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- neverscared9
PhanLo
:( RIP
- renderedred8
PhanLo
RIP brother.
- CyBrainX1
FUCK ADOBE!
He did an interview and demo yesterday with Jake Bartlett.
I felt like it was a bit limited but don't take my word for it. I didn't watch very long. I prefer manipulating things visually, rather than using nodes. If I had to stop using After Effects, I would sooner try Autograph which is Maxon's free equivalent.- And Punches for everyone on YouTube who puts stupid faces in their video thumbnails.CyBrainX
- I use AI generated scripts and expressions to build AE projects, animations. Surprised/not surprised Adobe haven't integrated LLMs in to it yet.kingsteven
- Punches for YouTube viewers who apparently only click on stupid face thumbnails so creators keep doing it.evilpeacock
- @CyBrainX Totally!Gabriel
- @evilpeacock mic dropGabriel
- mg337
Figma
Why use that at all when you can use Claude and go straight to prototyping in a dev environment, build out pages with React components that leverage Material UI kits in Figma, have a complex prototype built in less than an hour - multiple pages if needed - fully responsive, tokenized, and able to be rebuilt in Figma whenever you want full Material components (MUI or Material 3) since it can literally create that once you've built the functional prototype?
That's what I'm up to lately. I'm writing an article and tutorial to share online soon. I make no claim to have been the one to figure this out, but through posts about other people's tinkering that focuses 100% on just creating designs in Figma from Claude or Make or whatever, I've spent a ton of time with Claude to figure out a for more complex and useful approach.
It's not for everyone. It's not for the average UX designer who doesn't code, gets intimidate by Terminal, doesn't use VS Code, doesn't understand development, frameworks, can't set up a local host, etc. I'm hoping to make it a bit more accessible to that kind of designer.
I just wrapped up an 18 month contract this week, looking for a new job, and hoping this kind of thing for me, as a mix of designer, strategist, and technologist, is a big advantage for me. I've been making stuff with BPT and Claude for around 2 years now, from my art applications, to product prototypes for things I'm hoping to get off the ground. I'm finding that the key thing to doing it well is knowing how to prompt like you're writing a functional spec. I used to write those years ago - 90-120 page specs for client sites. I don't know if a lot of UX designers do that these days; it's more of a BA task from my enterprise experience.
Anyhow, anyone interesting in knowing more about this?
- Yes? All this seems so wild and untouchable to me.monospaced
- I'm interested in this, I work in Figma as I'm a control freak and I find it quicker to flow out and test ideas. I use claude a lot as part of research and planslappy
- Claude is good when you have generic sites/ app designs but with more specific and freestyle design all AI tools struggle so far.NBQ00
- hardly opened figma since locking in with claude. excited to read your approachBrokenHD
- Thanks, guys. I've got a lot of work to do on it. I need to fully test the prompts, approach, etc a couple times to ensure it's sound.mg33
- 100% I’ve been building with Claude dsg for about a month now and have no idea what I’m doing lol I’d love to learn how to integrate figma and then Claude code_niko
- definitely interestedscruffics
- Looking forward your tutorial!Salarrue
- Looks interesting! So far I’ve spent more time adjusting the Claude output than designing from scratch.Chimp
- So I can use Claude to make a site and not even use figma? How does that work? How do you publish it after Claude makes it?monospaced
- I've been having frustations with Figma Make, it really struggles with complex data tables, any suggestions?mrAtor
- Sure, I am interested. Thanks.renderedred
- Interested yeah!mort_
- If you can feed your own presets/ design boilerplate/ UI framework into the AI, it gets much easier to control the output. So my approach has been to create myyuekit
- own grid system, typographic scale, styling and UI components, then use AI to assemble and build on top of these pieces.yuekit
- Definitely interested! But to me, they're all just tools. As more of a visual person, oftentimes creating the design myself is more efficient than prompting.nocomply
- I feel like I'm missing out, but I haven't been able to overcome that challenge. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong? I don't know.nocomply
- @mono - yes, you can do that to a degree. Imagine building a fully functional prototype to share with a dev instead of static Figma screens or, by comparison...mg33
- Figma prototypes with the vast limitations. You could turn it into an entire site as raw code (without a CMS) and could probably even build a lightweight CMS.mg33
- nocomply - totally with you there. I like the designing too. But in this context - using Material as the design format - maybe there's a little less design thanmg33
- there is bringing a vision to life. This might be more application-centric than other kinds of sites. Ex: I'm using this approach to prototype tools I'mmg33
- building that will use material design. I choose my colors, they're created as tokens, I choose my fonts, Claude uses standard sizing, and I promptmg33
- around everything i know I need, often writing as though the prompt is a functional spec.mg33
- CyBrainX4
What are you listening to?
