Creator Guide 1 of 4
Understanding
i.Design Considerations
Start with the intended product and viewing size. Photography and gradual color transitions suit JPEG better than tiny type, isolated marks, or sharp flat-color artwork.
Ask what must remain recognizable when the goodie is held, worn, or viewed from a distance. Fine texture and gradients may survive JPEG export better than tiny type, sharp one-pixel lines, or high-contrast logo edges. Inspect the actual design at final physical size, not only while zoomed in on a large monitor.
Before opening the export dialog
- Identify the product, not merely its marketplace category.
- Find its current printable-area template and any wrap or trim boundaries.
- Decide whether the background is intentionally part of the design.
- Confirm whether a photograph, vector path, or transparent image is required.
- Keep the original capture and editable document available for revision.
ii.Manufacturing Constraints
Ask the maker or product template for final physical size, safe area, bleed, accepted file mode, color profile, and any companion file. Those requirements come from the production workflow, not the .jpg extension.
A maker may need a specific image mode, orientation, profile, margin, bleed, or mirrored transfer. A JPEG cannot encode the complete manufacturing contract by itself. Attach or record the maker's actual requirements with the file and do not assume that a setting used for one product applies to another.
iii.Product Constraints
A mug wrap, shirt print, and framed print have different printable areas and finishing constraints. Create a separate export when the crop, aspect ratio, or dimensions differ.
If a design is adapted to a mug and a wall print, do not blindly use one crop. The mug can wrap around a curved surface and put a seam through a face, while the wall print may have trim or a mat. Prepare and approve each adaptation independently.