[cotrhq]

Greetings.

Yup, I'm the new guy. Apologies in advance if I ask (and I will!) any silly questions.

My first question is to myself - why have I subscribed to this forum?.....

OK, here go's. I own a clothing store and I sell, amongst other things baby rompers and tees. I would describe my brands as 'mid priced' and baby brands I have stocked include the likes of Oh Baby London, No Addded Sugar, NWA and loads more besides. I have built my business up over the past 5 years and my next mission is to create my own line of baby tees and rompers. I am a complete novice in this field but I have done a bit of research prior to posting this message.

Here's where I'm at:

I have found a supplier of blank baby tees and rompers.

I have 'ideas' for designs.

I have found a company to produce 'tags' for the blanks.

So I've doen quite a bit but I'm stuck with one or 2 things....

QUESTION: What is a good program to use (i own photoshop already) to be able to put my design ideas into a useable format for the printers? (no i am not printing my own, looks fraught with danger!)

My designs (all in head!) are simple and mainly text based - we do well with text based designs in store and this is the way i wish to go. Trying to keep it simples!

QUESTION: Generally what advice or helpful hints can you give me.

Thanks in advance



John

 

[Louie2010]

Welcome to the forum.

In order to get the most response you might want to re-post your question in the appropriate section of the forum. Many people who might be able to best answer your question may never read it within the middle of a post in the member intro section.

 

[IYFGraphics]

Greetings.

Yup, I'm the new guy. Apologies in advance if I ask (and I will!) any silly questions.

No apologies necessary, TSF gets many many new users each and every day...all have questions, you've come to the right place.

So I've doen quite a bit but I'm stuck with one or 2 things....

QUESTION: What is a good program to use (i own photoshop already) to be able to put my design ideas into a useable format for the printers? (no i am not printing my own, looks fraught with danger!)

My designs (all in head!) are simple and mainly text based - we do well with text based designs in store and this is the way i wish to go. Trying to keep it simples!

If you own PS and are comfortable using it then use it, depending on the printer you choose to work with and the type of process they use you'll either need files that are vector based or raster based, but for design PS will work just fine, you can output raster graphics from PS that can be imported into Corel or Illustrator (or other programs) and converted to a vector if needed.

Simple text is easy....any basic graphics program can do that with ease it's just a matter of the type of file your printer will require.

QUESTION: Generally what advice or helpful hints can you give me.

Go slow....think it through, find a good printer that you can work with locally that is willing to explain his printing options and processes and build on that relationship.

There are a few things you may not be aware of when printing on garments that will be sold to children that you might want to understand, this link should give you some insight.

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t69913.html

Hope this helps.

 

[gorilladiver]

photoshop should be fine for creating your designs, just make sure the resolution is high enough, and try to put each color of the design on a seperate layer. Just contact the printer first and they can give you all the specs on how they prefer to have the file setup.

 

[cotrhq]

thanks for the answer/advice. I'll have a look at the link you sent me now.

John