Hard to care about new features. I’m still trying to figure out where everything is because Figma moved everything around. I’ll let you know in a few years, just after “I get used to it”. Sadly by then, they’ll move everything around with the forced adoption of new UI-8008s, because there’s a pair of new features they just needed to shove in everyone’s face.

God, our contract couldn’t be up fast enough.

Really excited about this feature! One thing I immediately went to look for and could not find is a print color profile. I see an option to create assets for print but only in digital color profiles. Is this coming or have I overlooked it? 

I’m just randomly testing Buzz right now and I wonder if this is a bug or just something that is forgotten… When adding auto layout to a frame in Buzz, I can’t seem to find the auto layout features… It’s there when I click on one of my components, but not on the Main Frame or Layer. I would love to have it on the main frame so I can add the new grid auto layout feature and structure my designs more & better.

I love the new Figma Buzz update, being able to import from excel sheets is super useful. However, I think it’s missing the ability to link text boxes like in Indesign. It one of the few things I think will hold us back from fully diving into it. It could also be useful across all of the products, especially Figma Slides.

Hello, I encountered a very troublesome issue when using Figma's Buzz. Currently, batch importing images only supports inserting images by inserting them into Excel, but this method is very cumbersome for actual workflow use. The batch plugin I used before could read image links from Excel and insert images. I wonder if the future Buzz will be compatible with image link forms.

你好，在我使用Figma的buzz时遇到了一个十分棘手的问题，目前批量导入图片仅支持通过在Excel中插入图片的形式，但是这种方式对于实际使用工作流来说十分的麻烦，之前使用的批量制版的插件可读取Excel中的链接并插入图片，不知是否后续Buzz会兼容图片链接的形式。

Is there, or will there be, more robust documentation on formatting the xlsx files? I’ve tried 5 different ways so far and cannot get images to link with bulk create. 

I design in marketing and am looking at digging into Buzz to get some of the work off my plate. While text works great, images refuse to link or simply just register as text saying “Object”, or url if that’s the case — never the image.

When I tried bulk importing images from the XLSX file, Figma kept mistaking my images for just text. It worked once I added 2 more columns “Name,” “Job Title” (which is how they have it on their documentation page).

When I tried bulk importing images from the XLSX file, Figma kept mistaking my images for just text. It worked once I added 2 more columns “Name,” “Job Title” (which is how they have it on their documentation page).

Yeah it will recognize whatever headline/title I’m placing in there, but it will only render object Object] for me. I’ve tried a few different ways of placing the images into cells either manually, via prompt, or URL (even when the documentation says not to. Still tried). No dice no matter how I format it. 

The only thing I haven’t done is try via Google sheets because it’s blocked. 

EDIT:
Tried with Google Sheets and works perfectly. 

I love this idea of creating discrete brand assets inside Figma as an alternative to sharing entire Figma design files. One thing I’ve noticed today: There is no easy way to add contextual notes about an asset. Notes are important for users of my templates because they communicate how best to use the things I’m providing.

Here’s an example: I have a print postcard template with placeholder text that says “Large headline” at the top. I placed a text box off to the side that says “Use this field to suggest something bold and important.” In Figma Design, that text box would live outside the frame just fine. I could style the text  and add arrows and things to make it highly visible. But in Buzz, elements outside the asset’s frame are grayed out and can’t be styled. Adding styled notes inside a design file is a big part of what makes Figma so valuable. I want Buzz templates to work in a similar way so that users get the full story instead of just the asset itself.

Would be so cool if these could be shared in “export mode” where only the content can be changed. Then let us create many assets without uploading a csv using a bulk editor. 

One thing I have noticed, is that it seems like the overall template can’t hug the content, just the containers inside the template. Our company wants to explore using this for email templates, so these wouldn’t be fixed heights. 

Hi

I believe there should be an option to modify text and graphics in this mode, especially when designing banners in various sizes. This would make it much easier for designers to update content and replace images all at once.

Thanks

I believe there should be an option to modify text and graphics in this mode (screenshot attached), especially when designing banners in various sizes. This would make it much easier for designers to update content and replace images all at once.

Is Buzz primarily intended as a marketing template platform? I was considering using it as a replacement for our Figma templates within my organization. Currently, we utilize a Figma file that we copy the starter template from and incorporate the necessary patterns or components from our design system. I believed Buzz could streamline this process with improved template management. However, upon further investigation, it appears to be lacking many of Figma’s tools and is primarily focused on creating simple ad layouts. Am I mistaken in thinking that Buzz can be utilized as templates for web content or applications?

Did you happen to see the “Enter design mode” toggle? I initially overlooked it. Or are you expecting different features? 

Adding lables, and not just tooltips in buzz to the tools would really help us win over our none designer team internally.

Did you happen to see the “Enter design mode” toggle? I initially overlooked it. Or are you expecting different features? 

 

Hah it did take me a minute to find that. The part I’m struggling with is getting auto-layout in the main frame/container. I could only figure out how to resize the template by typing in values. I need a template that will scale responsively vertically so we can use one to cover desktop or mobile. Took me some time to locate component library as well. Could be just the different layout and the tools I need are in there. It is Beta so maybe it will get easier. I’m not sure it would be an improvement on my current Figma template system right now.

Buzz is going to solve a LOT of issues for me as a one-woman design team on marketing!

One thing I’ve noticed so far:

• When swapping instances, it would be helpful if we could see the name of the instance below the image. I work for an investment company and I use the instances to easily swap out brand logos or branded etf images. If I’m a marketer and I’m trying to switch an email header that features these brand images, I’m not going to be able to identify every brand by just their logo. It would also be helpful if those images in the instance view could be scaled up for better viewing. 

  

   

do you wish to multi-edit using this panel? 

I’m just randomly testing Buzz right now and I wonder if this is a bug or just something that is forgotten… When adding auto layout to a frame in Buzz, I can’t seem to find the auto layout features… It’s there when I click on one of my components, but not on the Main Frame or Layer. I would love to have it on the main frame so I can add the new grid auto layout feature and structure my designs more & better.

 

Auto-layout is disabled on the top frame level right now. Curious what is your key usecases for this request?

I actually have migrated my content project to Figma Buzz, but one Quality of Life improvement is needed.

I love the idea that I can see all my layers in Design mode.

But in grid view, that layer panel keeps closing whenever I select other frame. I think the whole point of the design mode is to see layer, but Why is “keep the layer panel open” not a default option?

Btw, designing in grid view is amazing. So keep it up!

I’ve got it to work using Google Sheet inserting the images in the cell, then download the xlsx and import it into Figma. However opening the Google Sheet in Excel and adding images from there does not…

So this is not at all ideal :/

Having to include the images in a cell makes the files pretty heavy – I got a 15mb spreadsheet just for 3 rows of info. Using urls og paths for the images instead would make the spreadsheets waay lighter.
Adobe separates images from content using @ on their column names for data merge documents, maybe Figma could do something similar?

Yes, this will help with bulk editing banners or other creatives into different sizes, and it can also function as a CMS for managing and publishing creatives across multiple platforms.

Yes, this will help with bulk editing banners or other creatives into different sizes, and it can also function as a CMS for managing and publishing creatives across multiple platforms.

Quite a simple question really.

Why can’t I add a library to my Figma Buzz. Is this on purpose?
Otherwise I would like to have it as a feature.