While a lot of design work begins in tools like Figma, you may not have all of your design assets here. There may some legacy materials that are still applicable to your brand or company but aren’t in an editable, Figma-friendly format. One of the most common types of these legacy assets is PDF files. For example, you may have brand guidelines, logos or mockups that are PDFs but that you need as editable layers in Figma. You may even have design files from other tools that you want to migrate, such as from Canva to Figma…
Unfortunately, Figma doesn’t offer the ability to natively convert PDFs into design files, so we’ll need to use an additional tool to convert a PDF to Figma. In this guide, we’ll be using the Figma plugin pdf.to.design to import a PDF into Figma as fully-editable layers. By using pdf.to.design, we can do everything in one shot in Figma, without having to rely on an external conversion tool.
How to import a PDF into Figma (and edit it!)
1. Run pdf.to.design
Open a new Figma file and run the plugin pdf.to.design.
2. Choose your import method
Select how you want to import your PDF: as static images or with editable layers.
3. Bring your PDF into Figma
You can either drag-and-drop your PDF document into the plugin, or browse files to select the PDF to import.
4. Start editing your PDF!
If you imported your PDF as editable layers, you can start editing any layer as you normally would in Figma!
🚀 BONUS: When you’re done, you can always convert your edited designs back into a PDF file by using Figma’s “Export as PDF” feature.
Why import your PDFs into Figma with pdf.to.design?
Visual accuracy
All your PDF elements are converted into editable Figma vectors, while respecting visual accuracy. Each shape, icon or path element remains the same from PDF to Figma. No need to waste time fiddling and fixing SVG import issues. pdf.to.design converts all elements seamlessly one by one to assure 100% compatibility.
Seamlessly migrate your work into Figma
By using pdf.to.design to import files, you can focus more on your design work and less on file formats and processes. Migrate anything from presentations to brand sheets, and even between tools! Go from PowerPoint to Figma, or even Canva to Figma, in just a few clicks. Multi-page PDFs are imported and automatically organized within a section, where each page is a separate frame. Migration is so seamless, you’ll have all your old PDFs in Figma in no time.
All design elements are 100% editable
The best thing about pdf.to.design is that all elements in your imports are 100% editable. You can move layers around and edit them as you normally would, allowing you to tweak and update PDFs directly in Figma.
Try it out!
If you need a way to transform your old PDF documents into editable Figma designs, look no further. pdf.to.design is the fastest way to import your PDFs directly into Figma in one go, seamlessly converting all elements into editable Figma vectors.