How to reproduce product images!?!?

1492 Views 6 Replies 4 Participants Last post by Polito, May 11, 2014

prodigy222

Discussion Starter · May 11, 2014

Alright guys i just got into sublimation and t shirt making, for the most part i make custom shirts. But i want to move on into making already preset stuff. Ill give an example. I make custom iphone cases. But lets say for example i want to offer something like this already done

Amazon.com: Pokemon Popular Cute Pikachu Charmander Bulbasaur Mew Eevee Mewtwo Apple iPhone 4 4S TPU Soft Black or White Cases (Black): Cell Phones & Accessories

That is just an example, thats not something that im trying to do. My question now is, how can i extract or seperate the image from the image of the iphone case so i can reproduce it myself when people order it. Im not talking about copying or anything. Im talking about offering the same products dozen of guys do. That link i provided is just an example. Im having the same problems with mouse pads and t shirts.

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joeshaul

· #2 · May 11, 2014

Usually these are referred to as blank product templates. How it works depends on the template format type.

IE: If you have Photoshop template, it may be a series of layers for the case, then your printable image just slides around so that it overlays overtop of the display area. The image will stay separate from the layers, so you will still have a full image, but display-wise it will be cropped and masked to fit the case as if it was a finished product.
If it's a vector template, you can create a clipping mask (Illustrator) or powerclip it (Corel).

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prodigy222

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 11, 2014

So how would i reverse engineer say the product i listed on my previous post?

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joeshaul

· #4 · May 11, 2014

Sorry, thought you were asking about the product template, not about copying the image (the "I don't want to copy the image" threw me).

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prodigy222

Discussion Starter · #5 · May 11, 2014

I meant like steal someone unique design, I wanna do it for abstract things that arent copyrighted that is what i meant. So noone knows how to do this?

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joey1320

· #6 · May 11, 2014

prodigy222 said:
I meant like steal someone unique design, I wanna do it for abstract things that arent copyrighted that is what i meant. So noone knows how to do this?

Dude you can't come to a forum with many designers and ask how to steal someone's artwork... Tsk tsk tsk...

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Polito

· #7 · May 11, 2014

I take it he means generic images...

prodigy222 said:
I wanna do it for abstract things that arent copyrighted that is what i meant.

You would do it like you would any client supplied raster image. Import it into CorelDraw. Trace it. Keep the parts that worked and throw the rest away. If none of it traced well - throw it all away and start from scratch. As has been said before - text rarely traces well so you're better off finding the font and re-doing it over the original.
There are tricks that can help to get a sharper trace, like turning the image to solid black and white, tracing it as black & white and later re-colourising it yourself.

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