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.
What are vector and pixel graphics?
Vector graphics
Vector graphic
The image represented by a vector graphic is composed from geometric forms like points, lines, circles or curves.
The image displayed is mathematically defined using these geometric forms. This is how a vector graphic can be enlarged (scaled) without a loss of quality, as the image is recalculated each time the size is changed.
Vector graphics can be created with graphics software like Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw or Inksape.
Vector graphics serve as the master copy for plot printing (flex and flock) at Spreadshirt. In order to ensure the highest compatibility, please save your vector graphics in the format .eps.
Pixel graphics
Pixel graphic
A pixel graphic is a computer graphic in which the image is represented by raster forms made up of pixels (points of color.) Each pixel represents one color.
When a pixel graphic is enlarged, the individual pixels are also enlarged. Therefore, the more the image is enlarged, the more it will look coarse, angular or “pixellated”.
Pixel graphics serve as the master copy for digital printing at Spreadshirt. We recommend saving pixel graphics in the format .png. A graphic’s resolution is given in dpi and represents the number of dots per inch.
Articles in this category
- How do I convert a pixel design to a vector design for plot printing (Flex / Flock)?
- How do I create a pixel design (e.g. from a photo) that meets all requirements for digital printing?
- How do I create a vector design that will meet all the requirements for a plot printing (Flex / Flock) format?
- How do I get the best printing quality with a multi-colored vector design?
- How do I increase the (dpi) resolution of my pixel graphic and reduce the file size below 10 MB?
- How do I use Spreadshirt's Graphics Service?
- What are the most common errors when submitting a vector design?
- What are transparent backgrounds and how do I use them?
- What are vector and pixel graphics?
- Why was my vector design rejected by Spreadshirt’s Designs Service?