
Artwork Information
What would you like to put on your t shirt, sweatshirt, sweatpants, cap, et centera?
If you don't have your own logo or artwork, you have two choices:
- You can look through the EasyPrints Idea Book or the myIDGear catalog. Find the design you like the best and then customize it by choosing your own text, typestyles, and clip arts. Cost: FREE!
- If you have a good idea of what you want, I can create a custom design for you; I will work with you to create the perfect shirt for you. Cost: $30 which covers the initial draft(s) and an unlimited number of modifications or changes until until you are satisfied. I will waive this fee when you pay for your shirts, sweats, hats and/or rally towels. However, if you decide not to order through me and would rather take the custom artwork in vector form to another printer, you will pay the $30 at that time.
Can I use my own logo or artwork?
Whether or not I can use it depends on the type of image that it is. There are two kinds of computer graphics - raster (composed of pixels) and vector (composed of paths). Raster images are more commonly called bitmap images.
A bitmap image uses a grid of individual pixels where each pixel can be a different color or shade. Bitmaps are composed of pixels.
Vector graphics use mathematical relationships between points and the paths connecting them to describe an image. Vector graphics are composed of paths.
Why does it matter if the image is raster or vector?
The main reason is what happens when you enlarge the image. Many images (clipart et cetera) that you find on the internet are bitmaps and are too small for a t-shirt. The larger you display a bitmap, the more jagged it appears, while a vector image remains smooth at any size.
The image to the left is representative of the difference between a bitmap and a vector graphic. They are shown at 7x magnification to exaggerate the fact that the edges of a bitmap become jagged as it is scaled up:
Preferred File Formats
VECTOR ARTWORK (Preferred)
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 or earlier (.AI, EPS, .ART, .WEF, etc)
- CorelDraw Version X3 or earlier (.CDR)
- Other vector formats may be acceptable. Please contact me to check.
* NOTE: Please make sure all text is converted to paths, curves, or outlines, or that all font files used in the artwork are also supplied.
RASTER ARTWORK in HIGH RESOLUTION:
- Adobe Photoshop version CS3 or earlier (.TIF, .BMP. .GIF, .JPG, .PSD, .EPS, .PNG)
- Paint Shop Pro version XL or earlier (.PSP, .PNG, .TIF, etc)
- Other raster formats may be acceptable. Please contact us to check.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: All raster/bitmap artwork should be 200 DPI and at the size you want it printed. Graphics pulled from the web at screen resolution (72 DPI) do not work well for high quality printing.