Are you using CorelDRAW? If you are double click the rectangle tool in the tools bar. That will put an outline to the order of the page. Click the black color in the Color palette docker window. That will fill the page with black. Then you will be able to see the white that you added.
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I've got this design from a customer that was a sketch of a rockabilly type frankenstein ratrod. I had it vectored, and they are wanting to print on black shirts. I'm completely stumped on how to make this look good, while adding some bright green to the graphic. If I do the sketch/outline in white it just doesn't look right, considering it's going on black tees.
Are there any design masters out there that could take a look at it for me and maybe lead me in the right direction? If so, please pm me. Thank you
Are there any design masters out there that could take a look at it for me and maybe lead me in the right direction? If so, please pm me. Thank you
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Thanks, that's a cool trick I was unware of, but this really has more to do with designing. It's just a tricky vector to work with, and especially with the colors they are wanting to use.Are you using CorelDRAW? If you are double click the rectangle tool in the tools bar. That will put an outline to the order of the page. Click the black color in the Color palette docker window. That will fill the page with black. Then you will be able to see the white that you added.
Some images would look inversed if printed white on black rather than black on white; is that the issue here? This is especially true of things with highlights/chrome or certain elements that simply MUST be either dark (pupil) or light (white of an eye).
^If that is the case, I would keep the line art black and just toss it on top of a light-colored oval, or whatever. Maybe have a bit of the car hang over the edge of the oval, but do the same light color behind that extending out about 24px from the black art. Or you can make a copy of all the vector car art and set it to have a 48px white outline with the Behind Fill option, which nets to 24px; then place this behind the black car art, or whatever combination makes since for the art. I can sometimes apply the white outline Behind Fill directly to the black art, but sometimes you want just the outside outline so want an underlying shape that is only the outline of the overall art.
^If that is the case, I would keep the line art black and just toss it on top of a light-colored oval, or whatever. Maybe have a bit of the car hang over the edge of the oval, but do the same light color behind that extending out about 24px from the black art. Or you can make a copy of all the vector car art and set it to have a 48px white outline with the Behind Fill option, which nets to 24px; then place this behind the black car art, or whatever combination makes since for the art. I can sometimes apply the white outline Behind Fill directly to the black art, but sometimes you want just the outside outline so want an underlying shape that is only the outline of the overall art.
Thank you, and yes, that's pretty much the issue. As soon as I seen it I was thinking "don't print this on black!" LOL But then again, with some creativity it should look cool, just gonna take a little work. One of the fellas here took a look and had some good ideas. Ideas that take a little work with Corel considering it has a mass of fine lines that are all tied together but need to be separate for white and black lineage, etc.. Just a bit of a pain.Some images would look inversed if printed white on black rather than black on white; is that the issue here? This is especially true of things with highlights/chrome or certain elements that simply MUST be either dark (pupil) or light (white of an eye).
^If that is the case, I would keep the line art black and just toss it on top of a light-colored oval, or whatever. Maybe have a bit of the car hang over the edge of the oval, but do the same light color behind that extending out about 24px from the black art. Or you can make a copy of all the vector car art and set it to have a 48px white outline with the Behind Fill option, which nets to 24px; then place this behind the black car art, or whatever combination makes since for the art. I can sometimes apply the white outline Behind Fill directly to the black art, but sometimes you want just the outside outline so want an underlying shape that is only the outline of the overall art.
Just Select everything, copy, add a thicker white outline around everything and then paste. Then the outline will only appear around the outsides. You might have to tweak it here and there.
Thanks, I will try that even though I don't fully understand how it's possible lolJust Select everything, copy, add a thicker white outline around everything and then paste. Then the outline will only appear around the outsides. You might have to tweak it here and there.
So basically you will have two copies, laid on top of eachother. The bottom one has outlines around everything. The second copy lays over the top, it covers the mess and the larger outlines from the bottom copy stick out the sides.
This may not be the most professional way to do it but it only takes a second.
This may not be the most professional way to do it but it only takes a second.
Id be happy to offer some suggestions yet would need to see the graphic in order to help correctly and efficiently.
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