Thanks for educating us! I considered this. It seems to me that it's less hassle to use a paid version to get things done quicker, especially if you have lots of designs to create on a daily basis. Time is money!😊
Thank you so much. I learnt a lot. 2 questions: (a) Is removing that white border required? Having the white border works well on both a black Tee and white Tee? (b) Upscale the original image then remove b/g or remove b/g then upscale. Which is better?
I use a Macbook and I am able to convert the image from .webp to jpeg by opening it in Preview then select file, then export, change the format to jpeg and the quality slider to best
Thanks again Juna for some great information. I'm a bit of a newbie with graphics. Is it personal preference that you vectorize your designs or are vector designs inherently better for POD? I try both methods (thanks to your teaching) but struggle with the loss of shading with vectors but hate the jagged lines when I have to delete the white outlines like you pointed out. Perhaps it's just experience.
Both could work for POD... vectorizing or upscaling.... it really depends on your preference and how much you want to change your artwork. Vectorizing can give you the flexibility to scale and change colors easily.
Dang just now tried to upscale a design on pixelcut, they up scaled it but when i clicked on download it popped up a sign up pro option, i couldn't download my design.
I want to create wallpapers for phon using Leonardo.. Where can I find best and amazing prompts... Also what is the size for iPhone case design in pixel
Create designs that people want to buy..... the POD sites will give you more organic traffic if you are creating designs that match their audience and what people are looking for
This is were research comes in... I could tell you right now but that's going to change in a month.... do the research on the POD site you are selling on and figure out what is popular right now
You can also download a browser extension that converts webp into png or jpg so when you go to download the file, there is a menu across the top of the image and you can just click png and it will download it as png. It looks like AI creators gives people the ability to create art but they don't want you to use it for anything worthwhile. There's no excuse for them not to offer print quality images in popular formats.
Now, DGB lol knows, or should know, there is no one, in their right mind, who is going to sit there and watch ads, they will just go work on something else and come back. 😂 If you were making stickers, would you still need to upscale them? Since stickers are small? Now, you cropped it to under 2000 pixels, to take it back into Pixel Cut, is that better to do than just exporting it as under 2000 pixels. I was using Pix C, but instead of cropping it, I was just taking it into canva and exporting it as 1750x1750, then upscaling it, so would that hurt it or should I crop it instead??? I never thought of cropping, I just export it as a smaller size. I wasn’t sure if I was hurting it or not, though. I love Canva, it is getting better and better. The one thing I noticed though, when you were confused which was the upscaled vs the not upscaled is that Canva doesn’t show the pixelation, when you zoom in, I have been upscaling pics the last few days, using Upscayl, which is an awesome tool, if you have the computer for it, and, thankfully, my daughter does. Anyway, I got confused a couple times, because I had so many of them, I forgot which one I upscaled and which one I didn’t, and you really have to know what you’re looking for because it does pixel out when you zoom in. 😂 I do love Canva, though. No one ever mentions Tiny Wow, I am sure they have an upscaler or two, but, maybe, they aren’t good. Since I figured out the proper way to use Upscayl, by watching Phil’s video, I forgot you could change the model with it, and I didn’t know you could add batches of pictures, I was doing them one at a time. 🤦♀️😂 I mean, it’s right there, in your face when you open it, and I never paid attention to it. 😂 Thanks Juna. 😊
Great comment thanks for sharing all that. If you are just making stickers or anything really just check the actual pixel dimensions you need and adjust your final size accordingly.
Ive been using Kittl to make designs. I knew my mid journey images were too small, but I thought the Kittl AI images were big enough. Do you happen to know if thats the case or not ? Thanks
What worked for me was to upscale to 8X (8000px) and then reduce it to the needed size. The quality is better that way. Of course there is always the texture that can save the day :)
Great comparison video Juna!🎉-I do have a question about upscaling photography for POD not only for T-shirts but for poster size or larger art prints. Upscaling is better for photography so I’m guessing the larger size requires a paid prescription?-qnd what upscale app would do that best?
Tnx for your valuable tutorials. Can I use motivational quotes from kittl as free subcriber a n design these in illustrator for uploading in pod sites?
