Micro animations in Figma

In this Figma tip, learn how to create a micro animation (also knows as micro interaction) using a heart icon. This tutorial covers the use of interactive components and prototyping.
This tip starts with an icon already created, but if you need help creating a heart icon, check out Miggi's tutorial here: • Making various heart i...
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[@BigMoneyKirk]

This is so good! Thank you for even going further into breaking down the reasons of WHY you chose to do the things you did - which really helped me learn your process. I can’t wait to start applying these techniques!!

[@anishhirlekar]

Wow, the minute details. So many times we face these small issues while making micro-interactions, now hopefully I should be able to solve them with your techniques which sounds so simple, but truly so much of thought has gone behind that to make it perfect. Thank you!

[@utlaxis]

Amazing tutorial and thanks for the extra examples that explain the error cases, I think this is very educational congrats!

[@whatsoeverimin]

Thank you a lot for this tutorial, and ESPECIALLY for the last part, because it's incredibly useful for both beginners and professionals. Great job so far!

[@beingdealtwith]

This was really a good tutorial, especially that last bit where she explains why she did it the way she did with examples, it cleared up my confusions head on. Thank you for this!

[@manatag7]

what a great tutorial and a great format with that additional examples and explanations. thank you!

[@bandadaapp2485]

I loved the explanation with the shoulders swaying.

[@megaroeny]

The breakdown at the end with the Q&A was fantastic! Thank you!

[@NehmatGereige]

Brilliant explanation of what not to do. love the details in your video and the clarity of expression and thought process. Thank you.

[@kevinbodi7778]

I think a lot of work will be in to little use, as a lot of front end developers won't be able to carry this over into the real world (even though it's possible). Figma should be more pragmatic and in line with how the different technologies solve this. Both vanilla CSS that has animations with keyframes as well as transitions, but also acknowledge the existence of some popular animation frameworks.

[@porknwithbill]

Sorry your front end team sucks

[@profiAcc]

Totally agree, this serves just to impress the client (which usually takes this for granted bc he doesn't understand how much work it takes to make this in figma). Nonetheless, excellent job. This tutorial was very useful, so a big Thank you :)

[@Meanwhile-00]

I agree with you. A lot of work for one little thing... Impossible in a real world working with brands...

[@BotoKitty-sb6fi]

its for design stage. for client and consultant. agencies can save templates and reuse them for different clients. engineers come at the last stage and how they build their own stuff doesnt matter to designer consultants presenting their material. engineers think the world revolves around them and want to impact the design stage with their limited technologies. nobody will remmeber vanilla css 20 years later but design will be design no matter what medium

[@mihow888]

find new front end devs, problem solved :)

This is super helpful. I'd love to see more micro animations like these. Super thank you so much

[@basuki094]

after making the component set, it's not working. before that it's working fine. what am I doing wrong?

[@danieljesudarasimi3379]

Ctrl E

[@kaii456]

Beautifully done. Love the negative explanations at the end to describe different outputs! This is where many ppl often leave our information!

[@carpenterisathing]

I hit the like button as soon as I saw that wibbly-wobbly shoulder thing

[@HivaOrooji]

I followed all of your instructions, and my heart is functioning correctly until it creates a component. However, after that point, my design fails to work. Could you please explain why this is happening and advise me on what steps I should take?

[@loveworksinc.5025]

shift + X, i have always wanted that shortcut

[@mattgib711]

What a fantastic, to the point tutorial, ty!

[@cyan__lab]

Thank you for such an amazing tutorial! Very easy to follow, I really appreciate y'all for posting videos like these!

[@emmapotter2333]

Great tutorial, love every time she mentioned 'shake' and she would shake by herself lol

[@emmapotter2333]

This animation is not working as interactive components on my side

[@lachocolatada]

Oh, wow!!! I need a tutorial about every single thing on Figma by you! Oh my, the details about why choosing every move or variation is by far, the best. I love the way you explain everything, how you communicate it, and the fun you add to it! Every time I learn something new with your guidance, I enjoy and learn a lot. Thanks!!! Ps: Ps: By the way, I loved the wiggle every time!

[@Jfseeing]

Very well structured tutorial. Well done 🎉

[@Dominich1993]

Just give us a native animation timeline for interactions like this DAMN

[@maxhuk]

Thank you for listing all the pitfalls! Very helpful ❤

[@subhash2403]

Perfectly explained thank you so much 😊

[@pallavikhamkar6908]

very beautifully explained....Thanks!

[@valeriyavaleriya1926]

Thank you so much for examples! Really useful video 👍

[@Rita_Johanna]

Incredible tutorial! Thank you!!

[@user-lz1hv7bs4p]

I lost it at the less noodles part 🤣🤣🤣

[@Szynszula]

so cool! And perfect explanations!! Thank you so much

[@mattgib711]

This is like a tutorial on how to make good tutorials XD

[@mrduycua]

Great! Thanks for sharing

[@elgalgotranquilo]

I did everything but once I made de component set, doesn't work :(

[@zishankhan4857]

Loved it...!!

[@nostunas]

I follow this tutorial step by step, literally doing everything as shown and when I click prototype it doesn't move. Anyone else have this problem?

[@victorianduka9882]

Me too. The click works in mine but the shaking animation doesn't work.

[@palopiza]

exactly the same issue, the click animation works fine, but the wiggle one doesn't :(

[@lucianabenitez6005]

I love this, thank you!

[@kertpilman]

Thanks! More of these please! :)

[@techcheck3042]

Solid video. Thanks!

[@suyapicioglu]

thank you! it was very informative!

[@user-rn6dx3rw1j]

hi, is there any tutorial on how to make just the hovering part animated? thank you

[@javinx21]

Very helpful! thank you

[@bfrick]

Nice tut. Sidenote, the typeface used in the titles is not so hot.

[@megaroeny]

What was used to record? I love seeing the keystroke combinations

[@anjumayoub9077]

what's the point in creating these animations, when we can't export them in supported formats like JSON, GIF etc Although it's really fun to create animations and complex prototyping inside figma ❤

[@yunbioh4721]

its hover effect do not work absolutely

[@anastasiiasobolieva9897]

[@HoaiNam9117]

Can I ask something, how to embed a youtube video like at 0:15

[@roastbeefy0weefy]

wiggle gang thank you great tutorial

[@oproductdesigner]

cool!

[@haresmahmood]

Really nice tutorial, but I think Figma is in desperate need of a proper animation solution

[@user-ql5er7pz8r]

My heart moves to the right when rocking, and to one side when it grows :( why?

[@misterDecode]

Font ???

[@gothicgames4767]

Going into prototype mode does nothing.

[@punkshit120]

I want this file pls

[@motion_deep]

That's a terrible workflow jst to achieve a simple animation. You need a timeline or at least code driven animation....

[@jeffinjoseph8916]

how would you do it

[@yaminmohsin]

Haha Loved the dud du du duu

[@raulayala6607]

Uff lovely

[@paulocholla]

"da-duh da-duh"

[@juanzamora9512]

👏

[@loveworksinc.5025]

hey @figma whats her twitter and IG. just watched 3 videos from her and she's excellent. thanks for your very explanatory videos