Advice for T-shirt Cover Photos

CherylJones
Contributor

Advice for how to make t-shirt cover photos? Seems to me that the shirts themselves (in the cover photos) would have to look like the ones Zazzle sells so as not to deceive the customer. Thanks!!

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NigelSutherland
Contributor III

I create a neutral background scene, cut out the shape of the model wearing the shirt, then add that background as a top layer onto a downloaded image, before exporting as a jpeg to upload as a cover pic. The layer can be used over and over again. 

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Thank you, Nigel! Now I'm wondering how we determine what size image/pixels we need. : )

Sara_H
Honored Contributor III

@CherylJones  They don't need to be print worthy so 72dpi is plenty for web (other designers may do differently - as I save each cover photo - I don't like to fill my hard drive up with large files) 2k plenty - and zazzle optimizes them anyway

Thank you, Sara! What about the size in dimensions?

Sara_H
Honored Contributor III

@CherylJones  I said in my reply - 2k (2048 x 2048) but I normally size to 1500 x 1500 before I upload

Sorry, Sara; I missed that part of your answer. Thanks so much! : )

CherylJones
Contributor

This is what I came up with for this T-Shirt, which I moved into my new store; I used Pixabay for the background, and added the candy sprinkles with my drawing program. 

https://www.zazzle.com/lgbt_ally_pride_love_quote_rainbow_ice_cream_black_t_shirt-256750497878008296

Zazzle says it's no longer available!

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CherylJones
Contributor

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