What is the Spreadshirt Designer and how can I make my own t-shirt here?
With the Spreadshirt Designer you can design and order your own t-shirts and other products from our apparel assortment. There is no minimum order: you're free to order just one, individually printed shirt.
- Choose a t-shirt from our selection. You don’t know which size you need? Find out by clicking on the small information mark next to the product name. Details of the weight and manufacturing can be found there as well.
- Choose a design. You can upload your own photography, or pick one out from our Design Network (see Spreadshirt Marketplace). To find out which designs you can upload to the Spreadshirt Designer, have a look at this FAQ item. For basic info on designs for Spreadshirt, click here.
- But text can also be nice. Choose a font and write what you want. Your design and text can be turned, mirrored or enlarged within the given print area.
- Once the t-shirt looks like you want, proceed to check out and order it.
Every personally designed article is an original: Your design will be placed on the t-shirt according to your instructions. Since this action is not automated, it is possible that there could be minor alterations. Also, it's possible that the design will look smaller or larger in reality. This is because the t-shirt example shown is always a fixed size (often "medium", sometimes "small").
See how the final price of your t-shirt is calculated. Read the explanation here.
Why do the colors of my pixel graphic show up differently on the shirt and my screen?
RGB and CMYK
Pixel graphics are shown on monitors in the RGB (Red-Green-Blue) color model. This means that each color is composed with different proportions of these three base colors. See image below on the left.
In order to print pixel graphics, the colors must be converted into the CMYK color model. During the digital printing, the colors are then composed of different proportions of cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black.) This can lead to differences in appearance between the print and that which appears on your screen. See image below in the middle.
After rendering into CMYK colors, a few more color value corrections are made so as to optimize as many digital designs as possible. Depending on how close your design is to the basic settings, the colors will appear as seen in the original. (The color chart on the bottom right shows the colors on a printed fabric).
Color settings on your monitor
Every monitor displays colors differently according to its settings. The combination of brightness, contrast and intensity can also change the appearance of colors on your monitor.
Tip: increase saturation and contrast of your graphics file. Just when the colors of your design may seem a bit too bright and glaring on your monitor, the final result on fabrics is most likely to meet your expectations. Note: you should also consider the color of the fabrics. Colors on dark backgrounds appear differently than on white ones. (See image below.)
Have a look at the color charts we have created to illustrate the difference on white and colored products. This will help you see differences in color when printed.
Digital direct printing on white background
Digital direct printing on colored background
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