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Mask layers and groups

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskGroup the marketing hero image into a masked composition so the tablet screenshot sits only…+
Group the marketing hero image into a masked composition so the tablet screenshot sits only inside the hand illustration. Apply the mask to the group named Hero-Screenshot, preserve the internal layout so the image can be swapped in production, and confirm the mask clips cleanly at 2x export for the PNG set.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I share the hero with the product marketer, prepare the masked frame so they can swap…+
Before I share the hero with the product marketer, prepare the masked frame so they can swap art without breaking layout: expose the screenshot layer at the top of the group, name it Screenshot-Replace, lock the mask path and annotate any scaling constraints. Highlight areas where the mask leaks at small widths and suggest an alternate crop for mobile.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI applied the hand illustration as a mask for the tablet screenshot and on the mobile frame the…+
I masked the promo image and now the mobile layout shows gaps
I applied the hand illustration as a mask for the tablet screenshot and on the mobile frame the masked image shows white gaps at the edge. The stakeholders are Emma in marketing and Raj the frontend lead. I’m unsure if the problem is the mask path not scaling, an image alignment issue, or a retina export mismatch. What’s the most likely diagnosis and the single next action to fix it across breakpoints?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternWe repeatedly hand over masked hero art that breaks when marketing swaps JPEGs — masks shift,…+
Masks keep breaking when marketing swaps images
We repeatedly hand over masked hero art that breaks when marketing swaps JPEGs — masks shift, exposures crop wrong, and engineers rebuild the masks. I am the product designer and it costs us time and trust. What one change in how we structure masked groups and what export check would prevent this pattern going forward?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Figma's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.