Sketch has become one of the most trusted tools for designers in today's design world. In order to complete design tasks more efficiently and conveniently, the Sketch plug-in marketplace also offers a wide range of auxiliary plug-ins. This article will take an in-depth inventory of 10 indispensable plug-ins in sketch design to provide a richer design experience for the majority of designers. Ginker pluginsSketch 5The 0 plug-in interface is developed using native components of the Apple system, which meets the needs of designers who love Apple's design style, and currently also supports the appearance changes of the macOS system, allowing designers to experience immersive upload and delivery of design drafts. Features: (1) Automatic annotation generation: Quickly upload the design, efficiently deliver the development, and automatically generate annotations in the Tracer collaboration platform after uploading, and quickly view the layer spacing. (2) Manage design specifications: Through the library project plug-in and design material plug-in, it can help the design team build the design system efficiently. (3) Proofreading the design content: Through the specification check tool, it can help the designer proofread whether the design draft meets the design specifications with one click, and efficiently produce the design content. Through the design draft uploaded by the Gekke plug-in, team members can also view the design draft in the design draft, add logic descriptions, and understand the project logic. The collaboration includes functions such as review, product document writing management, design draft history version management, design specification management, etc., covering the whole process of collaboration from requirements to development. Installation address:
Gink's sketch plugin interfacestarkThe Stark for Sketch plugin not only provides powerful design capabilities, but also provides designers with a strong understanding of user experience and accessibility. Features: (1) Contrast detection: The plug-in can quickly detect the color contrast in the design to ensure that the text and images are clearly visible in different backgrounds. (2) Accessibility standards: Stark integrates common accessibility standards to help designers ensure that their work meets global best practices for accessible design. (3) Visual simulation: Stark allows designers to simulate common types of color blindness, including red-green color blindness, blue-yellow color blindness, etc. This helps designers better understand the visual experience of different users during the design process, ensuring that the design is user-friendly for all users. Installation address:
Stark's official website introductory mapchartThe Chart plugin is a plugin that focuses on data visualization and provides designers with rich and flexible chart design tools. Whether it's a simple bar chart, a complex radar chart, or a stylish pie chart, Chart can meet the needs of designers for different types of charts, making data intuitive and vivid. Features: (1) Multiple chart types: The chart plugin supports a variety of common chart types, including bar charts, line charts, pie charts, radar charts, etc. Designers can choose the right chart type according to different data and needs. (2) Custom Style: The plugin provides rich styling and configuration options, and designers can easily adjust the color, font, line style, etc. of the diagram to match the overall design style of the project. (3) Real-time data update: Chart supports real-time data update, and designers can realize dynamic update of charts through simple data modification. This is useful for showcasing real-time data and trend changes. (4) Export high-quality diagrams: Designers can export the designed diagrams in high resolution for documentation, reports, or presentations. The export format supports common image formats and vector graphics. Installation address:
Chart official website introduction chartoverflowOverflow is an interactive prototype display tool. By presenting a dynamic user interface in the design, Overflow enables designers to better understand and showcase interactions, improve communication efficiency, and bring a more intuitive experience to designers and teams. Features: (1) Interactive Display: Overflow connects different artboards and screens to achieve a realistic and smooth user interface interactive display. Designers can simulate user clicking, scrolling, and other operations to present the interactive flow of the design. (2) Multi-device adaptation: Support multi-device adaptation, including mobile phones, tablets and desktops. Designers can easily switch between preview devices to see how their designs will perform on different screen sizes. (3) Collaboration: Designers can upload prototypes to the cloud and invite team members to collaborate. This approach accelerates the process of design review and input gathering, and improves the efficiency of team collaboration. Installation address:
Splash official website introductory imageunsplashThe Unsplash plugin is a high-quality, free** tool for designers to easily access and use a wide variety of materials during the design process. Features: (1) High Quality**: The Unsplash plugin connects to the Unsplash platform and provides rich, high-quality free** footage. Designers can search for and insert these directly from the plugin, without leaving the Sketch software. (2) Instant search: The plugin supports instant search, and designers can quickly find the desired ** according to keywords or themes. Make it more efficient for designers to find the right materials in the design process. (3) Custom size: The plugin allows designers to choose a custom size when inserting ** to suit different design needs. This gives designers more flexibility. Installation address:
