Apparel personalization with previews people believe
The apparel problem is not the design tool — it is that a flat overlay on a dark tee looks nothing like DTG on a dark tee. Placement per panel, garment colour matched to the mockup, and print-method-aware previews fix the expectation gap that drives returns.
Design a tee — right here
Change the copy, flip to the back panel, switch garment colour. Every angle re-renders together.
Simplified stand-in for the storefront runtime — the real editor renders your own template and mockup photography.
What matters for apparel
Only the capabilities that apply.
A feature list scoped to this category, because a camera cut-out means nothing on a cushion.
- Front / back / sleeve placement
- Each panel is a mockup frame with its own print area, warp and layer subset.
- Garment colour matching
- The colour swatch drives both the print and the mockup photo, so the preview is the garment they are ordering.
- Print-method-aware previews
- DTG renders with fabric displacement and ink absorption; screen print renders flat and opaque.
- Seam and collar safety
- Mask the print area to the real printable panel so nothing lands on a seam.
- Size-aware artwork
- Scale the print area per size so a chest graphic is proportionate on XS and 3XL.
Template gallery
- Resolution
- 300 DPI at final print size
- Colour
- sRGB in; separations handled at production for screen print
- Format
- PNG with transparency (DTG), layered file for separations
- Print areas
- Per panel and per size, masked to the printable region
- White ink
- Underbase flagged automatically on dark garments
Per-garment print areas and method notes: https://docs.customei.com/print-files.
Fulfilment notes
- Front, back and sleeve files export as separate assets under one order line, named by panel.
- Garment colour and size travel with the file so production does not have to cross-reference the order.
- Underbase requirements are flagged on the file rather than left for the printer to infer.
Apparel questions
Can customers upload their own photo onto a shirt?
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