So far in my journey of exploring the capabilities of AI I've just used it to create fun images,
but the new AI tool in Kittl gives an exciting insight into how AI can
be incorporated into design software and used in real creative projects.
If you haven't seen my other videos on Kittl, it's an online design tool that combines ready
to use templates with advanced editing tools, some of which are more powerful that Adobe's.
As well as the new AI feature, Kittl now has a built-in mockup library too,
so stick around to see it in action later in the video.
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So let's create a quick project to test out Kittl's new features.
Over on the left is where you find the different tools libraries.
Alongside thousands of vector assets,
fonts and templates, you can also find stock photos directly from Unsplash.
So you can easily find and add a picture of some mountains for instance,
without having to download and open the file separately.
Kittl is pioneering this kind of integration with their AI feature too. Rather than have
to search for existing ready-made assets from stock resources websites,
you can just generate exactly what you want, directly in your project.
Similar to other AI tools, you type in your text prompt and after a few
seconds you get an automatically generated image.
The difference with Kittl is you have a range of image style options to choose from,
which can really help to narrow down your prompt to a specific aesthetic.
For this simple Mountain landscape prompt, digital painting would be a good fit, but some of the
other artistic effects could produce interesting results. Foggy Scenery is a good one too.
You can make some basic adjustments using the Brightness, Contrast and
Saturation sliders to tweak the image.
Let's find a simple square shape from the Elements library to fill the canvas area,
then give it a pale yellow fill.
Right click and choose To Back, then we can click the landscape image and change
its blending mode to allow the colours to interact with the new background,
giving it some interesting colour grading.
Since we've got this nice landscape let's find some kind of ready-made
lettering from the Kittl library to turn it into a nice bit of quote art.
Right click the browser tab and choose Duplicate to open
another Kittl window while saving this project.
Head back to the Kittl homepage to browse the collection of thousands
of ready-made templates from the community.
All of these designs can be edited or
desconstructed to use as a base for your own artwork.
This quote is nice, so let's click use this design to open the project.
Hold Shift and select all the text and copy with CMD=C (or CTRL+C on Windows)
Switch back to the main tab and paste them in with CMD+V (or CTRL=V on Windows)
Scale and position the text centrally.
The colours can be edited by using the eyedropper to find new hues from the background image.
Under the Elements library find a suitable Corner
graphic in a similar style to these ornate swooshes.
By duplicating the flipping the graphics you can easily add a few extra decorative touches.
Let's take a look at another way Kittl's new AI feature could be used.
This time we'll create a T-shirt graphic,
the Poster Small artboard preset is roughly the right proportions.
Give the background a colourful fill, then use the AI tool to generate a cute burger character.
The Kawaii preset is the perfect style option to choose.
Every generation is different, so you can use up a few credits to find just the right result.
Because we added the blue background you can see the AI image is isolated on white,
but Kittl has a handy AI Background Remover that cuts it out in seconds.
Use the Text tool to add some wording to build a simple design. In the font
library you can even narrow down the style to Sans-Serif.
Where the background remover has accidentally removed some of the white bits of the character
illustration, they can be patched up by placing a simple white shape underneath.
As a finishing touch, find a texture from the Kittl texture library.
Change the opacity option to Alpha Mask to easily clip the texture from the artwork.
Since this design has been created as a T-shirt, clear out the artboard background colour.
Then this is the perfect opportunity to test out Kittl's new mockup library. Click the
mockup button to immediately see how this design would look on a T-shirt.
We can even change the T-shirt colour to match the blue we originally used in the design.
Browse through the collection of mockups to find model images too.
This one is cool because it's already masked around the jacket.
You can also see how the artwork contours around the fabric creases.
It's amazing that all this is achievable directly
in Kittl without having to download additional assets from elsewhere.
The new AI feature in particular is an exciting insight into how this new technology could be
incorporated into your creative workflow to work faster and more efficiently.