T-shirt lab Help

1 - Choosing A Product

2 - Customisation

3 - Text

4 - Artwork

5 - Uploading Your Own Design

6 - Payment

Choosing A Product on the t-shirt lab.

On the toolbar, select the arrow next to "All Products", see red oval in screen-shot below. You will see a drop-down menu; select the product you wish to customise. Click on the image of your product in the product bar. The picture of your product shall now be visible in the designer. The broken line indicates the boundary for your design, any part of an image and text that go out of bounds will be clipped.

Customisation on the t-shirt lab.

You have many tools on the designer that will help make your design unique to you. Along the top toolbar we can see the following tabs (see green ovals);

• The `text,' tabs allows you to place any text on your item.
• The `artwork,' tab lets you browse some pre-made images you can place on your item.
• The `Upload,' tab lets you upload your own photo onto the item.
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Text: adding text to your t-shirt design on the t-shirt lab.

When you click on the text tab the options availible in the tool bar will change.

1. You can type any text into the white box. You have options of `bold,' `italic,' and underling. You may also position the text, left, centre or right.
2. These two controls are use to change font colour and the actual font of your text. The black box represents the colour of your text, simple click on this box to see all other colours. The box next to font shows you a selection of fonts you may use on your design.
3. These controls are used to apply various effects to your text e.g. adding an outline, warping or inverting your text.

Artwork for t-shirt lab

The artwork tab shows you many pieces of artwork that you may place on your design.

Just like choosing your product the artwork tab also has a drop down menu, simply click on the small black arrow under "select artwork". Simply choose a category and place the image on the shirt.

Simply drag the image to the size you would like it using the drag tool (shown within the green box). Simply hold down the left mouse button over the tool and continue until the image is the right size. Do not drag the image outside of the broken line. To put your image or text on another part of the product simple change the view by clicking on the following. The "view" buttons are found on the left side of your product. Simply clicking on one will change the view.

Uploading Your Own Design to the t-shirt lab.

To upload your own artwork please click on the "upload your own artwork" tab.

1. - Clicking on this button will open up a pop-up window.(see Below)
2. - After uploading your image should appear at (2). Simply select it and place on the item just like artwork.
3. - (3) The window will allow you to browse your computer and find the picture you would like on your product. Simply find the image on your computer, click onto the file and press "OK". Your image will begin to upload.
4. – (4)After uploading your artwork, be sure to give it a name. After finishing simple click on "add design".

Payment on the t-shirt lab.

• Green Box – This is the price of your item, including any decoration or text you have added to the product.
• Blue Box – This is the sizes box, using this drop down menu allows you to choose the size that you require. Children's and adults sizes are in their respective product.
• Red Box- this is the payment centre, allowing you to pay for, or simply add the item to your cart.

Once your are happy with your item the last step is payment, simple click onto "add to cart" and then "go to cart".