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Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

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FLUX.1 Tools – Control and steerability for FLUX
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FLUX.1 Tools – Control and steerability for FLUX

A new set of image generation capabilities for FLUX models, including inpainting, outpainting, canny edge detection, and depth maps.…

The making of the Figma Pattern Library
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The making of the Figma Pattern Library

FLUX fine-tunes are now fast
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FLUX fine-tunes are now fast

We've made running fine-tunes on Replicate much faster, and the optimizations are open-source.…

Pablo Sánchez’s 7 rules for designing the unexpected
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Pablo Sánchez’s 7 rules for designing the unexpected

Figma 2024: We shipped it, you shaped it
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Figma 2024: We shipped it, you shaped it

Issue no.8: What we shipped
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Issue no.8: What we shipped

Updates to our pricing, seats, and billing experience
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Updates to our pricing, seats, and billing experience

AI video is having its Stable Diffusion moment
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AI video is having its Stable Diffusion moment

There are lots of models that are as good as OpenAI's Sora now.…

27 FigJam activities to spark creativity in the classroom
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27 FigJam activities to spark creativity in the classroom

The best advice to bring to work in 2025
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The best advice to bring to work in 2025

The rise of the generalist
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The rise of the generalist

The new competitive moat is emotion
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The new competitive moat is emotion

Six memos for the future of digital creation
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Six memos for the future of digital creation

It’s time we expand our definition of design
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It’s time we expand our definition of design

Making space for a handmade web
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Making space for a handmade web

Why developers should embrace creative coding again
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Why developers should embrace creative coding again

Generate short videos with the Replicate playground
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Generate short videos with the Replicate playground

Create AI videos with a convenient workflow.…

A first look at Config 2025: Two cities, one global community
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A first look at Config 2025: Two cities, one global community

Design system 103: Design system documentation that drives adoption
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Design system 103: Design system documentation that drives adoption

You can now fine-tune open-source video models
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You can now fine-tune open-source video models

Train your own versions of Tencent's HunyuanVideo for style, motion, and characters on Replicate.…

Issue no.9: Memos for the future
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Issue no.9: Memos for the future

Sustainability Week at Figma: An inside look at our climate efforts
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Sustainability Week at Figma: An inside look at our climate efforts

Double click: Human takes on agentic AI
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Double click: Human takes on agentic AI

Design system 104: Making metrics matter
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Design system 104: Making metrics matter

Meet the makers defining tech’s next chapter
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Meet the makers defining tech’s next chapter

In good company: How publishers use Figma to help design the news
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In good company: How publishers use Figma to help design the news

Double click: When coding becomes conversation
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Double click: When coding becomes conversation

Save time on building decks—without sacrificing design
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Save time on building decks—without sacrificing design

Why everyone can (and should) be a great storyteller
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Why everyone can (and should) be a great storyteller

Wan2.1 parameter sweep
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Wan2.1 parameter sweep

We've been playing with Alibaba's WAN2.1 text-to-video model lately. What happens when you tweak those mysterious parameters? Let's find out.…