Creative workflow library

Design Guides

Explore Fundy's practical guides for Photoshop workflows, image preparation, color systems, accessibility, and AI prompt generation. Use this page as a route chooser, then open one guide, apply it, and hand off to the matching tool or section when you hit a decision boundary.

Choose your next route

Pick the task first, then open the matching guide stack

Start from the goal you need to complete. Each card below includes a condition to start here, a hard limit, and the next handoff target.

Prepare files for upload or deliveryUse image workflows when size, format, or metadata is unknown. Handoff to Image Compressor, Resizer, or social image tools once requirements are resolved. Do batch edits in PhotoshopUse Photoshop workflow guides for speedups before running actions, exports, or shortcut plans. Handoff to the Photoshop hub for batch execution. Stabilize visual system rulesUse color guides when naming, contrast, or token mapping is missing. Handoff to color tools once palette and token boundaries are set. Create reusable AI prompts for assetsUse AI guide checklists for repeatability and safety rules. Handoff to the AI prompt builder to generate final editable prompts. Need a ready asset pack or file collectionUse Downloads when finished outputs are gathered. Do not use guides for file hosting or account-based transfer. Looking for older versions or historical notesUse Archive when a guide has moved, changed, or you need past references before publishing an updated workflow.

Decision rules for routing

Use this sequence in order.

Confirm output constraints in five lines. If you know target platform, max file size, and required format, go straight to Image Tools. If not, use image preparation guides first to set constraints, then route to the tools.
Assign where editing happens. If edits are mostly canvas operations, masking, or export settings, choose Photoshop guides and then hand off to Photoshop hub. If work is file format, compression, or web sizing, choose Image Tools first.
Resolve standards before speed. If you need accessibility or brand consistency rules, choose Color and UI guides before finalizing prompts or CSS tokens.
Split generation and review. For AI prompts, choose AI Design guides for structure and safety checks, then use the prompt builder for final draft and human review before any export or model call.
Use archive for provenance. If a question mentions legacy behavior, older Photoshop behavior, or old naming conventions, review Archive before updating current steps.

Stop conditions, limits, and handoffs

Use these concrete limits so guides do not become extra work:

Stop a guide run and hand off when format, target dimension, and quality threshold are selected. Continue next in the corresponding tool page instead of searching additional guide text.
Image prep limit: if a file is under 50 KB and still reads clearly at 1x size, pause optimization and avoid extra compression passes.
Social image limit: if a draft must be ready in less than 20 minutes, skip deep manual workflows and use direct resize and crop guidance with default presets, then verify dimensions.
Color route limit: if contrast ratio cannot be achieved with existing palette values, stop and request a new palette rather than forcing weak contrast in CSS.
Photoshop stop condition: if exported files are still above target file size after two adjustment cycles, hand off to Image Compressor instead of adding more resize-destructive steps.
AI prompt stop condition: when one version already matches style, negative constraints, and composition rules, stop drafting and move to output generation.

When any route is blocked by missing platform specs or legal requirements, hand off to the relevant team guide first and avoid continuing with assumptions.

Photoshop Workflow

Use these guides when the work is editor based, especially recurring actions, shortcut systems, and export discipline.

Image Tools

Use these when the path is file readiness, compression, format conversion, or channel-specific sizing.

Color and UI

Use these when a decision impacts consistency, readability, or future maintainability.

AI Design

Use these when you need text-to-image prompt quality without losing control of intent, style, or brand boundaries.

Next action

After reading one guide, open exactly one production route. If you need output files, continue in Downloads. If you need source references or historical method notes, continue in Archive. If you need live file operations, continue in Tools.

This is the final handoff step. Do not stay on the guide page once constraints, limits, and target route are clear.