It's Time to Collaborate

Once you are happy with your design in Sketch, Adobe XD, or Figma, and want to start collaborating with others, how do you share your work?

With Anima, you can share a Project, create Teams, assign different Access Levels, receive feedback as Comments, and more, all in one place.

Overview

In this guide, we will learn how:

Create a Team
Create a Project
Sync design to Project
Invite members to collaborate
Assign Member Access Levels

Prerequisites:

Design file in Sketch, Adobe XD, or Figma.
Anima plugin for Sketch, Adobe XD, or Figma

Step 1: Create a Team

Anima automatically creates a team for you upon signing up but if you wish to create a new one:

In the Anima web app, click the "+" button at the top left corner of the screen.
Give the Team a name and click Create Team.

Step 2: Create a Project:

Now that you have a Team in the Anima web app, we are going to add a Project where other Members can join it and collaborate.

After Creating a Team, click "New Project" from the top right corner
Give the project a Name and click "Create Project"

Step 3: Sync Design to Anima Project

❗️Your team member won't be able to see your design updates until you sync them to the Anima Project.

This can only be done from within your design tool using the Anima plugin

The chart below explains who can see and edit your work.

Step 4: Add Members to Your Team

In the Anima web app, select your Team from the Sidebar
Click the "+" button from the top of the dashboard
Select the Access level from the dropdown menu (Contributor/Admin
or Viewer)
Generate an Invite Link or send them an invitation using their email address.

❗️You can also add members to your team in your Team Settings

Step 5: Manage Access Levels

Notice that you can set different Access Levels for your Team Members:

Go to your Projects and click Settings at the bottom right corner
Select Guests in the menu and click Manage Team Members
Here you can add or edit members and set up their roles in a team. (You can also do it as described in Step 4.)

Contributors are paid seats who can sync designs, run the prototype, leave comments, publish and export designs.
Viewers are free seats that can only preview projects and leave comments (both required Anima accounts).

In your project click on "Share" in the top right corner and select to invite people as team members, as external users (guests) for the specific project, or to share a public link.

Team Members: This person will be invited to join the team and all the projects inside it. Contributors are paid seats who can sync designs, run the prototype, leave comments, publish and export designs. Viewers are free seats that can only preview projects and leave comments.

Guests: This person will only be able to see the specific project you are inviting them to. They do not have access to the Subscription or other Account Settings.

Public Link: Enable your and copy your public link to share your project as a website (you can do it with a Free Plan).

Sharing Project With Your Team

Open the Project's screen/page you want to share.
Click the "Copy Link" button and share the link with your teammates.
👌 The link you send to your team opens the page you chose. The teammates can use the top navigation to see all the project's pages.