10+ Genius Design Hacks in 10 Minutes 💥

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In this video, we're going to show you 10+ genius design hacks in just 10 minutes! From optimizing your images to creating stunning user interfaces, these tips will help you create better designs faster than you ever thought possible!
If you're looking to up your design game in a hurry, then this video is for you! In just 10 minutes, we'll show you some quick and easy tips that will help you create stunning designs faster than you ever thought possible. From designing better emails to creating stunning user interfaces, these tips will help you create better designs faster than you ever thought possible. So don't miss it!
If there's anything you would like me to cover in a video, then let me know by commenting down below!
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📋 Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:08 1 - Finding a complementary colour (Adobe Illustrator)
00:41 2 - Quickly creating a Golden Ratio rectangle (Adobe Illustrator)
01:06 3 - Easily Kern Typography (Adobe Photoshop)
01:40 4 - Polygonal Lasso Tool (Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator)
02:06 5 - Logo Package Express (Adobe Illustrator)
02:56 6 - Creating a grid (Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator)
04:11 7 - Curvature tool (Adobe Illustrator)
05:43 8 - Creating a Radiant Gradient from an image (Adobe Photoshop)
06:36 9 - AI Design Assets using Midjourney (Midjourney & Adobe Photoshop)
07:35 Bonus Design Hack - Poster Design (Adobe Photoshop)
08:38 10 - Envato Elements (Link in description)
09:06 Outro

[@michaelikupa8331]

0:25 Not sure if you know. You can do the calculations within illustrator instead of opening the calculator. Just use the symbols and do the calculations in the type space

[@barijade]

Although I have a degree in Graphic Design, I appreciate videos such as this so much for upping my game and finding little tricks to assisting my design work so much.

[@willpatersondesign]

🤟🏼

[@Kaydcliff]

I totally agree. Can't say I learnt these doing my degree👍. Thanks#sharing

[@hypedesignsboutique]

Same...I have learned so many more useful hacks on social media and KZbin than I did in school 🥲

[@aleafox1675]

Same here, a degree and searching for those hacks to make life faster. :)

[@editanubhav]

Hey can you please let me know the key things you can confidently say that can only be learned to a degree.

[@FlorianAndresen]

0:55 But doesn't that give us a rectangle in a ratio of exactly 2:3? The Golden Ratio is roughly 1:1.6, or 2:3.2, so the rectangle should be a little "longer". Right?

[@Dontbustthecrust]

Been watching graphic Design videos for a few months now. Your channel is super great, you are a great instructor. Thanks for your hard work.

[@n1h0d98]

loved it. Bless you man!!!

[@emmadavid9648]

Oh wow! Thank you for sharing

[@prolificzee8771]

Brilliant video thank you so much Will

[@tokyotidien]

that's amazing, thanks Will

[@doppel.M]

Tip #1 pure gold !

[@tonmoykarmoker1900]

Cool! Thanks, Man!

[@larryfarr]

Just totally blown away Will. Thank you so much. Best 10 minutes I've spent in ages. Awesome job and excellent tips. Great delivery and production!

[@willpatersondesign]

This means a lot. Thank you :)

[@Official_kod]

Thank you so much will

[@agnieszkasamoyk6860]

Thanks for sharing!

[@limay7794]

Your are brilliant! All the tips are super useful for me~Thanks for sharing!

[@akshaytank3290]

Very helpful thank you very much ❤️ ✨

[@sienneamounn]

Just love your videos!

[@thesnappysoul]

Your gradient part helped me make a wallpaper! Thanks a ton! 🤝

[@melihctl6747]

Thnx man ❤

[@davidagbalegno7991]

Waoohhh, just the first thack blows my mind🤯🤯

[@hetzarrow6957]

I'm 17 & I want to be a Graphic Designer, You're a great mentor. Inspiring.⭐

[@willpatersondesign]

You can do it! :)

[@-MIDNIGHT-CAFE]

@@willpatersondesign sir please guide how to start I am interested a lot in gd but how to start?? Like basic theory

[@Design.Nation]

That Will's Cam was so creative, good job and nice video :)

[@thecreativeguy_]

Amazing (y) informational video THANKYOU !

[@aleafox1675]

You have know idea how many video I have searched though to learn some of these thing you teaching us. Most of the things your teaching I had know idea you could do. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video!

[@willpatersondesign]

This makes me so happy :)

[@LeslieJAlmeida]

I'm a self-taught/hack designer and know just enough to REALLY complicate things for myself 😅 These tips are super useful -- thank you!

[@willpatersondesign]

You're so welcome!

[@edunolutimilehin4371]

The perfect Tutorial video, it's educative, straight to the point and entertaining at the same time, keep it up will 👏🏿👏🏿

[@willpatersondesign]

Thank you :D

[@shiva-wc6mz]

Often, you amaze me with your stuff, thanks so much. Recently, I've joined you, and I'm waiting for your next video.

