This type of content is gold. It's great to do walkthroughs of new features and products but so few people sit down and discuss details and basics and what separates good design from bad design. I wish I had you when I was first starting out. Would have saved me some hurdles.
Super impressive! I shudder to think that amateur designers for a major concern can be given a website project of such importance and ..... well, the results speak for themselves.... ==> Your quick re-design of this layout is simple proof that trying to cut corners due to corruption or favouritism cannot justify the replacement of an expert in his/her field. Something to consider for all the chancers and wannabes out there... the joke is on you...
This freepik website has blown my mind! The difference is massive. I'm just sitting here saying "Holy F*ck moly!" to myself dragging the before/after slider across. Great tool Ran, thank you
That turned out really well. Do you think it'd be better to have a CTA button on the hero section, considering they have a "book now" section, but it's placed way further down the page?
This was so intrersting to watch. You made it look more appealing to anyone going to the page. The Nigerian Governmet really needs to invest in good designs for their websites in general. Spoken from the perspective of a Nigerian web designer
The layout is nice, but you're not thinking about some major key flaws. The hero may look nice but your hero text is not going to be easily created in development unless you know a css mastermind, and exporting that image with the text as part of the image is a major design flaw. Your hero text needs to be crawlable by search engines, and readable by screen readers. You can fix this by aligning the text left in the hero instead of your embedded look. Your white on orange is also not accessible, one of your first things you should address are low contrast interactive elements like these to create a more accessible user experience. Start thinking about your designs a bit more holistically and from the atomic elements, not from the top to the bottom, and you'll create more cohesive and professional designs as you continue.
You could export the train as transparent image with the blue gradient (for the text) being behind it on the same PNG, right 0. (z-index: 2, position: relative) Behind it the text with (z-index: 1, position: relative) And than the background behind it with background-image and background-size: cover on the relative container which includes the train and text. Or you use an img and position absolute, object fit if you prefer it over background-image. The background just needs to have the same size as the train, because then the aspect ratio will always be the same and you don't have to use media queries for paddings. What is your problem with the text? I never worked with Figma, but I guess you will also get a mockup from the designer (maybe even a link like in XD) and also the source images. The point of the mockup isn't to copy and past images from it, but to know how it should look like.
@@kunallangoo9184 It doesn't even look that good tbh, too blocky, like those subheaders, big green cards, that awkward "book now" white block, and don't get me started with the colors that he didn't even bother to improve upon. The design is better than the previous but that's all, I feel bad for the people here thinking this is good shi cuz they're getting scammed into thinking they're learning from a designer, he's more of a content creator than he is a designer.
Almost perfect! At 17:39 if you look at he bottom image, the one with the 4 travelers, I would have scaled it down a little so that the guy on the right also kinda aligns with the "Book now" box, like the first woman does. Now, with the logo in the bottom right too, it feels a little too crowded.
Great video, thank you! I’d love it if you could share the optimal Photoshop resolution and best practices for working with large images like the one in the video to avoid any pixelation. Also, what’s the best way to handle type for the web? Can text be added during the Photoshop stage while maintaining its crispness?
Photoshop Crop tip, nowadays you can set it to Generative Expand straight away (no need to do 2 steps; first crop and then select to apply generative fill)
Hmm do you think about how to build this as a web developer? Those layers with the train look nice, but in order to have the slider in the back and have the image in the front change with the background image, then staying in the right postition for mobile view is quite tricky 😅
@5:22 you say "just with tools that are available to all of you". Is there a free workaround to generative fill in photoshop or do i need to buy a adobe subscription for this technique to work? Thank you very much for this amazing video.
This is exactly the part where I stopped the video having the same thought! I have affinity designer and photo which is way cheaper and no subscription needed but I don't know if there is a feature like this.
Wow, your tutorial is a big design leap for me. You have no idea the kind of positive impact made. Also, thank for giving my Country's hitherto unattractive design a facelift.
I can 100% confirm that this website isn't mobile responsive. my school website is so bad I have to use desktop mode on mobile to click anything, most Nigerian websites are that bad
This is great - but that banner will need to be a single image. So it looks good in Figma or in a PDF brochure, but is not practical for a real website that must be mobile friendly?
Awesome way to educate; the before vs after / bad vs. good is excellent. The only thing I’d still change is the section headers. I’d dump the green bars and make the text bigger.
That was very well done! And the video length was great as well! Simple and effective! Also could you list the web tools you used, please and thank you :) I never heard of Midjourney “alpha” before
Great video overall with lots of valuable information. I would add though, that it's important to check with client and the photographer and get approvals for making any changes to logos and photographs. Photographers can be very particular about this and it can cause a lot of issues if these images are being licensed and not bought outright. It's also not great advice to suggest just changing the logo, and a bit of an easy way out. In 99% of cases you won't be able to change it at all, so would be more useful to show how to actually fix the design using a difficult logo.
