Figma is an increasingly popular user-friendly design tool used by designers, developers, and marketers. It offers a wide range of features that make it easy to create high-quality designs quickly and efficiently.
One of its key features is the ability to adjust the opacity of an element or layer. In this article, we’ll look at how to do opacity in Figma.
What Is Opacity?
Opacity is a measure of how transparent or opaque an element or layer is. When an element has 100% opacity, it’s completely opaque and can’t be seen through.
At 0% opacity, the element becomes completely transparent and can’t be seen at all. Adjusting the opacity allows you to control how much of the background color or image shows through the element or layer.
How Do You Do Opacity in Figma?
Doing opacity in Figma is very simple and intuitive. All you have to do is select the element or layer you want to adjust and then click on the “Opacity” slider in the Properties panel on the right side of the screen. You can then drag the slider left or right to adjust the level of transparency as desired.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts: You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly adjust opacity levels without having to open up the Properties panel each time. To do so, select your element or layer and then press “O” (for “opacity”) on your keyboard followed by either “+” (to increase opacity) or “-” (to decrease transparency).
Using Color Picker: The Color Picker tool also allows you to quickly adjust opacity levels as needed when creating new elements or layers from scratch. To do so, simply drag your mouse over any color swatch in either the default palette or one of your custom palettes and then move your cursor left or right until you reach your desired level of transparency for that color swatch.
Using Code Editor: If you’re comfortable working with code, you can also use Figma’s code editor feature to quickly adjust an element’s opacity levels with just a few lines of code. To do so, select your element and then open up Code Editor from within Figma’s main menu bar at the top of screen. Here you can add any desired CSS styling rules including those related to adjusting elements’ opacities as needed for your project.
In conclusion, doing opacity in Figma is very simple thanks to its intuitive design tools and features like keyboard shortcuts, Color Picker tool, and Code Editor feature that make it easy for anyone—even those with limited coding experience—to achieve their desired results quickly and efficiently without having to spend too much time tinkering around with settings each time they want to adjust an element’s transparency level.
Conclusion: Figma makes it easy for anyone—even those with limited coding experience—to adjust an elements’ opacities quickly and efficiently using a combination of design tools such as keyboard shortcuts, Color Picker tool, and Code Editor feature.