Ok, I am having some serious trouble figuring out how to design for Spreadshirt plot prints...
I'm starting to feel like a complete moron... all my designs get rejected.
Possibly it's a problem with using Flash to create graphics... I have Flash and Freehand.
The most recent rejection said:
Here's a little extract of the image to show the type of thing I want to achieve - is it possible even (the grey would be transparent)?
I am looking for some advice on how to go about designing for plot print.
Is it possible to draw something in Flash and export it as a Freehand file?
How do you handle more than one colour?
How do you create complex plot print designs and have them accepted?
I now have another design which I did mostly in Freehand, but to do certain bits and pieces, I brought it into flash and just made it one big solid one colour shape - I haven't sent that one in yet as I want to try and understand the process more before further rejection!!!
Any tips GREATLY appreciated!!!!
Thanks,
Frank
I'm starting to feel like a complete moron... all my designs get rejected.
Possibly it's a problem with using Flash to create graphics... I have Flash and Freehand.
The most recent rejection said:
What I had done was drawn a figure in flash, in black, and then filled his face and eyes etc in white.Your design is made up of contours or paths to make up the vector graphic. In your design, two contours/paths layers overlap, which means it cannot be printed. The blade of the print machine would end up cutting through the part of your design that overlaps. To fix this, please remove all overlapping and unnecessary lines from your graphic.
The same goes for anchor points. Anchor points are what mark the beginning and end of a line. A straight line can be made with just two anchor points. Your design has extra anchor points, which make the design unnecessarily complicated. Please remove extra anchor points from the design.
Here's a little extract of the image to show the type of thing I want to achieve - is it possible even (the grey would be transparent)?

I am looking for some advice on how to go about designing for plot print.
Is it possible to draw something in Flash and export it as a Freehand file?
How do you handle more than one colour?
How do you create complex plot print designs and have them accepted?
I now have another design which I did mostly in Freehand, but to do certain bits and pieces, I brought it into flash and just made it one big solid one colour shape - I haven't sent that one in yet as I want to try and understand the process more before further rejection!!!
Any tips GREATLY appreciated!!!!
Thanks,
Frank