Design
Guidlines and FAQ
Here at the Black Sea Press, we pride ourselves on our quality of work and customer service. We strive to meet the exact needs of our clients and make the process easy to understand. We do our own design work, in-house, but also accept client designs. We have listed out the basic steps of the process to help better guide you through the process.
Raster vs Vector Images
Digital graphic images come in either of two forms - vector or raster. Vector images are created by hundreds of thousands microscopic lines that help form the image. raster image, on the other hand, are made up of square pixels.
Raster Images
Raster images are generated with square pixels. Because of this, if the image size is increased, raster images will not display clearly. When you magnify the image, the pixels will begin to show and make the edges of the image appear fuzzy or blurry. This will cause an overall decrease in print quality and in the appearance of the impressions.
Vector Images
Vector images are made of thousands of small lines that combine to form an image. Due to the density and flexibility of those lines, a vector image is almost infinitely expandable without losing image quality. Vector images are necessary to produce quality prints. Generally, logos, artwork, and images are not generated at an appropriate size for apparel, many of the images will need to be expanded to achieve the right look on the product. Using a raster file for this process will create low quality prints, while the use of vector images will provide crisp, precise image printing.
How to Tell if your image is raster or vector
Vectored image file extensions include the following; .ai, .pdf, and .eps. If your image is one of these file types, it still may not be the vector image you are looking for. Vectored images must be created using a vector editing program. These programs are often expensive and most people don’t have them. If you have a vector editing program, you can check to see if your image is vectored by opening the image and seeing if there are vector editing nodes around the image. If so, you have a vectored image.
If you do not have a vector editing program or are not sure if you have a properly vectored image, please send it over to us and we can check for you. We can convert the image to vectored, if needed. Contact us today if you have any questions about what kind of files types are needed for the screen printing process!
Colors
We create a lot of different artwork for different occasions, events and business and have 30+ in-house colors. You are able to use any of these colors you would like and our designers will help pick out the colors that match the best. If you are looking for more specific colors, that we do not carry in-house, we are able to create custom colors that will match what you are looking for. These colors come at a slightly higher price than the stock colors we carry, but will get you the exact color you are looking for.
Print Materials
We have a wide range of print materials we are able to screen print on. Though a majority of what we print are t-shirts, we are also able to create, hats, posters, koozies & more! We have many different styles of t-shirts to get the look you are going for. Whether that made be a standard athletic tee or a light weight fashion fit, we can make sure you get the custom shirt you are wanting. Any color, any fit, any size, the Black Sea Press has got what you need.