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A big thank you to our community, plus get Color Variables tips, icon design advice and more [View this email in your browser]( [Sketch News]( Newsletter — Issue 77 [From one to one million: how we grew Sketch around our incredible community]( To celebrate our tenth anniversary, we wanted to look back at how people like you — our community — helped us grow over the last decade. So to find out more, we chatted to some of the Sketch team about the journey to this amazing milestone. P.S. Pssst! If you haven’t already signed up for a sneak peek at real-time collaboration in Sketch, it’s not too late! Get an early look at the feature before launch — and be in with a chance of being an early tester — by [updating your profile](. [Read more]( Featured Extensions [Smart Truncate]( Too much copy in your layout? Quickly truncate your text with this handy plugin. The customization options are what make it a real winner. [Color Variables Migrator]( We wanted to make things as straightforward as possible as you start using Color Variables in version 69 — and this plugin should help. Learn [Whether you’re working on a single webpage or an entire design system, the colors you choose have a huge impact. So we thought we’d share some tips and tricks to help you make the most of Color Variables, as well as some advice on how to adopt them in existing and older documents.]( [How to make the most of Color Variables]( by Sketch [Creating a high-quality icon family requires a thoughtful approach, a trained eye, a bit of iteration, and a lot of practice. Below, I’ll illustrate the hallmarks of quality through 7 principles and plenty of real examples. The goal is to tune you to the key attributes of great icon design.]( [7 Principles of Icon Design]( by Helena Zhang [Native apps bring so many benefits — from personalization and performance to familiarity and flexibility. And while we’re always working hard to make Cloud an amazing space to collaborate, we still believe the Mac is the perfect place to let your ideas and imagination flourish.]( [Part of your world: Why we’re proud to build a truly native app]( by Sketch --------------------------------------------------------------- Videos [Sketch Big Sur UI Animation in After Effects]( by Christopher Deane This month, Christopher recreates the UI animation we teased on our social channels a few weeks ago. That should keep us all busy until Big Sur launches… [Creating a Design System in Sketch 69!]( by Maex Follow along as Max explains how to convert a UI kit into a more complex Design System that you can use across multiple platforms. --------------------------------------------------------------- Resources [Uxerkit (UX User Flow Toolkit)]( Build your own beautiful UX flows and wireframes with this powerful toolkit, which takes full advantage of overrides and Color Variables. [Download]( [Cabana Design System]( This detailed and completely customizable design system will help you work faster, with hundreds of useful elements. [Download]( [Fragments iOS 14 Wireframe Kit]( Pixsellz’s latest wireframe kit includes iOS 14’s most popular layouts and UI elements, plus a style guide for Layer and Text Styles. [Download]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Events and community [Discover the latest events and communities near you]( [Online: What's new in Sketch 69?]( Los Angeles, USA — 05 November [Join]( [Online: From the concept to the implementation and back]( Zürich, Switzerland — 10 November [Join]( [Online: Understanding biases and mistakes of our brain processes]( Washington, DC, USA — 19 November [Join]( [Online: Sketch Assistants, Color Variables & Components]( Johannesburg, South Africa — 30 November [Join]( You received this email because you subscribed via the Sketch website. [Choose which emails you receive]( or [unsubscribe from all our emails](. Sketch B.V., Flight Forum 40 Ground floor, 5657 DB, Eindhoven, the Netherlands [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Sketch Blog]( [Dribbble]( [Instagram]( [Forward this email to a friend]( [Privacy Statement](