Click on ‘Clothing Catalogue’ in the navigation menu at the top of the page OR
the ‘Order & Design’ button on the homepage OR
the ‘Start Designing’ button on the homepage
2. CHOOSING A GARMENT
The full range of garments is spread out over three screens.
3. CHOOSING A GARMENT USING THE FILTER
You can filter garments by ticking a category and / or a colour.
The ‘Full Range’ tickbox should remain ticked at all times.
Not all colours are available for all garments.
4. CHOOSING A GARMENT BY IMAGE
Click on an image to take you to a page that provides further information, including pricing, and another opportunity to select the garment colour.
5. GARMENT COLOUR
Choose a colour by ticking one of the colours in the swatch.
6. GARMENT SIZE, QUANTITY AND MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY
Your order can include different sizes.
The minimum order quantity per order is 20.
Choose the number of garments for each size that you require.
The sum total of the numbers in the boxes should be equal to or or greater than 20.
7. START DESIGNING
To proceed, click on ‘Start Designing’.
8. DESIGN DASHBOARD
This dashboard lets you import and place your logo and add text to the garment.
Click on the images in the locations column on the right of the dashboard to show the back and sleeves.
9. PRODUCT BOX FUNCTIONS
The function of the Product box on the left hand side of the dashboard is to
Show an image of the product you have chosen.
Let you change to a different product using the ‘Change Product’ button.
Provide further information on the product when you click on the ‘More Product Info’ text.
Let you change the colour of the garment by clicking on any of the colours in the swatch.
Let you to select or change the garment size(s) when you click on ‘Select size’.
Provide further information on the garment (when you click on the ‘View Description’ text.
10. STARTING AT THE FRONT OF THE GARMENT
To design on the front of the garment, click on the ‘Body’ icon on the right-hand side menu.
This is normally selected by default.
Your logo and/text can only be placed on certain parts of the garment outlined with dotted rectangles called marquees.
Click on a marquee area to choose where you want to add your text or logo.
The 'live' marquee, i.e. the marquee into which you are adding the text or image, will turn orange in colour.
11. IMPORTING AN IMAGE OR LOGO
To add a logo to your garment, click on the ‘Add Logo’ button on the top of the dashboard.
This will open the ‘Add Embroidered Logo’ dialogue box.
12. IMPORTING AN IMAGE OR LOGO
Click on ‘Add Embroidered Logo’ in the dialogue box to access the file containing your logo on your PC.
13. IMPORTING AN IMAGE OR LOGO
To access your file on your PC click on the ‘Upload Image’ button from the ‘Select A Design’ dialogue box. Select the file for import.
You may have already saved a file on our system from a previous order. In such a case you can simply select it from the box on the right.
14. COPYRIGHT PERMISSION
As the file uploads, a copyright permissions dialogue box will open. Please confirm that you have permission to use the image you have chosen by scrolling down and ticking the box beside ‘I Hereby declare I own the rights to print this image.’ and press the ‘OK’ button.
15. NUMBER OF COLOURS
The process of embroidery limit the number of colours that can be used. Here, the maximum is 9.
If there are more than 9 colours in the image you are importing, the system will ‘posterize’ the image by converting continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones i.e. it will attempt to convert a photograph or highly detailed, multi-coloured image into a simpler illustration-type image.
Images/logos with flat solid tones and little detail are best. This is why it is good to have your logo prepared in advance of this part of the process.
16. POSITIONING AN IMAGE / LOGO
To position your imported image / logo, click and drag with your cursor.
Left and right breast positions are outlined as a guide for your convenience.
17. RESIZING / ROTATING AN IMAGE / LOGO / TEXT BOX
Resize the image by dragging on any of the corner dots.
Increasing the size of the image in this manner will reduce its quality. The quality indicator bar at the top left will indicate the quality of the image with green being optimum.
Again it’s better to have the image optimised to the correct resolution and final dimensions in advance of importing in order to ensure the best quality embroidery.
The orange marquee outlines the print area. Only what is inside the orange dashed line will print.
Clicking and dragging up, down, left or right on the rotate icon (by the top right corner of the logo or text box) will let you rotate the image or text box.
Clicking on the ‘X’ symbol (by the bottom left corner of the logo box) lets you delete the image (or text box) off the drawing board. To retrieve your original image, you may have to re-upload it from your computer.
18. RESIZING AND POSITIONING IMAGES / LOGOS
You can also resize and reposition, rotate and flip your logo using the ‘Image Properties’ controls panel that appears on the top left of the dashboard when you are working with your image.
Hover over the control panel for instructions, and to be able to make incremental changes to position and size.
Colour effects and borders can also be added.
Ensure ‘Resize Proportionally’ is ticked if you intend to resize the image.
19. ADDING TEXT
Click on the 'Add Text' button to add text.
20. ADDING TEXT
Click on 'Add Embroidered Text'.
Enter the text.
21. EDITING, FORMATING AND POSITIONING TEXT
Use the cursor or the control panel on the left to resize and reposition your text.
Text that has been input using system does not lose quality when resized.
The control panel also offers a number of colour, formatting and special effects options.
Left and right breast positions are outlined as a guide.
The orange marquee outlines the print area. Only what is inside the orange dashed line will print.
22. EMBROIDERING ON BACK AND SLEEVES
Repeat for back and sleeves if required.
Note that more embroidering will incur extra cost.
23. EMBROIDERING ON BACK AND SLEEVES
You will be asked whether you (i) want to reuse an existing design or (ii) to create a new design.
Re-using an existing design will give you the exact same design and configuration as you created for the front of the garment. This may not be suitable for the back.
‘Create A New Design’ gives you the freedom to create a different design and configuration at the back and is generally the most popular option here.
24. LAYERS, AREA MARQUEE, UNDO AND REDO FUNCTIONS
Each logo, image or block of text that is imported will have its own ‘Layer’ and each can be altered independently of the other.
Click on the layer icon to view and organise and minimise the layers. This is particularly useful if you wish to overlap layers.
Click on the square to the left of the layers icon to switch off (and on) the print area marquee. This is helpful for previewing your final design.
Clicking on the curved arrows to the right of the layers icon lets you undo (and redo) your most recent move or edit.
25. DESIGN COMPLETED!
When you are happy with the design you have created, Click on “Buy” in the top right hand corner of the dashboard to proceed with the purchase of your garments.
