A kid at my niece's birthday party asked me why my poster looked 'blurry' and it made me rethink my whole layers setup | Canva vs Figma - The Design Community Hub
A kid at my niece's birthday party asked me why my poster looked 'blurry' and it made me rethink my whole layers setup
I was helping my sister make invites for my niece's 7th birthday party in Fresno last weekend, and her friend's kid looked at the screen and asked why the picture looked fuzzy. I had been designing the same way for maybe 4 years, text on top of text on top of text, no naming, just vibes. I opened my old file from 2020 and counted 63 layers with names like 'Rectangle 47 copy copy.' Back then I mostly used one tool for everything and never thought about it, but lately I switch between two apps depending on the job, and the kid's question made me realize I never cleaned up either one. So last night I renamed about 20 layers and grouped the rest, and man, it felt like finding money in a coat pocket. Do you all name your layers as you go, or just at the end when it gets messy?