Digital Design Tricks To Add Extra Flair To Your Pocket Folders

No, your pocket folders are not just folders. Pocket folders are special tools for your business which can enhance and improve the impact of your printed materials and kits. If you are serious with your business pocket folders, you should try out designing them with other special digital design tricks.

Let me give you a list of must try digital design tricks that should add that extra flair to your full color pocket folders. Just read through the items below and see what you can apply to your special designs for folders.

1. Color gradient effects - Instead of using one color throughout your background or even your text and other graphics, you can try to enhance your pocket folders by adding color gradient effects. A color gradient effect is a special feature wherein you can use two or more colors that seamlessly transforms with each other throughout the design element.

For example you can have some text or even your background with a red color on top and then it seamlessly transforms into yellow as it goes to the bottom. The transition area will turn orange giving a nice color gradient. This adds some dynamism to your objects, giving it a better and more professional feel.

2. Spots, rays and lighting - Another good technique to use for your pocket folders are color spots, rays and lighting. This is basically the concept of just adding some lighter colors at one area of your design. This can just be a fuzzy lighter spot, maybe some rays or just some plain old lighting effects.

These effects are used for specific emphasis on key areas in your design. For example, you can put lighter spots on your pocket folder title, or maybe a ray of light going towards your logos. You can direct readers' eyes easily using this special design trick, so use it wisely.

3. Text and object shadows - You can also add to your folders designs by adding text and object shadows. Many design applications will let you compose your text and objects with shadow effects. This effectively lifts up your text and objects so to speak adding a shadow effect. This is great for a more visible type of design element in your pocket folders. Use this effect for titles and logos so that people will easily see and remember these elements.

4. Text and object glows - Another great effect that you can use are glow effects. Design applications such as Adobe Photoshop can help you add a glow effect into your text and objects. This makes the element shine on its own right, adding energy and emphasis. This is great for adding into slogans, titles and special logos, especially if your pocket folders are for advertising purposes.

5. Texture filters - Also you can add texture filters. A texture filter is basically an effect that lets you add specific textures to your backgrounds, texts and other design elements. For example, you can add a wood texture or a brick texture to some of your design elements to make them look more solid and powerful. If you have a very specific theme in mind, these texture filters will add that certain effect that should reinforce that special design. So think about applying this effect as well in your pocket folders.

Now, you are ready to add that flair to your color pocket folders. Test out some of these effects in your draft designs. They will have far ranging effects believe me.