I have a question, for the objects, did you make them relative or absolute? and in the real world of UI design do you actually need everything to be responsive? Would love a reply on this because I'm a bit confused
As a seasoned web developer, I see that while your aesthetic enhancements are appealing, they merely mask the fundamental flaws. The navigation's excessive dropdowns are unnecessary. Additionally, the logo's use of a PNG file limits its adjustability compared to an AI/SVG format. I understand your intentions, but this instance is not exemplary. The entire layout requires a revamp, not just superficial changes. It necessitates more impactful sections and improved SEO strategies. Feel free to message me; I can demonstrate how I've transformed similar sites into lucrative ventures through intelligent responsive design and effective SEO practices.
Excellent video ! I just found that png can be copied from photoshop to figma. I retried on the windows with ps cc 2020 but it also exports pngs with white background. How do i get with transparent ?
Your design is very well thought, but I think they could have obtained a better result, even without changing much of the elements like you did. Regarding the quality of the train image, my thought is that probably they made it poor through JPEG compression, in order to be loaded fast on slow connections. My proposal is that the overlay could have been even left, if the covered section was shorter and if they made the word Affordable giant and sticked on the white section.
4:35 looks like the AI upscaler messed up the numbers on the side of the train. And, can a government transportation agency really use AI modified pictures to promote their trains? Is that legally permissible? If so, to what extent?
I'm a Nigerian, You're absolutely right. Most of the government websites looks as like it was designed by a primary school child. You'd be surprised if you find out the budget of this website.
it was an honor to watch you redesign this. each of the tips you gave were so insightful and helpful. all of your videos have so many golden nuggets its crazy!
i am a nigerian, and you absolutely nailed this. Always a great time watching you do these lectures
These are amazing!
I swear it awesome
Glad you like them!
I'm Nigerian too. Nice work bro
Ajeh
As a web designer from Nigeria, I am disgusted by government agencies website and designs.
You did a fantastic job!
I’m always blown away when I not only see the final result of a professional like you but also get to see how you do it. You’re truly a pro!
This type of content is gold.
It's great to do walkthroughs of new features and products but so few people sit down and discuss details and basics and what separates good design from bad design.
I wish I had you when I was first starting out. Would have saved me some hurdles.
As a Nigerian watching this, you really nailed it. So much value!
Thanks! 🇳🇬
Super impressive! I shudder to think that amateur designers for a major concern can be given a website project of such importance and ..... well, the results speak for themselves.... ==> Your quick re-design of this layout is simple proof that trying to cut corners due to corruption or favouritism cannot justify the replacement of an expert in his/her field. Something to consider for all the chancers and wannabes out there... the joke is on you...
This freepik website has blown my mind!
The difference is massive.
I'm just sitting here saying "Holy F*ck moly!" to myself dragging the before/after slider across.
Great tool Ran, thank you
That turned out really well. Do you think it'd be better to have a CTA button on the hero section, considering they have a "book now" section, but it's placed way further down the page?
So on point. The new design makes a huge difference even with the little changes. Phewww our Nigerian railway website just got a facelift 😊
Thanks
This was so intrersting to watch. You made it look more appealing to anyone going to the page. The Nigerian Governmet really needs to invest in good designs for their websites in general. Spoken from the perspective of a Nigerian web designer
The Nigerian Government needs to pay you for this.
The layout is nice, but you're not thinking about some major key flaws. The hero may look nice but your hero text is not going to be easily created in development unless you know a css mastermind, and exporting that image with the text as part of the image is a major design flaw. Your hero text needs to be crawlable by search engines, and readable by screen readers. You can fix this by aligning the text left in the hero instead of your embedded look. Your white on orange is also not accessible, one of your first things you should address are low contrast interactive elements like these to create a more accessible user experience. Start thinking about your designs a bit more holistically and from the atomic elements, not from the top to the bottom, and you'll create more cohesive and professional designs as you continue.
That's the difference between a UX/UI Designer who can also be a web designer and a designer focused only on UI. Great point!
You could export the train as transparent image with the blue gradient (for the text) being behind it on the same PNG, right 0. (z-index: 2, position: relative)
Behind it the text with (z-index: 1, position: relative)
And than the background behind it with background-image and background-size: cover on the relative container which includes the train and text. Or you use an img and position absolute, object fit if you prefer it over background-image.
The background just needs to have the same size as the train, because then the aspect ratio will always be the same and you don't have to use media queries for paddings.
What is your problem with the text? I never worked with Figma, but I guess you will also get a mockup from the designer (maybe even a link like in XD) and also the source images. The point of the mockup isn't to copy and past images from it, but to know how it should look like.
