CONTENTS:

1. Changing To A Different Product
2. Selecting Product Options
3. Adding Text
4. Changing Text Styling
5. Adding A Design/Artwork
6. Drag-N-Drop Design/Artwork
7. Changing Design Styling
8. Arranging Design Layers
9. Grouping Design Elements

 

To change the currently selected product:

Click on the Change Product button in the Product panel.

The Select Product popup will be displayed.

Choose a category on the left to find the product.

Click on a product to select it.

 

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To choose product options:

Click on the Product button in the Designer Toolbar.

The Product panel is displayed.

Click the Configure link to choose the product options

 

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To add text to a product:

Click on the Add Text button in the Designer Toolbar.

 

The text will appear inside the decoration area in its bounding box with editable size dimension, resize and rotate handles and delete control available.

 

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To adjust text properties:

Click the text object you wish to adjust the properties of.

The Text Properties panel will appear on the left side of the Designer.

Configure the text as required:

Formatting

The Formatting tab is expanded by default and contains the following controls:

- Text Box: lets you edit the text
- Font: change the font via the Select A Font popup
- Font color: change the text color via the color popup
- Bold: boldens the text
- Italics: italicizes the text
- Left-align: aligns text to the left when it spans multiple lines
- Center-align: center-aligns text when it spans multiple lines
- Right-align: aligns text to the right when it spans multiple lines
- Resize Proportionally: when this checkbox is ticked, the text will keep its original proportions when you resize it

Position and Size

Click on the Position tab to expand it. Expanding the Position tab reveals the following controls:

- Horizontal Centering controls: Horizontally centers the selected text
- Vertical Centering controls: Vertically centers the selected text
- Horizontal Flip controls: Horizontally flips or mirrors the selected text
- Vertical Flip controls: Vertically flips or mirrors the selected text
- Dimension controls: Change the dimensions of the selected text

Click on the Effects tab to expand it. Expanding the Effects tab reveals the following text effects:

- Text Shape: lets you alter the shape of the text. The options indicate the shape that they will apply.

 

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To add a design or artwork to a product:

Click on the Add Design button in the Designer Toolbar.

Browse to and click on the design you want to add in the Select a design popup.

You can select designs from the following sources:

• Upload Image: Click this button to upload a design from your device.

  Raster and vector file types are supported in the formats as listed below:

  • Raster (PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, TIF)
  • Vector (CDR, PDF, EPS, PS, SVG, SVGZ)

  Vector based graphics will have modifiable elements such as text and colors editable on the fly by users.

• My Uploads: These will appear if you have an account and have uploaded designs before.
• Stock Designs: Third-party designs and clipart available for use in the Designer.

SELECT DESIGN - Click on the design or image you want to add it to the product.

The design will appear inside the decoration area in its bounding box with editable size dimension, resize and rotate handles and delete control available.

 

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To add a design by drag and drop:

Drag a design file from your computer into the decoration area of the product in the Designer.

The decoration area will be highlighted when the mouse pointer is within its boundaries.

Release the mouse button to drop the design into the decoration area.

The system will begin uploading the design file to your own design library.

Tick the, I hereby declare I own the rights to print this image, checkbox in the Confirm Copyright Permission popup to verify that you have permission to use the design.

Click OK.

The design will appear inside the decoration area in its bounding box with editable size dimension, resize and rotate handles and delete control available.

 

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To adjust design properties:

Click on the design or select it from the View and organize layers button in the View Toolbar.

The Image Properties panel will appear on the left side of the Designer.

Configure the design as required:

These options are only available for raster designs.

Quality: Shows you a bar indicating how clear the image is for printing. The indicator reflects how well the raster-based graphic is going to print before blurring too badly. If this drops below a certain threshold, the system will warn the customer that their print quality will be compromised.

Remove Background: This will automatically detect and remove the white background from a raster image.

Colors: Shows you the colors currently used in the design.

Ungroup: click on the link to ungroup the design into its component elements.

- Horizontal Centering controls: Horizontally centers the selected text
- Vertical Centering controls: Vertically centers the selected text
- Horizontal Flip controls: Horizontally flips or mirrors the selected text
- Vertical Flip controls: Vertically flips or mirrors the selected text
- Dimension controls: Change the dimensions of the selected text

 

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To arrange design layers:

Click on the View and organize layers button in the View Toolbar.

The Layers panel is displayed showing all the text and design objects present in the decoration area.

Arrange the elements as required:

• To move a layer up, click on the up arrow to move it to a new position in the list. Likewise, to move a layer down, click on the down to move it to a new position in the list.
• To delete a layer, click the X icon at the right of the layer.

 

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To group design elements:

You can group elements you have uploaded yourself or from a template design that you have ungrouped.

Holding down the Ctrl key, click on each layer you want to be grouped.

Click on the Group Selected Items button in the View Toolbar.