you should do this....


make your document size 640 pixels x 480 pixels with a resolution of 72. then save for web as a gif.
this will make your file as an index color. this is how i did mine anyways. although mine did get rejected.
my friend did hers the same way and hers is up. fyi

i don't think they will accept it if it isn't the exact size of 640 x 480

if you pull other submissions off of threadless and open them in photoshop they are as follows:

pixel dimensions: 640 (width) x 480 (height)
document size: 8.889 x 6.667
resolution 72

this is how i saved mine as well

what I do is I open up a 15in by 15in new document at 150 dpi and design there. Then, I crop the design to fit the templates, but I don't save over the cropping. Always keep the original large design document! After I crop it onto a shirt, all the stuff gets organized on a 640X480 image until it is just right. And keep the submission photo at 72 dpi since it reduces the file size. Therefore, if you crop your design, crop it at 72 dpi too! I hope I didn't confuse you, although I didn't really post the traditional step-by-step instructions

doesn't it have to be at 150 dpi or above? My issue is that the size of the document in 640X480 is only 2X3 inches.. I know that has to be wrong. I still have all my larger file/dseigns in tact, actually there are so many it's painful.

the original has to be in 150 dpi, but it doesnt matter what resolution you send as the submission picture as long as its under 120 kb

You should never design at 640x480 (unless you're doing vector, then it doesn't matter). Always draw big big big at a decent resolution, then shrink it down to fit the template. Save your big original in case they want to print it.

yes. always design big, then shrink to fit the 640X480 one.

Wow. I could've sworn the submit page said 1500 DPI for the original. That's what I sent in for geology...

oh well. Better too big than too small.

Also, in photoshop, CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + S gives you a nice dialog for saving GIFs and JPEGs. And DPI doesn't mean anything for the preview image you send in, only pixel dimensions.

--okay I just adjusted the res to 72 and it looks good, I guess you can always reduce. It's still confusing me a bit as to why this would work... and that's actually a pretty good design idea lsmc88- I worked within a 15X11 space only because the deisgn is pretty massive.I know that the one I submited will get rejected now--- fine.. I forgot to mention my color options in my profile.

If Threadless prints you, they request the full-size file. What you're sending them initially is nothing more than a sample that can be used on the site.

when creating the original design (if you are using Photoshop to do so) you should do so at a high resolution (600 dpi+) so that, if chosen, they can easily extract the different colours to get them ready for the screen printing process.

however, when submitting the design to be voted on the file should be as bashway says:

pixel dimensions: 640px (width) x 480px (height)
resolution: 72 dpi

Ideally, they would like you to create the design using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash or some such vector-based program.

it sure feels weird saying "Adobe Flash"

Ideally, they would like you to create the design using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash (hehe) or some such vector-based program.
I don't think it matters to them though, look at travis and stickymike, etc. As long as you can send the the full size @ 300dpi + and take the time to seperate you colors and all...

send them the **

Hi surreal blue
thanks for the comment !
as i read people answering you , i wonder if i must do my designs more than 300 ?
its better to begin at high resolution anyway , then you reduce only the size of your design and then the dpi until it is the max weight
how do you post images in your blog ?
i could post wild forschach without text and on a color tee to show how it looks :) thank you

--all my blog photos have to be at 72 dpi, but I did them orginally in 200. Web photos are 72 dpi no matter what because that is what is displayed on screen.

While I do admit that I have no designs at present (I am a horrible artist and even worse at computer wizardry), I must say that you were unnecessarily rude to me in your comment. I would understand if I had insulted your "artwork", and you retorted. But this isn't about vengence: this is simply about cutting me down.

The Seabiscuit thing was pure satire. It was poised to show how utterly unoriginal and redundent these slogans can be. "Pirates and Ninjas!" or "Chuck Norris!" are prime examples of what I speak of. I'm sorry if my wit offended you: maybe now that you get the joke, you can step back and laugh.

You can say that satire has no place on a peer-designed clothing website, but, then again, neither is being a complete dick. I'm trying my best not to be a complete dick as I'm typing, and would appreciate the same from you in the future.

But, in all seriousness, this really was quite a scream on my end. Thinking of all the worst possible slogans and somehow squeezing the most obscure movie character (and I use "character loosly) was, in my head, brilliant. Had you been here, and had you known what was going on beforehand, you might have been in stitches as well.

Besides, life is too short to get angry at someone you don't know. You really want to insult me? Vote "I'd wear it" on all the Seabiscuit nonsense. That would offend me.

Anywho, this is getting lengthy, so, in conclusion, I would like to say I'm sorry I upset you with the Seabiscuitry. I half expect a sorry on your part for being so vindictive, but I somehow doubt you'll do it. I am not prideful. You, on the other hand, might be.

Please prove me wrong.

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how big? and at what dpi should you design in?

example please

i start at 14" x 14" @300 dpi. then, when im satisfied with the product, i open a new page at 640 x 480 pixels and drag and drop the image. resize as needed. when its time to submit, save for web as tiff. maybe this is why my shit looks like just that...........shit.

heres one im working on...........

oop, like i said 14" x14". lol