Need help with Spoonflower formatting

[christiedepauw]

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[christiedepauw]

Thank you so very much for responding!!

The spoonflower people kept sending me to the help section but my friends and I (even one with a math degree) couldn't quite figure out how because when I upload the image to spoonflower it never reached across the fabric? For example this image I was working on (when viewed on one yard and try 2 yds organic cotton sateen, repeat):

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1193673?sell_this=true

I want to purchase it on organic cotton sateen and when I click "2 yard" at repeat, the image fills the fabric in multiply image. But if I click centered, I think the image will just be centered on the fabric. Isn't the 1 image suppose to extend to 56 x 36 on the fabric when I click repeat at 2 yards shouldn't I have 2 large images visible on spoonflower? (I hope I'm saying that right?)

I'm using photoshop...
this are the real dimensions for the above image via photoshop (Pompadour by de La Tour):
164.2 mb
pixel dimensions
width: 8240
Height: 11834

Document size:
width: 6.867
Height: 9.862
Resolution: 1200

[jackie_faye]

Okay, that should cover 54 x 78 at 150 dpi, so I'm not sure what's going on there. It depends on what resolution they're printing at. Higher resolutions will mean a smaller, more densely colored image, whereas a lower resolution will give you a larger image, but with less color. That's why the super large photos you see are kinda "washed out". So the image at 1200 dpi will only cover 6.8 x 9.8, but if you lower it to 300 dpi, it'll cover 27 x 39, and so on.

Spoonflower should print at 150 dpi by default, so you might want to check by clicking here, and it should pop open details like this. Try typing in "150" and clicking "Change DPI".

" Isn't the 1 image suppose to extend to 56 x 36 on the fabric when I click repeat at 2 yards shouldn't I have 2 large images visible on spoonflower?"

No. The repeat only goes off what size the image is. Your image is, for some reason, showing up as a 20 x 12, so clicking "centered" will give you one 20 x 12 image on a blank sheet. Clicking "basic repeat" will tile the image to fill however many yards you need.

[christiedepauw]

i ran out of time today so, I'm going to play around with the image and see what happens? I'm going to try what Ninslayer is saying by saving the image as a pdf then a jpg tomorrow and post my results here.

Also, how should I orientate the image on the fabric when uploading? Currently I thought it should be this direction (using this painting as an example):

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1193673?sell_this=true

Is that right?

[jackie_faye]

Okay, let me know how it goes! :D

As far as orientation, it depends on how you're planning on using the fabric. For a skirt, you have it going the right direction.

[christiedepauw]

I got it!!!!! I needed to save the image as a gif in order to upload it the size i wanted it!

Thank you!

[jackie_faye]

Awesome! :D

[ninslayer]

the problem is that your image is saved in a smaller size. try saving it as a pdf and after saving the pdf as a jpg or a wathever other format you want.

i think thats how i solved the problem when i got it. If it doesnt work i'll check into it cause i had the same problem before but not remeber clearly what i did :P

[christiedepauw]

Yes, my image is large and then it shrinks when changing to 40mb. I will try ur suggestion tomorrow and see what happens. Been working on this on and off for 1-1/2 weeks.

So frustrating!

Thank you!

[christiedepauw]

I got it!!!!! I needed to save the image as a gif in order to upload it the size i wanted it!

Thank you!