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Hi,

My apologies if i have posted the question under the wrong forum. I am relatively new here, therefore am not really familiar with the things here.

I have recently set up my own t-shirt and gift printing business and need to take photos of the products that i have so as to make a catalog as well as to display them on my website for my customers to view. i will be having an application on my website where my customers will get to design or upload their artwork on my site. As such, i have tried taking a few photos and editing them on photoshop. However, the result of the photos always turn out below my expectations. I have visited several websites that have wonderful photos of their shirts and am wondering how they do it. I would like to humbly seek your advise on this matter.

Examples of the websites with the photos that i would like to have are:
Oops! A problem has occurred with your request! - CustomInk.com
For customink, i noticed that when i change the color of the shirt, the shirt doesn't move at all, the parts that are wavy appears to stay wavy. i would like to be able to do this for my products as well. For the colors to change but not the product.

Google Image Result for http://tcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/eat_sleep_folk.jpg
For this shirt, i noticed that it has a "body" shape but we are still able to view the inside of the shirt (the collar part with the tag). I am looking at using real photos as i would like the photos of the shirts to be as realistic as possible. As i have quite a number of shirt types (2 tone drifit, 2 tone polo, 3 tone, etc..) It is best for me to edit the photos myself. Hence I would like to know how to take the photos and edit them to make it like the photos of these links i've attached. I thank you in advance for your help.
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tiger24
ttyx,

the second link brings me to google image? but i cut and paste the following to get to your shirt...

[media]http://tcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/eat_sleep_folk.jpg[/media]
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While you're waiting for posts in this thread, you can read some good tips on taking photos of t-shirts here:

product photos related topics at T-Shirt Forums
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Hi Tiger24,

Thanks for your reply. The second link is to a google image. i saw this image on google and am wondering how i will be able to take or edit a photo of a shirt such as to be able to view the back or inside part of the shirt.
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hi ttyx,

i think the term for this display technique is called ghosting.

you want the just the t-shirt but filled in like there is a body and you want to see your
tag neck line interior.

i have tried to do this myself with photoshop.
i put my t-shirt on a mannequin and took a picture.
i cut out the mannequin and left that part of the shirt on a layer.
i took another picture without the mannequin for the back tag.
i cut everything out but the back tag and all interior of the shirt.
i put it in a layer bechind my first layer.

it looked ok but not nearly as professional as the one sample pic you had
with it being blank in the back where the tag goes.

good luck on your search! i'll be watching as well.
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I am not 100% sure, but i believe some use an armature mannequin or wire mannequin, so it's hollow and thin, and the shirt just takes the form of the mannequin. And then edit the rest out.


Hope this helps even a little! ^_^

~LDA
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ttyx said:
Hi,

My apologies if i have posted the question under the wrong forum. I am relatively new here, therefore am not really familiar with the things here.

I have recently set up my own t-shirt and gift printing business and need to take photos of the products that i have so as to make a catalog as well as to display them on my website for my customers to view. i will be having an application on my website where my customers will get to design or upload their artwork on my site. As such, i have tried taking a few photos and editing them on photoshop. However, the result of the photos always turn out below my expectations. I have visited several websites that have wonderful photos of their shirts and am wondering how they do it. I would like to humbly seek your advise on this matter.

Examples of the websites with the photos that i would like to have are:
Oops! A problem has occurred with your request! - CustomInk.com
For customink, i noticed that when i change the color of the shirt, the shirt doesn't move at all, the parts that are wavy appears to stay wavy. i would like to be able to do this for my products as well. For the colors to change but not the product.

Google Image Result for http://tcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/eat_sleep_folk.jpg
For this shirt, i noticed that it has a "body" shape but we are still able to view the inside of the shirt (the collar part with the tag). I am looking at using real photos as i would like the photos of the shirts to be as realistic as possible. As i have quite a number of shirt types (2 tone drifit, 2 tone polo, 3 tone, etc..) It is best for me to edit the photos myself. Hence I would like to know how to take the photos and edit them to make it like the photos of these links i've attached. I thank you in advance for your help.
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Hey there,

I'm assuming this was done by placing a blank shirt on a manikin then cropping the edges out in a graphic program. Then any design was probably layer over & contoured to the blank shirt. This would be time saving, instead of taking pictures of every one of your printed shirts. Once you have the cropped blanks shirt you can lay over any design you want over it, and even change the shirt color in photoshop.

Or they could have taken the long route and snapped pics of all there shirts and photoshoped them.

It's important to get a good pic to begin with, it may be more money than you want to spend but check out a light cube
EZcube Light Box

The end result of your photos are phenomenal with these things.
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Check out this website - Remove The Background packshot and product image clipping service they can do the job for you for $1.50-$2.00 an image.
You can also do it yourself for free without the mannequin... just a flat t-shirt on a white background.
You will need a white foam display board (office depot sells those) a nice high resolution camera with tripod and very good lightning (you have to get the lightning from a specialty photo store) Have the panel with the shirt at a tilted position and you are good to go. You will have to play around with the lightning until you find the right spot for the lamps but then everything becomes automatic. You will also need some minor editing on photoshop done for each image.
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