I've been aware of Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz series for at least 15 years but never knew he had 24 volumes of this and never stopped. https://www.reddit.com/r/MarkFar…
- I had one of the early CDs that came with a 2nd CD-ROM with a beat making program on it.fooler
- BusterBoy6
blog
I have this shocking personality trait...I'd rather live in ignorance of bad news for as long as I can and then be confronted with a massive shit storm...rather than a slow drip.
That's why my financial situation is so fucked right at the minute sadly.
- Hope things get better, hugs!OBBTKN
- be strong man. you'll be ok.renderedred
- That doesn't at all resonate with me, in no way whatsoever, absolutely and utterly.
xNairn - Ugh, Buster.
I suspect you're absolutely not alone in this. Ask me how I know.
Also: this doesn't define you.Continuity - The austriche... ähh The Ostrich Effect...neverscared
- I've been holding to the worst news you'll ever hear today: We're here for you, buddy.palimpsest
- hahah, flol, neverscared, well done.Nairn
- hahah, flol, neverscared, well done.Nairn
- A comment so good, I had to post it twice.
Wut?Nairn - Keep it in your pants, neverscared.palimpsest
- Ive felt the same way at times, but the shit storm can have a painful, long tail. You can shorten the drag by bravely looking the problem in the eyes and makingshellie
- One, very small change today. Thats all. One small change.shellie
- I shared in an earlier post but there is power in believing that you are capable, smart and more resilient than you give yourself credit for. You can do this!shellie
- I've been the same way since the last presidential election. I know 2016 was game over but since 2024 I've given up on the news.CyBrainX
- mort_11
- Thank you, mort_.
<3PonyBoy - ^ lol!Continuity
- "For as long as we can ride it. There ain't no reins on this one."palimpsest
- PonyBoy bless up!mort_
- Is this in Eli Cash's house?Nairn
- ^ lolneverscared
- Tom Green living that ranch life in Ontario, Canadaprophetone
- This is the strangest Only Fans channel I've accidentally stumbled across.Akagiyama
- Thank you, mort_.
- jagara5
Vid of the Day
The internet has made a lot of people completely insufferable.
- News to no one, but interesting to see a breakdown of what happened.jagara
- its nice to see someone talking about media theory who knows what media theory is.kingsteven
- After AI will be all 3 years oldGabriel
- well Trump isn't even 12 closer to 3 for sure._niko
- 12 is the best age though.neverscared
- according to Steve Zissouneverscared
- it doesn't account for internet bimbos.cannonball1978
- 22 minutes.. god people over estimate my interest in what they have to sayautoflavour
- Nice shirt, MarkNBQ00
- HijoDMaite2
Show your latest Pics
Just a quick test of the new lens out in the garden. This "nifty-fifty" from Nikon is unreal. Such creamy bokeh for a budget-ish lens! Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S
- Very nice. You have to love that depth of field.CyBrainX
- flickr says no?slappy
- Links are rooted!sab
- I thought I was the only one using Flickr. It's a photographer's dream, really. You can post original size, even raw images. It saves all the exif info too.CyBrainX
- Very nice - what camera body are you slapping that lens on?stoplying
- they work if you remove everything after the '.jpg' in the url.slappy
- Sorry guys. Flickr changed their shit on me apparently. I posted it the same way I have always posted them. Also they show up on my screen just fine.HijoDMaite
- cruddlebub3
making beats
Two new tracks released last week.
Both made using: Teenage engineering ko2, ENDORPHINE EVIL PET and the torso electronics S4.
