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At Protaigé, a Design Kit isn’t just a folder of static templates—it’s a structured design system. When you prep your PSDs with smart component naming, editable zones, and layout constraints, they become scalable, brand-safe templates that power campaigns across every format.

Think of it like setting up dominoes: if each piece is in the right place, the system ensures your assets stay consistent, flexible, and pixel-perfect. Once built properly, a kit lets marketers scale campaigns effortlessly, while giving designers the creative control they need.

To make this seamless, Protaigé’s PSD importer transforms your Photoshop files into dynamic, editable templates. Label components correctly, and you unlock the full power of the platform.

Prepping Your PSD in Photoshop

Before you bring your design into Protaigé, it needs to be prepped correctly. Think of it like setting up dominoes—everything has to be in the right spot for it to work perfectly.

Structure Your Layers Properly

Naming is everything. Protaigé reads your layer names and maps them into dynamic, editable components. The index of component names can be found at the bottom of this page.

• Logo Layer: Name it logo
• Headlines:
• Main headline → h1
• Subheadline → h2
• Body Copy: Use shortcopy medium copy or long copy depending on text length.
• CTA Button Text: Name them cta
• Images: Name it simply image. If the image needs to be confined in a mask, group the image and use a shape mask (no clipping masks or flattened images).
• Graphics & Icons:
• Decorative graphics → graphic
• Icons → icon
• Backgrounds: Use bg and ensure it's a shape layer otherwise it will be imported as an image.

Numbering multiple images

When your design includes a series of similar images—such as speaker headshots, product shots, or event photos—name each image component with a sequential number.

For example: speaker1, speaker2, speaker3 etc.

This ensures Protaigé recognises them as related components.

If you have associated child assets that focus on an individual speaker (e.g. personalised banners or social posts), the system automatically pulls the right image into the correct slot—without manual relinking.

💡 Tip: Always use consistent numbering (speaker1, speaker2, speaker3). Don’t skip numbers or use variations like “speakerA.” Consistent component naming is what enables smooth propagation across assets.

Text Treatment

As long as your brand fonts are uploaded and set in Brand DNA → Fonts, they will render correctly in your templates. Missing fonts will fall back to defaults, which can distort alignment and styling.

Use bounding boxes for text

Bounding boxes let Protaigé resize copy dynamically within a preset range. This ensures your headlines, subheads, and body text adapt to different layouts without breaking.

Use point text when you want fixed sizes

Point text locks the font size. This is useful when you need absolute consistency—like for legal disclaimers, footnotes, or any text that must not resize dynamically.

💡 Tip: Always upload all weights and styles (regular, bold, italic, etc.) into Brand DNA so your text displays consistently across every output.

Keep It Clean

• 🗑️ Delete hidden layers: If they’re in the PSD, they’ll get imported.
• ✅ Use shape fills for backgrounds, image masks, and graphics. Avoid rasterised images for anything you want to edit later.

Index of Component Names

Note: These are not case-sensitive. At some point, these will all be a drop-down selector, but it’s manual for now.

⚡ Troubleshooting Common Issues

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