Introducing version history and paid plans 🎉
Figmotion was first introduced on the day Figma made plugins publicly available in 2020. At that time, it was a very rudimentary animation plugin that simply got the job done, no more.
However, to this day, the vision of Figmotion still stands, which is to allow anyone to learn keyframe-based animation tooling and make it accessible to all platforms—no need for a powerful machine or a Macbook Pro.
This is also why I initially set out to create Figmotion. I was and still am a Linux user, and there were no easy ways to create quick and easy animations on Linux. Figma opened up the world of UX and UI design to me, and I set out to do the same with Figmotion for animation.
Since then, countless hours have been spent developing Figmotion. It is a passion project on which I have spent many days, weeks, and months, and today marks a huge day for me and for Figmotion.
I am officially introducing 2 paid plans for Figmotion, but don't worry all, existing features will still be available as is. The paid plans (Standard & Professional) come with specific new features such as priority rendering, version history, variable support, and a higher GIF resolution. Both plans will also receive more advanced features in the future.
You can check out the new plans in Figmotion by going to File > Upgrade Plan or you can check out the homepage
Other new features
Additionally, this release also comes with some exciting new features for the everyone.
Translate X and Y properties
These new properties allow you to animate layers relatively to their initial position instead of using "absolute positioning". This can be useful for entry and exit animations.
Text content property
Only supported in single font text layers
This new property makes it easy to create "typing text" animations. It can even make use of easing to vary the typing speed.
Item spacing & padding properties
These new properties make it possible to animate the item spacing and padding of auto-layout frames.
Figma preview panel
This new panel allows you to preview your design inside of Figmotion if you are not using the windows side-by-side or if you are exclusively using the timeline window.