You can easily make this text with elementor,
As a designer, I am so impressed with this.
Great video, thank you w great ideas.
(One tiny thing: you can't update/change a company logo just because a cleaner website design)
Keren sih abang ini bener bener profesional designer. Simple thing but make big impact! Menyala abangkuuu!
I'm a Nigerian and the redesign is so good.. This is better honestly
Can you please show how it will look in different screen sizes (Responsive). It will be helpful.
Agreed… You can do anything in Figma. But how do you make that hero practical for all breakpoints?
@@itsmikemcdonnell Correct. I always see youtubers making cool looking designs for the web but they never show how it will look on mobile.
@@kunallangoo9184 Yet, in their videos, they'll explain how the majority of their website users will be using mobile devices!
@@kunallangoo9184 It doesn't even look that good tbh, too blocky, like those subheaders, big green cards, that awkward "book now" white block, and don't get me started with the colors that he didn't even bother to improve upon. The design is better than the previous but that's all, I feel bad for the people here thinking this is good shi cuz they're getting scammed into thinking they're learning from a designer, he's more of a content creator than he is a designer.
Maybe you can redesign yours and show us how it looks. @@feelcollins4358
Almost perfect! At 17:39 if you look at he bottom image, the one with the 4 travelers, I would have scaled it down a little so that the guy on the right also kinda aligns with the "Book now" box, like the first woman does. Now, with the logo in the bottom right too, it feels a little too crowded.
This is gold! Thank you. I learnt some interesting concepts
Glad to hear it was helpful!
Bro design is so beautiful, I swear I’m going to become an amazing designer like you, so inspiring watching this, and beautiful as well!
You can do it!
Great video, thank you! I’d love it if you could share the optimal Photoshop resolution and best practices for working with large images like the one in the video to avoid any pixelation. Also, what’s the best way to handle type for the web? Can text be added during the Photoshop stage while maintaining its crispness?
Great stuff! Loved the redesign process and innovations.
Photoshop Crop tip, nowadays you can set it to Generative Expand straight away (no need to do 2 steps; first crop and then select to apply generative fill)
Loved the video, but one thing I would also change up is the orange CTAs, you can't read them at all from a bit further distance
The difference is experience and thinking
What a worthy piece of redesign and improved user experience. 👏👏👏
Thank you very much for creating and sharing such valuable content.
My country people, I use wordpress but I am a big fan of Ran Segall
Yes ooo
Same here
Hmm do you think about how to build this as a web developer? Those layers with the train look nice, but in order to have the slider in the back and have the image in the front change with the background image, then staying in the right postition for mobile view is quite tricky 😅
I'm not very convinced with the final hero image, I think it need a little bit of balancing the highlights and whites, but it's a big improvement.
Love from Nigeria 🇳🇬
I am also a web design agency owner from Nigeria. This is lovely
@5:22 you say "just with tools that are available to all of you". Is there a free workaround to generative fill in photoshop or do i need to buy a adobe subscription for this technique to work? Thank you very much for this amazing video.
This is exactly the part where I stopped the video having the same thought! I have affinity designer and photo which is way cheaper and no subscription needed but I don't know if there is a feature like this.
This is very skillful- great video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome video dude!
Great content! Thank you for the side-by-side comparison. It really helps a lot.
Wow, your tutorial is a big design leap for me. You have no idea the kind of positive impact made. Also, thank for giving my Country's hitherto unattractive design a facelift.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I can 100% confirm that this website isn't mobile responsive.
my school website is so bad I have to use desktop mode on mobile to click anything, most Nigerian websites are that bad
love it, by far the best teacher
This is fascinating thank you. Learning a lot of design concepts - im more into coding but want to be good enough at prototyping
This is great - but that banner will need to be a single image. So it looks good in Figma or in a PDF brochure, but is not practical for a real website that must be mobile friendly?
i am so nigerian and this video is absolutely amazing
Great video!
Thanks a lot for all the information and practises you showcased, keep up the good work!
Awesome way to educate; the before vs after / bad vs. good is excellent. The only thing I’d still change is the section headers. I’d dump the green bars and make the text bigger.
Excellent turned out very well ❤
That was very well done! And the video length was great as well! Simple and effective! Also could you list the web tools you used, please and thank you :) I never heard of Midjourney “alpha” before
Great video overall with lots of valuable information. I would add though, that it's important to check with client and the photographer and get approvals for making any changes to logos and photographs. Photographers can be very particular about this and it can cause a lot of issues if these images are being licensed and not bought outright. It's also not great advice to suggest just changing the logo, and a bit of an easy way out. In 99% of cases you won't be able to change it at all, so would be more useful to show how to actually fix the design using a difficult logo.
