Turn your digital products 🔥 PRO-LEVEL 🔥 using these 6 graphic design techniques

About this video

Kate Hayes teaches six techniques to make designs look pro-level, demonstrating in the Kittl editor (transcribed as ‘KD’). One, text: ensure high contrast against the background, and use shadows (drop, line, block and detailed 3D, adjusting color, offset, angle and blur) plus decoration effects like color cut, oblique lines and horizontal lines. Two, backgrounds: replace solid color with linear or radial gradients, textures (grunge, paper, photocopy, natural shadows), or patterns, including AI-generated patterns. Three, elements: choose icons, clip art and shapes that match your brand aesthetic, and polish them with color changes, borders, shadows and opacity — e.g. a semi-transparent shape over a photo for readable text. Four, photos: match photo mood to your brand (dark/moody vs light/airy vs vibrant), and use AI background removal, shadows, filters and an image vectorizer. Five, masks and frames to put photos into shapes like arches, stars or paint splatters instead of plain rectangles. Six, work smarter with a brand kit that saves text, color, shadow, decoration and filter styles for one-click reuse.

Key takeaways

• Make text pro-level with high contrast against its background, plus shadows (adjust color, offset, angle, blur) and decoration effects like color cuts and oblique lines
• Upgrade backgrounds beyond solid color using linear/radial gradients, textures, or patterns — including AI-generated patterns
• Choose elements that match your brand aesthetic and polish them with borders, shadows and opacity, layering semi-transparent shapes over photos for readable text
• Use photos intentionally: match mood to brand, remove backgrounds with AI, add shadows and filters, and vectorize photos into editable elements
• Use masks/frames for photo shapes and save reusable text, color, shadow and filter styles in a brand kit to avoid rebuilding effects from scratch

Episode details: published August 20, 2024 · 17:47 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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