- these are lovely. how are you making them?autoflavour
- So I have recorded lots of field recordings over time with a little zoom recorder. Use sample packs from multiple places too.cruddlebub
- The S4 is the last line of a daisy chain. The KO2 - into the evil pet - into the S4. I can sometimes makes 573 different versions of a track before I am happy..cruddlebub
- The S4, with each new beta or update becomes a new machine. I have always loved it. I mean.. I wouldn't buy it, sell it and buy it and then sell it again...cruddlebub
- Like mantrakid! The S4 is so powerful. You can do so much with a simple tiny sound or sample. You can use it a live processor. Loop. It's my favourite thing.cruddlebub
- The evil pet is stunning. And whilst the S4 does granular synthesis. The EP pisses all over it. The work so well togethercruddlebub
- Very nice, like FSOL making out with Alessandro on a Blade Runner LA rooftop patio setprophetone
- hahahaha thats a brilliant descriptioncruddlebub
- Feel free to quote me on that for your bandcamp album review feedback lolprophetone
- Lol will docruddlebub
- These are great man. Are they all played and recorded live? Are these up on soundcloud too? Thanks for liking my last track. They take me aaaaaages!Ianbolton
- The Samples from Mars sound packs are great. I could share them with you if you’re interested?Ianbolton
- Oh yeah that would be awesome! Always love a sample pack. Yeah all recorded live into a zoom recorder. These are on SC, I.T, Spotify toocruddlebub
- Wow this is really coolyuekit
- So beautiful and clean buddy. yeah who would ever buy an S4 multiple times only to sell it again? Only an idiot.mantrakid
- Hahahaha not an idiot per say. Maybe someone who just is a bit... Impatientcruddlebub
- Continuity8
Food
@ Nairn
I don't know if you saw the sidenote in my previous kebab post where I said I wanted to try a different method, and posted the link.
This is that method (though a different actual recipe).
There's no going back now. And I don't think I can actually buy kebab from a shop again after this.
Also, dürüm this time for my main man pali.
- kebab smoothieutopian
- This is the way.palimpsest
- I think I asked you a while back if you'd seen this method, on Discord :)
I tried making chicken sis the other day. Was nice. Wasn't chicken sis.Nairn - Aaaah did you? I'll need to look back in the thread. But yeah, this is ... oooft. Yeah. Kebab.
I'm sorry about your not-sis, though.Continuity - I think I posted Refika's version, which I took to mean it was actually a go-er..
https://www.youtube.…Nairn - Nice work!! BUT... you’ve surely gotta heat that wrap up to give it a bit of a crisp?Ianbolton
- Also, my latest find is that Cornichons bring the whole world to life when making kebabs/wraps. Chuck some in at the end to find out!Ianbolton
- I just realized I missed the opportunity to make my first comment:
"You're on a roll".
Which you indeed are. When's the book coming out already?!palimpsest - Yes, Chef!stoplying
- lol pali!Continuity
- WANT of the Dayskinny_puppy
- Yeah, now ib points it out - you went a bit lacklustre on the bread. Looks amazing otherwise, but you wrapped it in a tarpaulin of sadness. Boo! xNairn
- Do your Turkish places do those large Iranian breads? Those fuckers are perfect for this.Nairn
- The lavash you mean? Sadly know, but I know which ones you're talking about, and they're divine.Continuity
- *sadly noContinuity
- PonyBoy2
blog
Here's a note from Aquent's recent 2026 Salary Guide for hiring creative companies...
'From titles to skill stacks'
"In 2026, compensation decisions are not merely about talent attraction and retention but about funding your organization’s AI future. Companies must shift from funding static job titles to investing in dynamic skill stacks to translate their AI ambition into competitive advantage."
Reading some of these job posts one might find themselves sounding barely useful even if you come w/Figma, a touch a Webflow and a side of Rive while still skilled in the primary Adobe family of apps...
...time to 'get stacked', fuckers. <3
- Ups and downs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯OBBTKN
- Skill stack just reads like who is the most useful for the AI to harvest for their training data.autoflavour
- the theme of these i'm picking up is 'ADHD skillset' - 'Jack of all trades'.kingsteven