Introductory image of the official website of UnsplashzeplinZeplin is a tool designed for collaboration between designers and developers. It transforms design drafts in Sketch into resources available for development, providing a seamless design-to-development collaboration platform that makes communication between design and development smoother and more efficient. Features: (1) Automatically generate styles: Zeplin plug-in can automatically generate styles in the design draft, including fonts, colors, borders, etc., so that developers can directly apply these styles to the design and maintain the consistency of design and implementation. (2) Resource export: The Zeplin plug-in can automatically export the layers and slices in the design draft as image assets required for development, including 2x and 3x multipliers, simplifying the resource delivery process from design to development. (3) Interactive prototype display: Designers can generate interactive prototypes in Zeplin and share them with developers. This way, developers can see not only the design but also the corresponding callouts and styles**. 4) Support multi-platform: Zeplin supports multi-platform use, including iOS, Android, Web, etc., which is suitable for different development environments, making the collaboration between design and development more flexible. Installation address:
Introduction to Zeplin's official websiteabstractAbstract is a collaboration and version control tool for teams of designers. Designers can more easily manage versions of design files, collaborate and work as a team, and more easily track the change history of their designs. Features: (1) Version control: The Abstract plugin allows designers to track the change history of design files by providing version control functions. Designers can easily view, compare, and restore different versions of their designs. (2) Team collaboration: The plugin provides a platform for team collaboration, where designers can share design files with team members and edit them collaboratively in real time. This greatly simplifies the complexity of multi-person collaboration. (3) Design file management: The abstract plug-in allows designers to save design files locally and synchronize them to the cloud. This allows designers to access and manage design files anytime, anywhere, without worrying about files being lost or out of sync. (4) Collaborative Comment: Team members can comment and give feedback in the design draft, which facilitates more direct communication. Designers are able to better understand the team's expectations and recommendations for the design. (5) Design draft review: Abstract supports the review of design drafts to ensure that design changes are reviewed and approved before being applied to the main project. Installation address:
Abstract official website introduction mapfrontifyFrontify is a powerful brand management and collaboration platform tool that helps designers manage Frontify-based design files in Sketch. Features: (1) Brand design and production: Access brand assets directly in sketch and use brand elements. (2) Synchronize design specifications: Synchronize the design specifications in Frontify with Sketch, so that the team can use the unified design specifications efficiently. Installation address:
color variables migratorColor Variable Migration Tool is a useful plugin that helps designers synchronize all the colors in their designs perfectly. The plugin can automatically convert the color styles of old designs into color variables, helping designers easily manage the color changes of their projectsAt the same time, the plugin will help designers update the layers and styles in each design with new color variables. Installation address:
Introduction to the Color Variables Migrator pluginlooperLooper helps designers automatically duplicate groups and layers. You can control properties such as rotation, scale, and opacity when copying. This powerful combination allows artists and designers to create interesting geometric and organic patterns. Featured Functions: (1) Duplicate Count: Duplicate the selected group or layer by providing a repeat count, or looper can automatically calculate the count based on the rotation angle to form a complete circle. (2) Rotate the selected group or layer by providing a specific rotation angle, or looper can automatically calculate the angle needed to form a complete circle based on the repeat count. The angle of rotation can be incremented linearly, randomly, or set to increase sinusoidally. (3) Make a grid: Copy the selected group or layer to form a grid. You can manipulate the number of columns, rows, horizontal margins, and vertical margins. You can also change other properties of the grid element, such as opacity, rotation, and scale. Installation address:
Looper Plugin IntroductionThe above 10 Sketch plugins are undoubtedly the best assistant for designers, covering everything from creative elements to design collaboration, making design work easier and more enjoyable!Whether it's improving efficiency, optimizing the user experience, or adding creative elements, these plugins open up a wider range of possibilities for designers. In the future design career, I hope that designers can use these artifacts efficiently to create better design works!