[@willpatersondesign]

Welcome aboard!

[@manamedia]

Outstanding Tips! Thank you for putting together Will.

[@willpatersondesign]

Hope they help :D

[@manamedia]

@@willpatersondesign Definitely learnt a few new tricks.

[@mike-pike]

This is top tier "hacks" thank you for this!

[@benjamin4990]

Absolutely f-ing bonkers THANKSSSSS

[@sunilchristian3430]

Thank you! Liked all, but, most liked tip is about finding complementary colour! Genious!

[@sussybaka5322]

Holy crud batman! Where was this when I was in school. Thanks so much for this now!

[@AhmedAmineHedoui]

Amazing bro 👏

[@Clorkies]

For the first hack, you can actually input simple equations in the number bar instead of having to open up the calculator app and computing the result. e.g. adding "+180" to 76 and pressing enter will show the sum of the two.

[@spaz_chicken]

Came to say this. Using this trick saves me a crap-ton of time for all sorts of adjustments in adobe software.

[@Z3ROR]

You can actually do all kinds of calculations. plus (+10), minus (-10), divide (/10), multiply (*10).

[@zakiroyhan]

This is quite helpful! i never seen some of these tricks before it's really saving my time. Thank you so much!

[@willpatersondesign]

Happy to help!

[@tulp_graphics]

Got some useful tips again, thank you so much! 🙏🏻

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad you like them!

[@naomipaterson9300]

Top tips! 🎉🎉🎉

[@SB_Gaming007]

Thanks! this was super

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LogosBySmart]

Wow... Alot info gotten in less than 10mins...thanks Will... This is a whole lot

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad it was helpful! :D

[@Drakonseth]

Love this string of videos. ❤

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad you like them!

[@Mania26]

Great tips.

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks!

[@MrSammyGFTW]

I love you dude.

[@wizeguide6734]

Perfect! Thank you

[@willpatersondesign]

You're welcome!

[@lqvdesigner]

cool tips and some are really helpful to my dailly work. thanks

[@willpatersondesign]

Happy to help!

[@lino_gutenpower]

Man, I was sad last days because I delayed to deliver a project with a doc explaining all for art school, where I went to big and I got not time to finish the doc. It hurted a lot, then I realized that some process I had where too slow, and this video has helped a lot. Thank you Will!

[@TutiGelormini]

Love it!

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks!!

[@saliuarts]

Nice tips

[@shantanoodongre5174]

Simple and Useful tips, thanks for the effort bro😀😀

[@willpatersondesign]

You're welcome :)

[@skillsinpixels]

Absolutely Genius! ✌🏻

[@willpatersondesign]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@tonickmoss]

great practical tips

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@celinaodeh7315]

I’m not even half way thru the video and I just needed to comment THANK YOU bc these r so incredibly helpful and I so appreciate u!!

[@willpatersondesign]

Thank you :D

[@Asad_Ziaa]

These were some awesome tips

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad it was helpful! :D

[@Asad_Ziaa]

@@willpatersondesign also will, I didn't recognise it was your video immediately and my brain showed reluctancy in clicking at first because there's no you in the thumbnail

[@mdshafikulislam9546]

Perfect

[@user-wl4xc3wn3n]

Absolutely loved these design hacks, Will! we teach similar techniques to aspiring designers.

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad you like them!

[@WBanduMedia07]

Very cool stuff, thanks lot.

[@willpatersondesign]

My pleasure!

[@mangazico]

Amazing Will thanks:)

[@willpatersondesign]

No worries!

[@abubakirbalfaqih9641]

Amazing

[@hypedesignsboutique]

Wow, mind is blown!

[@kate22279]

Thanks for that! I’d love to see more about grids.

[@willpatersondesign]

More to come!

[@nkdesigns1095]

On tip #3: The kerning of a professional typeface is set by the designer and these settings will apply when you choose "Metrics". Using "Optical", the kerning will be automatically adjusted by Adobe, wich isn't always better. So I would recommend: For professional fonts, make the font designers happy and choose "Metrics" as they intended. Any other free or badly kerned font, you may be better off using "Optical". Some manual kerning might be needed either way.

[@proy14]

Yes. Plus optical kerning take more machine ressources. In Photoshop, that's so so, but with longer texts in InDesign, it shows quickly.

[@curtismorrow4537]

OMG... Why can I only like this video once... You rock bro!

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks, glad it helped!

[@NgusTube]

you look gorgeous with the beard don't lose it!

[@andredealcarvalho]

HEY PATERSON! Hello from Brazil!

[@pratikladani6356]

Legit Sir👍

[@willpatersondesign]

Hope you guys enjoyed the video! Remember to share and subscribe for more graphic design content!

[@jasonjanssens2503]

I have a graphic design and logo I made for a small transportation company that I would love to get feedback on. Is there any way to have that happen?

