CheriePenguin
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- May 1, 2005
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A few questions for all you pro designers out there!
I've just started working in earnest on my designs, and want to be sure I'm doing them so that they will turn out as I anticipate.
Where do you want to include white in the design, and where do you not want to include white?
If printing to a white shirt (with light color shirt transfers), I believe I understand that anything white won't print and the shirt color will show through. [And if text is involved the design must be flipped before printing]
When printing to a dark shirt (with dark color shirt transfers), do I understand correctly that any white (within or outside the image) also does not print, and the white of the transfer sticker-like paper will be there? [And the design should NOT be flipped]
If I want to see the (darker) T-shirt color show through parts of the design without an image, that is only possible if I use light color transfers (or cut intricately away at the dark transfer paper with a scissors?
Why does the light color shirt transfer paper not work well on dark shirts?
When I'm doing a design to be printed on a darker shirt, and I have Word Art words that are outside of the main design, I presume then that it will be white behind those words unless I put another color there? (Sounds like a dumb question I know, but I'm designing my lime green shirt right now by temporarily having a lime green background in Word - so the words are right on top of the green. If I want the words to look just like that, I guess I'd have to put a lime green text box behind them, and that green might not match the shirt green).
I hope this is making some kind of sense! I thought I understood the process, but now I'm getting nervous that I'll goof these all up!
Thanks for any tips - confirmations or corrections - anyone can provide!
I've just started working in earnest on my designs, and want to be sure I'm doing them so that they will turn out as I anticipate.
Where do you want to include white in the design, and where do you not want to include white?
If printing to a white shirt (with light color shirt transfers), I believe I understand that anything white won't print and the shirt color will show through. [And if text is involved the design must be flipped before printing]
When printing to a dark shirt (with dark color shirt transfers), do I understand correctly that any white (within or outside the image) also does not print, and the white of the transfer sticker-like paper will be there? [And the design should NOT be flipped]
If I want to see the (darker) T-shirt color show through parts of the design without an image, that is only possible if I use light color transfers (or cut intricately away at the dark transfer paper with a scissors?
Why does the light color shirt transfer paper not work well on dark shirts?
When I'm doing a design to be printed on a darker shirt, and I have Word Art words that are outside of the main design, I presume then that it will be white behind those words unless I put another color there? (Sounds like a dumb question I know, but I'm designing my lime green shirt right now by temporarily having a lime green background in Word - so the words are right on top of the green. If I want the words to look just like that, I guess I'd have to put a lime green text box behind them, and that green might not match the shirt green).
I hope this is making some kind of sense! I thought I understood the process, but now I'm getting nervous that I'll goof these all up!
Thanks for any tips - confirmations or corrections - anyone can provide!
Good to see you and glad you're OK!
I hope everyone who's sick feels better soon!
Lucky I did a test print 
