Exporting Figma to Adobe XD

Video Tutorial: Convert Figma to Adobe XD

This video tutorial is a complete step-by-step guide showing you how to automatically convert your designs from Figma to Adobe XD files (in one click) directly from Figma using the Convertify plugin.

To export your designs from Figma for Adobe XD, you can follow the steps to convert, download and open your .xd file.

Installing Adobe XD If you're a Mac or Windows user, and if you have a paid Adobe CC account, you can install Adobe XD in Creative Cloud (or download the .dmg installer directly from here), which should allow you to run it on your computer. You can also find the Windows standalone installer online, too.

Selecting a single Figma page to convert to Adobe XD ​

Once the Convertify plugin is running, ensure the Export Figma to Adobe XD option is selected, then you can select the Figma page you would like to convert to Adobe XD.

The plugin will automatically export the Figma page that you're currently viewing. You can change the Figma page you would like to export by clicking on any page in your Figma file listed in the left-hand column in Figma, under the Pages column heading.

After you've selected your Figma page, you can convert your design to Adobe XD by clicking the Export This Page button in the Convertify plugin. This will begin the automated conversion process.

Time Estimates. The time estimate (eg. ~14 seconds to convert 555 layers) is based on the number of layers in your Figma page to give you an indicator of how long the conversion will take. Please note that Figma pages that contain large images will likely increase the time needed to finish converting your Figma page to your Adobe XD file.

Adobe XD doesn't support multiple pages in a document. Please note, selecting multiple pages only applies to Sketch exports, as the Adobe XD app only supports single page files right now.

Exporting selected Figma frames on your page to XD ​

Alternatively, if you don't want to convert full Figma page to Adobe XD, you can convert certain frame layer(s) in your Figma design to Adobe XD by selecting the Figma frame(s) you want to convert, then click the Export Selected Frames button in the Convertify plugin. This will begin the automated conversion process.

Time Estimates. The time estimate (eg. ~14 seconds to convert 555 layers) is based on the number of layers in your Figma page to give you an indicator of how long the conversion will take. Please note that Figma pages that contain large images will likely increase the time needed to finish converting your Figma page to your Adobe XD file.

Downloading your .xd file ​

After Convertify has finished processing your Figma page, you'll be shown a confirmation message; you can download your .xd file by clicking the Download .xd file button.

Saving file downloads from Figma If you're using the Figma desktop app, you'll see a prompt appear to download your file. However, if you're using Figma in a web browser, your file will automatically be downloaded to your computer by default (usually to the Downloads directory on your computer).

Opening your .xd file ​

After you've downloaded your .xd file from Figma to your computer, you can open your file explorer to the directory where it was saved. Double clicking on the exported .xd file will open it up in the version of Adobe XD that you have installed on your computer.

Configuring your Adobe XD export options ​

Before exporting your designs from Figma to Adobe XD, you can configure some optional settings that may be useful.

Render layers starting with an * as images ​

Enabling the Render layers starting with an * as images toggle will automatically export any Figma layers with layer names that start with "*" (eg. "*Frame 1") as image layers instead of their normal layer type.

Include reference image overlays for artboards ​

Enabling the Include reference image overlays for artboards toggle will automatically include image references of each artboard on top of each one in your exported file, with a layer opacity of 50%; this can be helpful to make any manual edits or layer positioning tweaks.

Flatten/ungroup all Figma "Group" layers ​

Enabling the Flatten/ungroup all Figma "Group" layers toggle will automatically ungroup any "Group" layers in your Figma file.

Render more visually accurate text ​

Adobe XD doesn't support text properties like vertical text alignment, and calculates line-heights differently than Figma.

Enabling the Render more visually accurate text toggle will more export your Figma text values more accurately for XD (for any fonts in the design that are installed on your machine).

Slower conversion times. Please note, enabling the Render more visually accurate text option may cause the conversion to be much slower than usual (depending on number of text layers).

Understanding differences between Figma and Adobe XD ​

Convertify does its best to convert all of your layers and atrributes from Figma over to Adobe XD, however, there are some natural limitations based on Adobe XD supporting a smaller number of native features than Figma does.

Figma features that are missing in Adobe XD ​

These features are available in Figma, but aren't native to Adobe XD, so they won't be carried over with the Convertify plugin.

  • Hiding parent artboards
  • Rotated parent artboards
  • Ellipsis with "arc" properties
  • Mulitple fills/strokes on a layer
  • Vector layers that use corner radius
  • Strokes/fills applied to groups
  • Vertical alignment for text layers
  • Nested layer masks

Please note that Adobe XD protoypes only supports interactions of On Click, On Drag and Key/Gamepad.

Adobe XD also supports navigation types of Navigate To, Open Overlay, Scroll To and Back.

Convertify will only carry over any prototype links in Figma that match these prototype attributes that are supported in Adobe XD.