In this post, I wanted to share some of the things I discovered with the Fisheye Workflow. I tested quite a few things in this one before it dawned on me that I wanted to use the same model for every campaign piece I created. This post will cover my experiments before and after I made that decision. My full walkthrough is in the comment below.
For my last test in the Lost in the Sauce experiment, I tested out the Outfit Scene Switch Workflow. This was one of the coolest ones to play with, but it also involved some extra work on the prompts. I go through the entire walkthrough in the comment below. This has been fun, and I look forward to sharing more tests soon!
The next tests for my Lost in the Sauce series was to try the Spotted in the Wild Workflow and the Mirror Selfie Workflow. Both of these were interesting trials due to camera movements and the mirror. I give the walkthrough in the comment below.
For part 5 of this Lost in the Sauce test, I figured I had enough ammo to start looking into the UGC workflows. My goal was to continue the consistency of the model, tank top and design using my reference images and create videos that would be great for social media posts (or even Etsy video listings). I’ll go through each one of those in the comment below.
By this point, I actually jumped the gun and went into the Fisheye Apparel Scene Workflow. After some experiments there, I realized that it would be better if I could use a consistent model through this process. I’ll get back to the Fisheye Workflow in my next post, but to keep this in the order I SHOULD have done it, this post will be about using a consistent model with the Styled Model Photoshoot Workflow. I’ve added the steps and discoveries in the comment below.
Now that I had the typography design I liked best, my next step was to create some elements to go with it. To do this, I went into the Match a Merch Style Workflow. At this point I had a few ideas for some elements to add but obviously wanted to match the actual style of the typography I used. Match a Merch Style worked great for this! I'll explain in the comment below, along with a pretty cool tip to save you some tokens.
Since I had my phrase in mind for this, "Lost in the Sauce", step 1 was to use the Typography Workflow. This post will cover that step with more posts to come covering the whole process. I guess you could say I got a little "lost in the sauce" myself, lol, so bear with me. I've added the walkthrough in the comment below.
Full disclosure here, I don't sell Tees or apparel, so this was technically my first approach at a T-shirt/tank top design, lol, so don't judge me too harshly. I figured since "Lost in the Sauce" gets said often enough in the lives, I would create a design around it as a loose idea. I also set myself one rule- create the entire project in Kittl workflows and the editor, including the supporting art, mockups, and videos. What began as a Typography Workflow test eventually became a finished design, coordinating elements, product mockups, a consistent campaign model, lifestyle images, and several videos. The complete experiment used over 3,225 credits (mostly because I did some extensive testing on ideas as I had them) across 47 images and 10 videos.
Along the way, I tested different typography styles, generated multiple design elements in one image, compared flat product references with model references, changed poses and environments, and even controlled the locations and actions in a five-scene video. Some methods worked immediately. Others failed in ways that taught me more about how the workflows interpret prompts and reference images. One of the biggest lessons was that the right reference image, along with a specific prompt, can make all the difference in the world.
There is far too much to explain properly in one post, so I’ll break the individual tests down separately over the next few posts. Lots of tips and tricks to follow!
Lost in the Sauce Workflow Series-
Lost In the Sauce Part 1- My "From Scratch" Process with Workflows
Lost In the Sauce Part 2- Creating Design Elements to Match My Typography Style
Lost In the Sauce Part 3- Consistent Model with Styled Model Photoshoot Workflow
Lost In the Sauce Part 4- Consistent Model with Fisheye Apparel Scene Workflow
Lost In the Sauce Part 5- Testing My Consistent Model in Video Workflows
Lost In the Sauce Part 6- Spotted in the Wild & Mirror Selfie Workflows
Sorry I haven’t posted sooner, but I’ve been swamped with a new community launch this past weekend. I wanted to test whether Kittl Workflows could be used to create gift wrap designs and mockups. First, I used the Pattern Workflow to create a Halloween wrapping paper design. After some prompt adjustments and testing a few different style options, I was able to get patterns that repeated cleanly enough to work for wrapping paper. Some styles worked better than others, and a few had faint seams, but overall the workflow can definitely be used for this. Then I wanted to see whether I could create a gift-wrap mockup, even though I haven’t found a workflow specifically for that yet. So I used the Lifestyle Apparel Mockup workflow as a workaround and managed to get the pattern applied to a wrapped gift box instead of clothing. I’ve attached both the pattern test and the mockup test. I’ll put the full walkthrough, prompts, and what I learned in the comments in case it helps anyone else. The biggest thing that could help with patterns is the option to add a reference pattern of our own. Thanks again for the tokens!