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The mister retro wash filters are great for this effect. some people make their own by crumpling paper and then scanning it in and applying it as a filter. I myself bought the Mr Retro filters just because for me it was much easier and they have a ton of different ones they sell. They have like 4 or 5 different cd's of them and each cd has a collection of filters. Anyways I would highly recommend them, they work great.
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The mister retro wash filters are great for this effect. some people make their own by crumpling paper and then scanning it in and applying it as a filter. I myself bought the Mr Retro filters just because for me it was much easier and they have a ton of different ones they sell. They have like 4 or 5 different cd's of them and each cd has a collection of filters. Anyways I would highly recommend them, they work great.
Thank you sunnydayz,
So instead of using Illustrator I would give them a photoshop file?
I've looked at the Mr Retro filters. This will be ordered
if your sending to be screen printed .ai files that are in vector format would be best. this would most likely avoid any art fees. but some times if they have separation software they can take as a high quality jpeg, but with this there will be some art fees but not always all.
They make distressed vectors that you can buy or some you can download for free, and you can convert Mister Retro filters to .tiff images and use them in Illustrator. There is a tutorial for this on their website.
if your sending to be screen printed .ai files that are in vector format would be best.
Unless you are using my screenprinter in which case this would be erroneous information. He doesn't use illustrator in his shop.
I think it's safe to say he should ask his screen printer this question directly instead of recommending he do something that may be a complete waste of time.
I'm pretty sure Tom at Advanced Artist had some free distress filters at one time or another. One great way to make your own is to print a black square as big as you want the area to be. Next, wad it up like you're going to throw it away (in the recycle bin of course). It should look all cracked up. Scan it in. Select no fill and select the outline as the color of the shirt. Then lay it over the design.
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I think it's safe to say he should ask his screen printer this question directly instead of recommending he do something that may be a complete waste of time.
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