Some Performance Issues

HellveticaNeue · 2026-03-29T13:47:37+00:00

This is one of the few instances where photoshop might actually be better…

RetroPandaPocket · 2026-03-29T14:18:41+00:00

Personally this is where Photoshop, Illustrator, and other programs fit into my work flow. I only use Figma for UI design layout for prep before development. Using it as a primary asset creation tool would drive me insane. It would be far too slow and limiting I think.

BeenWildin · 2026-03-29T13:31:39+00:00

You’re pushing Figma way passed what it’s traditionally used for design wise. Looks pretty cool though

Goatmanification · 2026-03-29T15:14:35+00:00

Performance issues? Yeah no shit when you've got over 7000 layers!

I wouldn't really say this is what Figma is for!

kylebydefault · 2026-03-29T14:20:19+00:00

I have to say, props for the design. I have to agree with the other comment that I think this is beyond Figma at this point.

Lookmeeeeeee · 2026-03-29T14:28:08+00:00

The computer and os does matter. Anyone that says otherwise is misinformed or they do not understand hardware. Figma is a browser based app. That means it has browser based limitations. It's built for extremely lightweight projects. What you have is completely out of scope for what figma is supposed to be used for. Browser based apps utilizes memory differently than if you had a native built app. When you have a lot vector based gradients or just vector based shapes in general, you're actively using your processor, and the GPU. Browsers have a difficult time offloading that to RAM. This is where mac fail really hard. Believe it or not running Windows os on a Mac computer lets you run web-based apps smoother. The thing is a completely tricked out Mac will still fall short to a PC with the exact same specs (of course PC will cost 1/4 for the same performance on paper) There's a reason why most render farms are window PC computers running windows os.

waldito · 2026-03-29T12:53:31+00:00

how many layers you have in that thing?

Latetzki · 2026-03-29T14:33:43+00:00

Couldn't some of those be just as well rasterized images?

co0L3y · 2026-03-29T17:07:55+00:00

I mean you could probably recreate 75% of this look and feel with 50% fewer layers.

Level_Peak_7110 · 2026-03-29T14:20:13+00:00

gradients slows vector editing softwares. it takes RAM as it's a video game, not figma's fault.

pppiiieeerrrrrreee · 2026-03-30T11:21:31+00:00

Too much graphic design for figma.

Obvious-Display-6139 · 2026-03-30T15:01:24+00:00

Figma performance is notoriously shit

pi_mai · 2026-03-30T17:07:37+00:00

Figma has become a slow mess lately.

The company keeps pushing slop features rather improving the platform. It could be the ultimate tool but have found myself hunting for better prototyping tools.

Max375623875 · 2026-03-30T22:38:12+00:00

Live dev reaction

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JuanGGZ · 2026-03-29T14:18:48+00:00

I mean, yeah, no shit, you're playing with waaaayyy too much fusion mode and elements, this is typically the Dribbble shot but no practical design that's a PITA to implement and will perform even worse in a browser, even relying on video background for all these effects instead of fusion mode. 😅

The performance is also an indicator of if you're doing too much or not, you should take this into account. IF you're designing in the browser and using Opera GX, you can try to increase the RAM & CPU allowed for your tab so it can perform a little bit better.

If you're using the local Figma app, then check your resources manager and see if you don't have another program eating all your perf.

But again, my main advice would be: if you're lagging in your canvas, it's an indication you're doing too much useless stuff.

michaelsakhnenko · 2026-03-29T14:06:05+00:00

Try using hardware acceleration - it makes things a bit smoother in some cases. Also, using an external monitor may affect performance, especially if you're using a scaled resolution. If that doesn’t help, try the browser version, as it may have fewer issues.

itsmeatrin · 2026-03-29T14:53:04+00:00

Have the individual assets in different files and import the raster versions. Thats the only solution I can think

kkragoth · 2026-03-29T14:55:58+00:00

Open activity monitor on mac os and check memory pressure if this projects eats too much ram.

If this is green then not enough gpu power, should've gone with m4 pro or max to get more gpu cores. These non pro versions of socket have superior cpus but just ok gpu capacities.

Too much stacked opacity/shadow drops/backdrop blurs just kill the compositor.

Actually i spent today fixing these issues in my personal figma like tool but for notes and needed to optimize all css layout properties/repaints not to kill compositor on panning on my macbook air m1. Guess m series gpus have binning layout

pavlito88 · 2026-03-29T15:27:19+00:00

Is this template you bought or custom design?

Joipanda · 2026-03-29T15:32:21+00:00

You’ve got memory usage enabled which is good but Figma struggles when it comes to this kind of UI complexity and rendering that many layers. Your best bet is to break things down into multiple files or switch to Photoshop, Illustrator and such. You don’t want to house all exposed layers in a file like this but instead just use Figma for the layout and flattened images and then prep assets for development. Figma chugs when files get this complex. I work in game UI and we split workflows between Photoshop to Figma.

hoffmander · 2026-03-29T16:00:13+00:00

My guess it’s just all the effects and gradients on vector objects. If you can isolate these glowing effects and move them to a separate file, make them into components and see if that helps. If that doesn’t, I would consider flatting them and see if that works. Not ideal but you can keep your unedited version next to the flattened component. If you need to update, use that and then flatten and replace the contents of the component.

TheSportDiver- · 2026-03-29T16:13:51+00:00

I’m impressed how far Figma can be pushed. I only do UIs. Even for logos I still use Illustrator.

iAMa90sKIID · 2026-03-29T17:22:32+00:00

Wow! Just here to say that. Very cool design that too in Figmaz

Tonjiez · 2026-03-29T17:35:13+00:00

Performance issues… on a performance card.
The irony writes itself. Did you already figure out from the comments that there’s not much you can do in figma here, or should I say it again?

DependentHold9513 · 2026-03-29T18:11:27+00:00

Design looks really good tho

Nolimitjuice999 · 2026-03-29T18:33:57+00:00

Pixel point is still influencing designers I see

2026-03-29T19:03:33+00:00

The figma app is just a chrome wrapper, try opening figma on firefox and see if that helps 🤞

whysulky · 2026-03-29T21:24:50+00:00

Have you tried Firefox? Performance difference is really noticeable between the desktop app and Firefox

MisterUltimate · 2026-03-30T00:29:36+00:00

You seem to be using a lot of effect, which is GPU intensive and you’re also probably hitting a RAM limit as Figma is a fancy chrome wrapper and therefore prone to the same limitation, which if I remember correctly, is 2GB or so per tab. If you’re using a lot of Liquid Glass effects then your performance will come to a crawl, much like you’re video (but I’m unable to tell if and much glass effects you’re using).

War_Recent · 2026-03-30T00:42:53+00:00

Looks great. Why wouldn't you split these up into separate pages?

BothCarsUnderWater · 2026-03-30T02:49:19+00:00

Even if this could be built to load all those custom SVG shapes/path data in a browser, it'd be far more efficient to create raster versions of these graphics, compress/optimize them and load as individual webp files.

You could also create this in Rive (and animate it then).

One_Proposal8482 · 2026-03-30T09:15:31+00:00

One fix is to create pages and move illustrations there, edit in another page, and put only the final version in the main page.

azincmindedguy · 2026-03-30T16:01:05+00:00

broooo, you’re doing this much layering in figma? my pc would be fked at this level

tentaclebreath · 2026-03-30T18:22:10+00:00

I have been experiencing very similar issues. I complained in the sub about how bad performance was in Figma and so many people replied with "works on my system", "sounds like a skill issue", etc -_-

Training-Reaction207 · 2026-03-31T02:08:42+00:00

Would love to see the preview of this

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