Comments | sew_loli: Need help with Spoonflower formatting

christiedepauw in sew_loli

Need help with Spoonflower formatting

Jun 01, 2012 12:42

( May I have some Spoonflower help please )

# dress- jsk, * fabric motif - art, * style - classic, # bottoms- skirt

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christiedepauw June 2 2012, 01:37:09 UTC

Thank you!

jackie_faye June 2 2012, 09:19:02 UTC

http://www.spoonflower.com/help#help2

Basically, you need to get an image editor (I recommend getting GIMP, because it's free) and see what dimension your image is. The one that you linked to in your post, for example, is only going to print out at 7.6x10.6in at 150 DPI, whereas this image would print out at 58x41in at 150 DPI.

christiedepauw June 2 2012, 15:46:23 UTC

Thank you so very much for responding ( ... )

jackie_faye June 2 2012, 19:10:33 UTC

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 ( ... )

christiedepauw June 3 2012, 02:40:19 UTC

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?

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