Badge designs
Images for badges, although not requiring the same hi-res quality as the t-shirt images, should still not be too small or the finished badge will look very blocky.
You can download a template for the badges in either .png or .psd format by using right click->save link as:
Once downloaded, open in an image editor (such as photoshop, gimp or coreldraw) and place your artwork in a separate layer underneath the template. Save it as a .psd or .xcf file, and send it to us. The area in the inside circle will be the front of the badge, and for best results we recommend filling up to the outside edge for bleed.
Keep in mind how small the badges are when designing your image, as very small text or thin lines may not appear on the badge!
If you have any questions at all that aren't answered here then send us an email!
T-shirt designs- screen printing
It is best to create your t-shirt image at 300dpi resolution, at the size you want it to be when printed. Although your image may look great on screen at a low resolution, it will likely look very pixellated when printed. Images taken from the internet are very low resolution (72dpi), so are unsuitable
The image should be as sharp as it can be. Although applying blurring effects will make it look less blocky on your monitor, this will not translate to a design stencil and some image quality will be lost.
You can send us most image formats (.jpeg, .psd, .tiff, .ai etc) as long as it is a high enough quality, although a vector based program such as Illustrator or Inkscape will produce the smoothest results. Maximum size for any 1 print area is around A3.
Screen printing will not allow for gradients (shading from one colour to another); this can be somewhat simulated with halftone dots or index separation. If your image does contain shading we can show you how it will look prior to starting the run
We do simple colour seperation and processing for you, although more complex separation/ graphics manipulation may incur extra charges. We will always advise you of this before going ahead with them.
T-shirt designs- transfer printing
Transfer printing is a simpler method for attaching images to your t-shirts, and our high pressure heat press ensures the print stays on your t-shirt for a very long time!
We use this method to put photographs onto t-shirts- we can accept somewhat lower resolution images, although the smallerthe image the more filters will need to be applied to make it printable. this can result in fairly blurry images if very small pictures are chosen- you can send us any picture you have to print and we can evaluate it for you
