The Essentials of a strong Key Visual
In the world of product presentations, the first impression counts. Here, the performance must be convincing and the product must be presented optimally. Whether launching a new product or in a campaign — the key visual acts as a key moment for customers and conveys the core message of the product and brand.
In order to produce an impressive key visual, basic questions must be answered. The target group should be just as clearly defined as the desired emotions that the visualization is aimed at. Should information, entertainment, persuasion or action be triggered? It is also important in which context the key visual should be used so that the brand is represented appropriately and the unique selling point (USP) of the product is emphasized.
- Key visuals represent product and brand
- Clear requirements are essential
The Range of Key Visuals
As soon as the requirements for the key visual are defined, the format is determined. Various display options are available, such as still images, photographs, illustrations or CGIs, which can be used for print and web. Hybrid use is also possible.
CGI is an innovative way to impressively present products without having to produce complex physical prototypes. Presenting the product in a form that would not be possible or difficult to implement in reality enables fascinating effects such as floating bicycles or placements in artificially created environments.
This detailed CGI content with a realistic form of presentation can strongly emotionalize viewers and arouse their curiosity about the product and brand.
- Variable formats
- Diverse areas of application
- CGI enables surreal scenarios
- Emotionalize realistic representations
The Potential of moving Images and CGI
Through moving images and visual effects, videos and animations offer an effective way to present products by drawing attention to them in a targeted manner.
While video productions show the product in action, whether through interaction with people or in real usage scenarios, CGI animations enable versatile presentations from different angles. They not only demonstrate complex functions and applications, but can also animatedly disassemble and reassemble the product. As a result, they act at the same time as manuals that illustrate internal processes and emphasize recyclability and sustainability, for example.
By recreating realistic usage scenarios, viewers gain insights into usability and can better imagine what the user experience with the product looks like. For example, e-cargo bike manufacturers such as Ca Go highlight their bikes in their CGI Key Visual Animation. Ca Go, for example, demonstrates the use of the triple loading area. In addition, high-quality materials and surfaces can be visualized in a close-up view to underline the product quality and convey the product's value proposition more effectively.
Storytelling can help connect the product and brand to lifestyles, experiences, or feelings and create a specific mood. The aim is to give viewers an idea of what the user experience with the product will feel like.
- Moving image as an eye catcher
- Detailed representations
- Usage scenarios for UX and usability
- Activation through storytelling
Maximize Brand Success with Key Visuals
Key visuals play a decisive role in the external communication of brand message and identity. They strengthen recognition and are an integral part of an effective brand strategy. Through their targeted use, they can effectively market both product and brand and offer significant economic benefits.
Potential customers make well-founded purchase decisions when they are convinced of the value proposition or understand the product better through the key visual. This type of product marketing can have a lasting effect in the long term by minimizing product returns and reducing marketing costs at the same time.
- Consistent brand message
- Strengthens recognition value
- Increasing sales and minimizing costs
