Week 56 - Add perspective, find SVGs and manage your variables
This week's five new Figma plugins.
Struggling with the hundreds of variables you have to manage? Can’t find that perfect SVG icon? Maybe you need a cool gradient background, or want to add some depth to your designs… If that’s you, this issue has you covered!
There’s a powerful variables manager, a plugin for quickly finding the perfect SVG icon and a whole lot more for those who keep reading… 😁
1. Gradients Lab
Create advanced gradients from scratch or with presets.
Gradients Lab™ is your all-in-one plugin for creating, customizing and managing gradients in Figma. A step-up from most gradient plugins, Gradients Lab™ comes with extra tools and customizations to craft stunning, professional-grade gradients. Explore their giant library of presets and adjust everything including grain, contrast, brightness and hue. With features like editable vector gradients, bulk actions and a shuffle option for unexpected inspiration, this plugin is a must-have.
🎁 FREE for limited features 💰 All PRO features for $9.90 (one-time payment)
🌈 Highly customizable and professional gradients
📚 Huge library of preset gradients
2. Image Stroke
Add vector strokes to bitmaps in Figma.
Image Stroke makes adding vector strokes to bitmaps seamless and intuitive. Generate clean, precise outlines directly in Figma without affecting the image’s internal details. The plugin is easy to use and is fully compatible with Figma's light and dark modes. Best of all, it’s completely free! Whether you're outlining icons, images or other elements, Image Stroke gets the job done and comes with a built-in manual for tips and tricks.
🎁 FREE
🖼️ Outline any image
💎 Doesn’t alter or change quality of internal details
3. Perspective
Easily add perspective transformations and shadow effects.
Bring your designs to life with Perspective, the plugin that adds dynamic transformations and shadow effects to any Figma project. Apply isometric, dimetric or cabinet projections with a single click; fine-tune angles, and preview changes live. Choose from four shadow styles—basic, complex, oblique or none—to customize depth and intensity. Whether you’re designing UI elements, product mockups or technical illustrations, Perspective offers intuitive controls and versatile features to add depth and dimension to your designs.
🎁 FREE
🎈 Add quality perspective transformations and shadow effects
⚙️ Advanced controls for fine-tuning
4. SVG Finder
Find SVG icons in seconds.
Goodbye to searching for icons! SVG Finder puts the perfect SVG at your fingertips, without long searches or downloading icon sets, and it’s right in Figma. Use the plugin’s powerful search feature to quickly locate icons that match your query and insert them directly into your design. Whether you're working on websites, apps or presentations, you’re bound to need icons and SVG Finder is a huge time-saver.
🎁 FREE
🔎 Search for the perfect SVG icons right in Figma
📚 Huge icon library with variety of styles
5. Variable Visualizer
Easily visualize and manage your Figma variables.
Variable Visualizer simplifies complex variable relationships and makes it easier to manage your variables at a glance. View all variable collections on an infinite canvas, drag and drop to create connections and simulate modes to preview variable behavior—all without leaving the plugin. Quickly search for variables, inspect layer usage and gain clarity on your design system. Whether you're a beginner or managing advanced setups, Variable Visualizer makes variable management intuitive and efficient.
🎁 FREE
🎨 All-in-one tool for managing variables
🗺️ Map variable usage, connections and more
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Image stroke looks super useful! Yet another thing to not need Photoshop for!