Thanks for the thoughtful notes
awesome demonstration!!!
Thanks! 🙏
Incredible redesign! Thank you Ran for sharing your invaluable thought process!
You are such a genius. Great idea. I’m learning so much from your channel. Thanks
Thanks, happy to hear that!
I have a question, for the objects, did you make them relative or absolute? and in the real world of UI design do you actually need everything to be responsive? Would love a reply on this because I'm a bit confused
Excellent.. thanks for sharing!
You nailed it. Our services section could have been better. Missed button to box size ratio ?
How would you code the hero section 😢
As a Nigerian I can tell you that website costs a couple thousands of dollars. That is how our government move.
Who ask you? Cho cho cho...
You wont know peace for trying to sell your country out for a redesign that still needs a redesign.
Can you please make a video how we can design this same design in elementor
Love this, I hope you do a lot more of these
probably my favourite type of video, super useful stuff
thanks a lot
at the beginning you used a website to upscale your train image - what is that url? wasit freebit?
Great work sir. Love your videos 😊
Loved this video. More of these videos, Ran!
grreat stuff - are you using the web to figma plugin and with the pro paid features
As a seasoned web developer, I see that while your aesthetic enhancements are appealing, they merely mask the fundamental flaws. The navigation's excessive dropdowns are unnecessary. Additionally, the logo's use of a PNG file limits its adjustability compared to an AI/SVG format.
I understand your intentions, but this instance is not exemplary. The entire layout requires a revamp, not just superficial changes. It necessitates more impactful sections and improved SEO strategies. Feel free to message me; I can demonstrate how I've transformed similar sites into lucrative ventures through intelligent responsive design and effective SEO practices.
This is gold content 😍
Thanks Sergio
what is the name of the image generator tool you use ?
I'm Nigerian and I 💯 agree with your redesign 👍
Love that
Nice video. Designer of this website is lucky one!
All great but I do not think you can change the logo, which is a copyright sign. A little too cocky ;)
Amazing job 🔥
can you share the name of app used to upscale photos?
Love it. Please more videos like this one 😊
Thank you! Will do!
i'm thinking in responsive for mobile and the hero picture with the text behind the train, how should it work?
Amazing redesign tutorial, Ran! You're a great teacher!✨✨
Appreciate it
Excellent video ! I just found that png can be copied from photoshop to figma. I retried on the windows with ps cc 2020 but it also exports pngs with white background. How do i get with transparent ?
Great video man!
nice you just remastered the website
Wow... This is really awesome.
Can i get the figma link pls, i want to build this with webflow
8:56 - Be consistant with the design .... your developer will thank you! 😅
Nice. All the edits were done in Photoshop and copy pasted here right?
oh man, i wish i had your vision :D so good
Your design is very well thought, but I think they could have obtained a better result, even without changing much of the elements like you did. Regarding the quality of the train image, my thought is that probably they made it poor through JPEG compression, in order to be loaded fast on slow connections. My proposal is that the overlay could have been even left, if the covered section was shorter and if they made the word Affordable giant and sticked on the white section.
You did alot of justice to this wow❤
4:35 looks like the AI upscaler messed up the numbers on the side of the train. And, can a government transportation agency really use AI modified pictures to promote their trains? Is that legally permissible? If so, to what extent?
Simply Awesome Sir
how would you develop the hero section?
This is just 10/10
Why I didn't saw any auto layouts?
Wow cracking job mate. You should definitely bring more content like this. Pure Gold!
Thanks!
I'm a Nigerian, You're absolutely right. Most of the government websites looks as like it was designed by a primary school child. You'd be surprised if you find out the budget of this website.
Great job!
Why should a web designer change a client's logo which is a key brand element for the seek of make a beautiful website?
Thanks!
The more I i watch, the more I realize design is pretty much logical.
Also, I think most governmental websites look bad xD
You need to do more tutorial on how to improve pictures used for the website
How can I get the depth effect with the H1 text on Webflow?
You use z-index to put the train PNG on top of the text(absolute position)
we learn so much from this video, thanks Ran's
Hello Ran can you share the file with us so we can practice improving websites if you can share just the old design .. thank you
Thanks brother ❤
Hi I'd like to ask if the photoshop is Free?
No
@@FluxAcademy "Tools that are available to you" 🤡
it was an honor to watch you redesign this. each of the tips you gave were so insightful and helpful. all of your videos have so many golden nuggets its crazy!
Thanks Stevie!
Sorry, which is the plugin website to figma? I can find it with that name?
it's web to figma plugin it has a purple logo mate :)
@6:30 client rejected the design. He was in love with the logo and is angry now XD. Jokes apart. Good uplift!