i heard someone say to design in CMYK even if you are uploading the file to print on demand as a .png (which is RGB). so why design in CMYK? because the DTG printer will print with CMYK inks. essentially your RGB design will be converted to CYMK at the end during the printing process. the problem is CMYK is a subset of RGB. all the colors of CMYK are included in RGB. but RGB has more colors than just CMYK so if you design in RGB it is possible to pick colors that CMYK cannot reproduce. meaning your final printed product may not have the colors you wanted it to have if you designed in RGB
Hello dumbcat, thanks for the question. Basically, for DTG printing, both CMYK and RGB are wrong. RGB is for screens, CMYK for printing on white paper. The truth of the colors that DTG can print lies somewhere in the middle and is not standardized. So you can't predict the outcome and you will have color changes. We always design in RGB, because we don't want to limit our available colors and png are in RGB. And we choose the colors based on actual print results, by using our patches and order a print with them from the printer we want to work with and use the HEX-Codes from there. Still not 100%, but closer. You can find them here for Merch by Amazon: White Tees: www.amazon.com/dp/B08YPJJ2KG?customId=B07537H64L&th=1 Dark Tees: www.amazon.com/dp/B08YPFH5HB?customId=B0752XJYNL&th=1 Basically, everything is wrong, you will never get predictable colors, no matter which one you use. Hope that helps. :)
Be careful! CMYK is not a subset of RGB; in fact, there are a lot of colors inside the CMYK gamut that are outside the sRGB one. In professional printing with coated paper and a lot of other details, sRGB is a subset of CMYK.
Good explanation. Now I understand why many folks choose to design in black and white, cream, etc. BUT.. a question. In the 80s there was a lot of neon color on clothing. How did they get that?
Thank you for the video! If you want to design for a POD site that has t shirts as well as mugs, stickers, stationary, etc., and want to put the same design on multiple products, will making one design in RGB still work?
@@DTGMerch ok then this app is Corel draw replaced app? Iam do a regular design works on Corel draw and Photoshop for textile designing for t-shirts full printing process like all sports designs like cricket, football, volleyball,kabaddi,marathon event,all events,etc,,, use this app for all purposes? Pls tell me it's very important for me.
I start and finish the design in CMYK so I always know what it will look like on the printed product. But at the end when I save it, I save it in RGB mode and as a png. No colours should change, but it will still contain the CMYK range of colours.
@@healinbeet This is what exactly Redbubble recommend us. "It’s recommended to create your designs in the CMYK colorspace. It’s true that CMYK is a bit more limited, and the colors may often look flatter than RGB, but accuracy is the main benefit. If you create your new designs in CMYK, there should be no dramatic shifts when you export your designs as PNG (which can only be RGB), and then back to CMYK during the physical printing process. Getting in the habit of starting your new designs and illustrations in CMYK, and saving them as your master files, allows you more control over your designs and ultimately less work in the long run." (from Redbubble blog)
@@byanikovarga So its good to save the works on CMYK format , and then only converting them to PNG when there is a necessity to make a print !? Why does everybody state that we have to convert to png then save .Am I missing something here?
Thanks for sharing! Just the info I was looking for
Hi James, glad it helped you. All the best!
i heard someone say to design in CMYK even if you are uploading the file to print on demand as a .png (which is RGB). so why design in CMYK? because the DTG printer will print with CMYK inks. essentially your RGB design will be converted to CYMK at the end during the printing process. the problem is CMYK is a subset of RGB. all the colors of CMYK are included in RGB. but RGB has more colors than just CMYK so if you design in RGB it is possible to pick colors that CMYK cannot reproduce. meaning your final printed product may not have the colors you wanted it to have if you designed in RGB
Hello dumbcat,
thanks for the question.
Basically, for DTG printing, both CMYK and RGB are wrong. RGB is for screens, CMYK for printing on white paper. The truth of the colors that DTG can print lies somewhere in the middle and is not standardized. So you can't predict the outcome and you will have color changes.
We always design in RGB, because we don't want to limit our available colors and png are in RGB.
And we choose the colors based on actual print results, by using our patches and order a print with them from the printer we want to work with and use the HEX-Codes from there. Still not 100%, but closer.
You can find them here for Merch by Amazon:
White Tees: www.amazon.com/dp/B08YPJJ2KG?customId=B07537H64L&th=1
Dark Tees: www.amazon.com/dp/B08YPFH5HB?customId=B0752XJYNL&th=1
Basically, everything is wrong, you will never get predictable colors, no matter which one you use.
Hope that helps. :)
Be careful! CMYK is not a subset of RGB; in fact, there are a lot of colors inside the CMYK gamut that are outside the sRGB one. In professional printing with coated paper and a lot of other details, sRGB is a subset of CMYK.
@@user4241 Thanks for the comment.
Thanks so much for putting this together! Extremely helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Extremely helpful video. Thank you!
Hello I’m planning to make bootleg T-shirt and use screen printing to make it. What format should I need to send my screen printer ?
Good explanation. Now I understand why many folks choose to design in black and white, cream, etc.
BUT.. a question. In the 80s there was a lot of neon color on clothing. How did they get that?
Screen and vinyl printing, not DTG
Thank you for the video! If you want to design for a POD site that has t shirts as well as mugs, stickers, stationary, etc., and want to put the same design on multiple products, will making one design in RGB still work?
I'm happy that you found the video helpful =)
Perfect! Thanks.
I have doing design in mobile beginner i am confused what do for printing best quality
Hi, thanks for your message. Can you be more specific, please? I am not sure about your question...
Can I know if the brightness of some color(like RGB green) will be reduce when printing if I prepare a RGB file?
Procreate apps do create a full sublimation printing?
Yes, you can draw art for sublimation in Procreate
@@DTGMerch ok then this app is Corel draw replaced app? Iam do a regular design works on Corel draw and Photoshop for textile designing for t-shirts full printing process like all sports designs like cricket, football, volleyball,kabaddi,marathon event,all events,etc,,, use this app for all purposes? Pls tell me it's very important for me.
@@Superman-Supermusic No, it does not replace corel draw. Procreate is a drawing app on the iPad, and best used with the apple pencil.
So i have to design on rgb and then change final composition to cymk?
No with most printing companies, you can just leave it in RGB. But check with them. :-)
I start and finish the design in CMYK so I always know what it will look like on the printed product. But at the end when I save it, I save it in RGB mode and as a png. No colours should change, but it will still contain the CMYK range of colours.
@@healinbeet This is what exactly Redbubble recommend us.
"It’s recommended to create your designs in the CMYK colorspace. It’s true that CMYK is a bit more limited, and the colors may often look flatter than RGB, but accuracy is the main benefit. If you create your new designs in CMYK, there should be no dramatic shifts when you export your designs as PNG (which can only be RGB), and then back to CMYK during the physical printing process. Getting in the habit of starting your new designs and illustrations in CMYK, and saving them as your master files, allows you more control over your designs and ultimately less work in the long run." (from Redbubble blog)
@@byanikovarga So its good to save the works on CMYK format , and then only converting them to PNG when there is a necessity to make a print !?
Why does everybody state that we have to convert to png then save .Am I missing something here?