Patricia Montgomery

TUTORIAL: Tee Shirt Helpful Hints

I am certainly no expert at making tee shirts. I know there are others out there who are the real experts. So I’m just going to share a few helpful hints that came out of my struggles to get two tee designs uploaded on RB.

Here’s what I did:

  1. Opened Photoshop Elements (or any other image editing program) and set up a new empty page.
  1. Set the dimensions to 2400 width x 3200 height with a transparent background.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the background is not transparent, it will not work! If you are one pixel off on the dimensions, it will not work! You cannot transpose the pixels either (NOT 3200 width x 2400 height) as it will not work!

  1. Transferred (copied) an image to the blank/transparent background.
  1. Added text to complete my design.
  1. Saved image as a .png file.

NOTE: Other file extensions (such as .jpg) will not work! It must be a .png file!

  1. Uploaded to Redbubble with a default color and a default style. This will be the color and style (short-sleeve, long sleeve, etc.) you want to display on the page to showcase your design.

NOTE: If you forget to choose the defaults, it will not work!

Should I have a contest to see who can guess all the things I did wrong when I first tried to upload a tee shirt design? LOL!

Don’t hesitate to let me know if you have problems or further questions.

Have a blessed day!
Patricia

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  • terezadelpilar

    terezadelpilar

    Dear Patricia:)) Thank you so much for publishing such precious information about how to at rb:)) You are fantastic! Helping is the most rewarding action one can do, and you did it:)) Thank you once again:))

  • jujubean

    jujubean

    well,I will have to try this one of these days! never attemted a t-shirt!

  • Agnes McGuinness

    Agnes McGuinness

    This is great, Patricia. Thank you:)

  • Astrid Pardew

    Astrid Pardew

    This is very helpful. I have never tried to make a tee yet. I will fav. this and come back to it if ever I decide to be brave enough to try and make a tee shirt! Thanks Pat!!

  • SharonAHenson

    SharonAHenson

    This is great Patricia….let me see if I can do it….

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    patrician, great read and well explained !
    can i also add there is a tshirt 101 group for budding tshirt enthusiasts.
    :)

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    I am so tempted to try it too… you make it sound so easy. Thank you Patricia.

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