Design Lab

Product selection

At any moment, you can switch to another product, and we'll keep all your uploaded files.

Product guidelines

This section contains guidelines about how to properly setup your images for that product. It is important that you follow the guidelines when setting up your images if you want the best possible result.

We do not check each print file before the product is made. Please make sure your artwork is properly sized when creating your custom products or the product print result may be pixelated or low quality. It is not possible for us to reprint and remake an order due to incorrect artwork resolution.

Quick upload

Click Upload images to open the Images dialog. Inside the dialog, click Upload to start uploading your designs. Once uploaded, you can either click on the thumbnail, or drag and drop the images, to add them to the lab. Each time you add an image, it will appear as a new layer in the Layers section on the right.

Template selector

This is where you switch between the different templates, for the different parts of a product. For example, the Shorts label has 3 templates: Front, Back and Gusset.

You have to make sure you design all templates, or else you won't be able to save your design.

Tools

This section contains all the tools you can use to help you design your products. Some products have more tools than others, based on how complex the product is.

Zoom / Pan

You can zoom in/out and pan around the design area using these buttons, or the controls described below.

Layers

Here you see all the layers currently in your template. If you want to add more, click on the Add image button. You can click on the layer's thumbnail to select it, or click directly on the layer in the template.

Buttons

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  Arrows: Reorders your selected layer. The top layer in the list will appear on top of all other layers in your template.

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  Delete: Deletes the selected layer from the template. You can also use the X on the layer itself when it is selected.

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  Add image: Opens the Images dialog. Inside the dialog, click Upload to start uploading your designs. Once uploaded, you can either click on the thumbnail, or drag and drop the images, to add them to the lab. Each time you add an image, it will appear as a new layer in the Layers section.

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  Duplicate: Duplicates your selected layer.

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  Import page (only on books): Imports a previously designed page into the lab.

Warnings

Warnings are there to help you make sure your design is of the best possible quality. If we detect that a template is not covered, or images are too low in resolution, the Lab will not let you save your product as this would result in a low quality product, and nobody wants that.

• Layer DPI: 37dpi

  Layer DPI: Indicates the resolution of your currently selected layer. DPI is the ratio between pixels and inches. The higher it is, the better!
  Recommended DPI:
  Fabric products: 150 DPI
  Paper and Wood products: 300 DPI
  

• Layers DPI low

  Layers DPI: Indicates that one or more of your layers is low resolution

• Template not covered

  Template coverage: Indicates that one or more templates are not covered

Preview

This shows you a 3D preview of your product! You can

warning Keep in mind that this is only a preview, and your final product will differ from the preview.

There are bunch of keyboard and mouse shortcuts you can use:

Fullscreen

This opens up the 3D preview in fullscreen, so you can get a better look at your design.

Preview

This shows you a 3D preview of your product! You can move the 3D model around with your mouse by clicking and dragging.

Views

These are handy buttons to move the 3D preview to a fixed view. You can also just move the 3D model around by clicking and dragging the model.