u/mmforoozesh

Hey everyone. I'm a freelance designer (mostly doing posters for clients). I have already attended the "design bootcamp" suggested by this sub and I believe I know my fundamentals well. (e.g. using grid systems, hierarchy, colors, and grouping). My designs work (in the sense that they communicate the concept clearly and are accepted by my clients); however, I have noticed that they feel blunt, soulless and too simple.

I would like to know if this is a common experience for beginner designers and how to push past this. How do you get that high-end, sophisticated feel? Are there specific resources that could help me cross this gap?

Whenever I use the noise effect slider in Inner/Outer Glow or Inner/Drop Shadow, I fall in love with the resulting texture on the monitor, but when I export the result, bulk of that texture basically vanishes. (As you may see in the picture).

I know this probably due to "how Photoshop dynamically renders effects on the fly versus how it permanently bakes those pixels during the export process. I want to know how to recreate the same noise texture such that it does not vanish during the export process.

https://preview.redd.it/vinsba21hf9h1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83c12cc4648cad02c00194c5a8820199f09ef8b7

Whenever I use the noise effect slider in Inner/Outer Glow or Inner/Drop Shadow, I fall in love with the resulting texture on the monitor, but when I export the result, bulk of that texture basically vanishes. (As you may see in the picture).

I know this probably due to "how Photoshop dynamically renders effects on the fly versus how it permanently bakes those pixels during the export process. I want to know how to recreate the same noise texture such that it does not vanish during the export process.