I have two suggestions to enhance the design tool.
Add the ability to set the transparency of images. A subtle hint of a background image can be a powerful thing.
Add the ability to group images. This, in turn, would allow designers to tile more than one loaded image.
just tested to make sure, but you can already group images and tile them @Tutuzdad
Just wondering Sara_H, how you got that to work? I can group images no problem but I’ve never been able to tile a group.
Doh! So you can. I’ve totally missed that “group” icon at the top of the page. Thank you.
@Baylee the ability to group and then tile the group is relatively new, and has been added within the past few months. So if you try again, you might get it to work. (As with all tiling, this does not work on SVG files. )
Thanks @Windy … I tried again but realized that I had text in my group so that didn’t work, but a group without text tiles nicely! Definitely learn something new every day around here…lol.
I kinda got sidetracked with the tiling group thingee, so I forgot to give a thumbs up to the image transparency suggestion… that would be an awesome addition to our design tool.
Word of caution on tiling grouped images. I generally upload very large png files so that they will work well on all products - including large things. However, if you group and tile a bunch of large images, you end up with a design that’s REALLY slow when the customer tries to customize it - even if their customization has nothing to do with the images.
adding to @Cat 's comment: if you try to manipulate (i.e. move/resized) tiled images after they have been grouped, it can also really mess visually with the layout of the design.
W.H.
thumbs up for the transparency filter option.
W.H.
Kudos for the transparency/saturation filter. It’s been suggested before. An adjustment to saturation would assist with designs on differing product and their drinting.
Hi @Tutuzdad ,
Many thanks for the suggestions. I’ll certainly be passing this along to the Team 📝
Roberta 🌷
I think printers can’t handle transparencies and gradients very well.
I’m not talking about full transparency like in PNGs. Imagine something that’s like 30% transparent (opaque). The printer may print as a full color or print nothing instead.
I don’t know if a solid image in the background would change the results.
I came to the forum looking to see if there was a way to make images or elements transparent. Guess not so I heartily second that suggestion!
I have used the grouping function and it works well - unless you have personalization in one of the items, then grouping completely wipes out the personalization. I wanted to put a rectangle behind the text box but group it to make it easier for the customer to move around but when I grouped, the personalization was lost.