Photoshop Zone

Hi everyone! I realized that in my past posts about the custom fabric labels I did not include how to design your label in Photoshop for upload to Spoonflower’s website. Here is a quick tutorial for creating a custom label design (you will also find a download link at the bottom of this post to download the label template): First, open the template (provided at the end of this post) in Photoshop. Create your design, making sure you stay within the interior teal guide lines. This will ensure that you have a 1/2 inch are around your design for when you cut it out of the fabric. After you have created your design go to Edit>Define Pattern… Name Your design whatever you would like and hit Ok Now go to File>New… Create a document with a Transparent   Background  and with the dimensions listed above.  If the picture above is too small for you to see they are:  Width: 2700 pixels Height: 3150 pixels Resolution: 150 RGB Color ...

  Step 1 Create a new 1000 x 750 px document, and fill the Background with the color #c2c2c2 . Then, create the text using the font Righteous in All Caps. The color is #484848 , and the Size is 255 pt. Step 2 Go to Type > Convert to Shape . Step 3 Pick the Pen Tool . Then, in the Options bar, choose Path , and click the Path operations icon to choose Subtract from Selection . What you’ll need to do next, is remove random parts from the text shape. Make sure to draw polygonal shapes by clicking once to add each of the corners of the subtracted part, and make sure to close each path separately. Step 4 Try not to remove very big or so many parts. The text needs to remain readable. Step 5 Once you’re done removing the polygons, click the Path operations icon again, and click Merge Shape Components down the pop-up menu. This will merge all the paths into one shape. 2. Placing the Letters Step 1 Instead of placing the letters in the 3D scen...