the Figma ecosystem.
  • Figma is positioning Community as a place for work in progress, not only finished templates and plugins.

A Lighter Way to Share Work

Figma launched Community riffs, a new format for sharing the latest ideas, animations, prototypes and experiments with the Figma Community. Rather than packaging a full file as a Community resource, designers can post a small piece of work, such as a single frame, a detail, or an animated idea, as a quick riff.

Where Riffs Appear

Riffs can be posted to the main Community feed and to a designer's personal Community profile. Because they live on the profile, they work as a running portfolio of experiments and ideas, helping designers build an audience and show their craft without leaving Figma.

Static and Motion Work

Riffs cover both static designs and animation. This pairs naturally with Figma Motion, since animated frames and prototypes can be shared the same way as stills, giving motion work a built-in showcase.

How to Get Started

Designers post a riff from the Community feed. Figma's Community guide in its help center explains the posting flow in more detail. Earlier reports indicated riffs were rolled out gradually, with access requested from the Community profile when posting.