[@naomipaterson9300]

@@jasonjanssens2503 you can post it on Reddit (link in description) or get in touch about a consultation!

[@khellstr]

You can type in "+180" or "-180" to input field and PS /AI/other will do the math for you. No need for calculator.

[@krazeeiulius]

what is your font

[@gosaiedu5431]

Thankyou

[@indikasandun8997]

Very useful tips 🔥❤

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks 🔥

[@visual_virtuoso]

thanks

[@ibny4747]

Great video! I love how you packed so many useful design hacks into just 10 minutes. I especially appreciate the tip about "Logo package express 3". How can I get it in my illustrator? Keep up the great work!

[@willpatersondesign]

Logo package is an app linked in the description :)

[@EleGraphicFirmLimited]

Lovely

[@Cannenburg]

Have to admit. There were a few things I did not know. Thanks!

[@willpatersondesign]

Happy to help!

[@abubakarniazi]

Wow its really helpfull

[@willpatersondesign]

Glad it helped

[@AlexBrough-vi6uf]

THAT FIRST TIP IS THE SINGLE MOST HELPFUL TIP IVE EVER HEARD

[@romaindaniel5773]

GOLD

[@rodrigomuller]

0:41 doesn't give you a golden rectangle. It gives you a Fibonacci rectangle. Fibonacci's ratio ever so slightly approaches the golden ratio at some points, but never exactly matches it. For a golden rectangle I just do one side of the square times 1.61804 and it's pretty good for very precise software oriented golden ratio. The more decimals the better tho.

[@Maggie-ze7zj]

Hey Will, could you do a tutorial on how you made that Artificial Intelligence poster? It's amazing!

[@willpatersondesign]

I will :)

[@JESWINJOSU]

Wow super helpful hacks ... Thank you 👍. Where can i find Midjourney bot ... Can i get a link

[@itayschor6717]

There's even a simpler way to achieve tip #1, just select the object you want to turn into the complimentary color, go to color window and click on the three lines there, click on complement and that's it!

[@ZennMagic]

you can also just do the equation in the input box

[@misscreative6865]

amzinggggggggggggggggggggg

[@Artistram3d1]

I could sure use the New Guide Layout in Illustrator at work but it's not showing up in View/Guides. Using Illustrator 2023 v27.1.1. As always, Brilliant vid, thank you!!

[@60secmusic96]

do you also do videos with affinity/serif products?

[@impossiblekid7758]

best 10 minutes

[@ibiwunmiadekoya4648]

What software did you use? Illustrator or Photoshop?

[@canaldoyoutube]

outstanding. could you please, do the same for corel draw users? same tips! have a nice day.

[@alisheikh1582]

Hey will, Can you make a video how to make workflow faster? For example finder files etc

[@willpatersondesign]

I will :)

[@mahbubnur777gmailcom]

wow

[@FranCarreira]

The golden rectangle you draw is not exactly "golden" is a 3x2 rectangle, it is near Golden, but to make one like the one you did, just entrer those proportions and you are done.

[@DJ-Illuminate]

I have been doing graphic design for 30 years and learned a bunch. I already knew about the AI stuff but the hacks for great. Thanks!

[@willpatersondesign]

Great to hear! 🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@GustavoHenriquetutoriais]

Hello, I stumbled upon this video and it is really helpful, but I have a quetion: If my colour has a, let's say 171° HUE, what to do to find the complementary? Simply 171 - 180? It will always be 0°? Thank you in advance.

[@pinkblanket]

Hi Gustavo, If it's below 180 u should add 180, making 351!

[@GustavoHenriquetutoriais]

@@pinkblanket But it only goes to 255 max.

[@mugcarnivore2493]

What is the model of you keyboard ?

[@mariaeduardacortinabartolo1598]

To be fair, i'm trying the complementary color thing by changing the H section and it worked three times and the fourth was really odd

[@lutchow]

niice

[@CHASIN_A_BASS]

Will I'm so glad you're showing people that ai can be a tool for designers..I've been trying to explain this for weeks to people lol

[@Sam-km8vu]

Nice thumbnail

[@willpatersondesign]

Even more design tips here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIWzdYWMjLl3fJo

[@sirtobias]

Been using illustrator for over four years and I never knew half the things in this video🤯

[@willpatersondesign]

I'm glad the video was helpful! :D

[@filipeonfire]

💥

[@greyiscolorful9297]

the color hack is what im having on the menu

[@Friesky]

i really enjoyed, maybe u can tell us any other stuff that AI can do for us?

[@willpatersondesign]

I'll be making more video about AI and graphic design soon :)

[@Friesky]

@@willpatersondesign thnk you so much :)

[@Sanadola3]

i am having problems when i try to liquify, it doesn't let me select liquify

[@groibs]

The golden rectangle hint is wrong. The right way to do this is to make a square and multiply its width by 1.618. Which is the Fibonacci number.