Getting started with Figma on-canvas AI features for Education

By Figma

Categories: Design, Product

Summary

Figma's new on-canvas AI features for Education Pro plans enable designers to remove backgrounds, edit images with prompts, vectorize assets, and translate text in real-time—automating previously manual design workflows directly within the canvas.

Key Takeaways

1. Access all AI features through the Actions menu (Command K / Ctrl K), organized by function: image editing, design tools, riffing, and writing—reducing friction in feature discovery.
2. Remove Background preserves the original image as a hidden fill layer, enabling non-destructive edits and reverting to source imagery if needed.
3. Edit with Prompt uses natural language to transform sketches and images (e.g., 'make this into a plastic toy, 3D, minimal environment')—enabling rapid ideation without external tools.
4. Select and erase specific image regions using isolated selection areas—Figma intelligently removes targeted objects while preserving surrounding context.
5. Real-time text translation across multiple languages (demonstrated: English to Latin American Spanish) maintains design consistency while localizing content in a single step.

Topics

• Figma AI image editing features
• On-canvas generative design tools
• Real-time content localization design
• Non-destructive background removal
• Education plan AI capabilities

Transcript Excerpt

Hi friends Miggi from Figma here and today. Let's walk through some AI features that are now available for Figma's education Plan. So let's go. Many of the new commands can be found in the actions menu. If you hit command K, CTRL K on Windows or come down here, you can pull those up. The thing that you'll notice here is you'll see them classified by their function image editing, design tools, riffing and writing. Let's begin with some of the image tools. I'm gonna paste in this image and select ...