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I'm very close to getting my transfers made by SMG. Like I said in another post, I just want to make sure I am going about things the right way.
I only plan to sell black and white t-shirts, white-colored font/images on one and black-colored font/images on the other.
I'm going to have SMG do both the black and white transfers on Plastisol. Sound okay so far?
Now, image preparation for sending to SMG:
1. They say, "Please convert all fonts used in your artwork to either shapes, curves, outlines etc..."
Can someone clear this up for me? If I am saving in the proper file format like they ask (i.e. jpg, gif, ai...) is this relevant? I have been doing all image preparation in Macromedia Fireworks but I do own Adobe Illustrator. Should I "live trace" the image before I send it to them to print?
2. Image size - What I have been doing is changing the image size in Fireworks from pixels to inches so I can see how big the design is going to be on the shirt. I'm assuming any image I send to them needs to be the size I want it to be on the shirt or should I simply make sure the artwork is a vector image (.ai) and then instruct them as to how large the transfer should be?
Any help answering these questions would be great.
I only plan to sell black and white t-shirts, white-colored font/images on one and black-colored font/images on the other.
I'm going to have SMG do both the black and white transfers on Plastisol. Sound okay so far?
Now, image preparation for sending to SMG:
1. They say, "Please convert all fonts used in your artwork to either shapes, curves, outlines etc..."
Can someone clear this up for me? If I am saving in the proper file format like they ask (i.e. jpg, gif, ai...) is this relevant? I have been doing all image preparation in Macromedia Fireworks but I do own Adobe Illustrator. Should I "live trace" the image before I send it to them to print?
2. Image size - What I have been doing is changing the image size in Fireworks from pixels to inches so I can see how big the design is going to be on the shirt. I'm assuming any image I send to them needs to be the size I want it to be on the shirt or should I simply make sure the artwork is a vector image (.ai) and then instruct them as to how large the transfer should be?
Any help answering these questions would be great.