Designing T-Shirts For DTG Printing? AVOID THESE THINGS!
In this video, I’m going to show you how to master graphic design for print on demand or Direct To Garment Printing! I’ll explain the different types of print on demand techniques and common mistakes you can fix in order to make your prints look stellar! This will be geared towards those who design with Photoshop but you can still apply these tips and tricks to other design software.
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For those wondering… I normally do knock the black out of my prints for darker garments but the point of this video was to experiment. I honestly think the print turned out great. Happy with it but remember, it can always look better haha. Thanks for watching.
great video… thanks
so there is a lot here, but just 1 quick note. You can 100% keep the grain in your art. A lot if what is lost depends on the Rip Software and the Printer being used. They are using Kornit Storms. One of the things about the Kornit printer is it pringing wet on wet, for want of a better term, That process tends to not do well with small detials, like dot grain or fine/small text. If your art has a lot of those details i would sugest a printer that uses Brother GTX printers or ever higher production shops that are using the Roq NOW printers.
As an average person, if I create a design using high resolution and a decent file size… Do I have to worry about this process or is my manufacturer the one who ultimately ensures the print comes out as expected?
Right at 8:05 I thought my laptop got fucked up. Thanks for the cardiac arrythmia.
$. Using a dpi of 450 (over my usual 300) has made a significant difference in the quality of my dtf and dtg prints. Great information in your videos also, there was information here I never considered.
Guys is there any way to print a big image on a sweatshirt without making the graphic too thick?
Your examples are way too zoomed out.
Far to slow to print
Very informative video 👍
Would’ve been perfect to just take out the black in the print since it’s going on a black garment
I usually remove the black unless the design is inside a box or a giant solid shape. I also switch over to cmyk mode to adjust the color. Then ibswitch back to rgb to make my png. So far so good. I'm getting good colors and my shirts when I test them have been coming out well. I have yet to try using lightning. That will be my next test.
Thanks for the info charley…
I learn a lot with this video but is it possible if i do halftones with multiply or screen blending option for fade gradient in Photoshop object?
halftones bro please
So while in PS, should we be designing using CMYK mode? I see most people still edit in RGB, makes no sense to me?
Stone Cold Print Austin gave some really nice pieces of advice
the Doc. Dr Disrespect lol
Fish Nisht
Please stop printed with DTG 🤦🏻♂️
So many people dont know that there is a huge gap between designers and printers.
This kind of videos really helps.
Thanks new subscriber here
Design with transparent elements print well with DTG if you apply halftones.🎉😅 That said the print came out awesome.
Great video! Around 6:40 Ian mentiones that there is a lot of noise in an area of the file, but it's hard to see from the camera what this noise is. I'm mainly concerned what happens when we remove the blacks from the image, because often individual pixels or small clusters of pixels that were lighter than the threshold are left in the artwork surrounded by empty pixels, and it concerns me that this might not print correctly using DTG. Is this a valid concern and if yes – how can this be avoided?
Thanks Charley!!
Great f***in’ video! That some cool behind the scene stuff. Really good info
I bought some mock ups from mockshop but won’t let me download my mock up what do I do ?
Thanks for this info
I spent an entire day last week searching YouTube for a video that would tell me this information – just went around in circles and got nowhere. So asked the universe, and today – Charlie delivered! Honestly one of the most useful videos I've ever watched in this niche. Cheers guys 😎
DUDE What a sick video! As a graphic designer whos working on a clothing brand this was a great insight into the market and also the way its done! Thank you so much and hope more people can appreciate how amazing this video is!
Did you print black ink on the black garment or is that technically a dark grey? I have done numerous tests with my machine printing the black in the design VS removing it and pulling the black from the garment itself. Just curious to hear your thoughts on this. GREAT VIDEO!!
This video is very helpful More videos on creating designs for printing would be great 😊
Very gooood!!! Thanks for this content! 🤩❤
Is it best to leave the black color on the design or should we removed it completely so that the black color comes naturally from the fabric? Which best?
Hi, what the biggest size for DTG can print?
Did the price of the course increase? I was considering it but I feel like it was less than $350 at the time.
This Video is The Shit 🔥🔥Thank you so much for your Efforts in educating us 🙌 Appreciate it a LOT
for transparancy thing just make the design bitmap halftones like they do these days with dtf halftones, it works perfectly with DTG as well.
Such a dope video! I'm curious what the results would've been with the black removed from the artwork. Or did he recommend keeping that in to help with the fine detail of the design? Regardless, it was awesome getting to see you get out there and show the full process with DTG printing!
Oh Wow – it helps so much to listen, what printers actually expect from us Designers. Thank you so much Charley! <3 Keep on going! I Love everything you Guys put out there for us to learn and get inspired.