Hi, i really love your video and I have one question about Displate i requested my first payroll on 13 Jan and it says that it takes up to 45 days to come to the bank. It's really true? What should I expect. Please answer 😊 thanks so much for your hard work.
I depends what the original graphic starts at and what type of file it is. Like I showed in the video, most AI graphics start at 1024x1024. But in Canva most graphics are already big enough so you don’t have to worry about
Hi, I have a question concerning upscaling for print. All AI generators, generate image with a resolution of 72 (majority of AI) or 96 DPI (Leonardo), and all the AI Upscalers only change the dimension not the resolution, how can you print quality with a resolution inferior to 200 DPI which is the minimum, 300 dpi or plus being the normal requirement? Because changing the dpi in Photoshop, GIMP, Affinity, just make the picture blurry, and upscaling the image one more time, reduce the dpi back to 72 or 96? Plus I don't get why supposedly professional printers don't accept TIFF format which use CMYK the standard for printing, but accept PNG (RGB) standard for digital creation, where the resolution is not important. Am I missing something? how is it acceptable to print low resolution digital art, when it's not print ready/acceptable? My guessing is you cannot print hyper detailed pictures with a lot of colors (more than 2 or 3), and AI art for print is only good for "flat art" type
The upscalers are changing the resolution..... They are typically going from 1024x1024 to 4x, 6x or even 8x that. .... 6x would be 6144x6144 which is more than enough for a t-shirt design on POD which is usually about 4500x5400...... You may be confusing inch sizes with pixel sizes. The upscalers actually add more pixels which increases the resolution.
@@DetourShirts you know when you print an image, poster, card-com etc. the way to do, I mean the way I learned with professional, but it was 20 years ago, you have to setup your document the size you want it to be printed, for example a A4 doc, you setup you the document in Photoshop for example to A4, because you need a crisp image matching the real print size, and you have to setup the resolution in dpi, and not ppi,, at least at 200 (DPI=Dot per inch, dot being related to the drop of ink used during the printing of the document/image, more dot/drop more detailed is the image), and you save the document as a PSD or TIFF eventually PDF. If I have to compare an image with a jigsaw, let's say you have a 200 pieces jigsaw and you want i to occupy a full frame made for a 400 pieces jigsaw, you will have a lot of holes between the 200 pieces, the same for a picture, if you make it bigger you will loose details, you can see it with most of AI upscalers the pictures are less crisp or the AI "recreate" the image, if I create an image of Afro Samurai, I don't want when I upscale it to look like Jacky Chan or Chris Tucker. Plus, something I learned on my own when I started image retouching with Photoshop 5 Le (back in 98), always work with a big image and reduced it, don't do the opposite, "we" always use to scan doc at the highest resolution possible, because details matters, and size is not always related to detailed pictures, resolution is. Reason why I asked that question, because the 2020s "professionals" asked things going against what I learned through my experiences and discussions. PNG=RGB=Screen/Digital, back to CRT screen (I miss Llyama). CMYK/CMJN in french, is related to the physical ink/colors=Print, this is when we speak of substractive color (when mixing colors you get a new one, blue+yellow=green, if (basically) you mixed all the colors you get black, which is not a color but the absence of color), and we talk of Additive color when you are in a digital environment, R+G=Yellow etc,. R+G+B=White. Moreover, there is some subtle differences between painting, photography, and if it's digital or physical, colors are electral signals, with different temperature, and level of transparency, depending the medium you choose. I printed bookmarks I created, the result was "bad, the strokes/lines were to thin, the colors OK, my screen was calibrated (I calibrated it, not factory calibration), because I worked in 200 dpi and big size environment, and in conclusion you have to (usually) prioritize the resolution not the size. That's why, I am trying to understand why we give priority to the size by upscaling, not the resolution which is related to the details in a picture. Respectfully, fyi, 1024x1024 is screen resolution, it's for web/digital work in general, where dpi is not important but ppi, when you work for print you suppose to setup you resolution expressed in pixels/inch or pixels/centimeter, if you upscale an image you got a bigger picture no extra pixels, a pixel is an element in a picture containing information (Color and position), meaning less pixels=less details, ZBrush uses "pixols" , and Illustrator vector, in all the situations, size is important but meaningless compare to the DPI which is the resolution and the unit of measurement is expressed in pixel/inch or centimeter for any print work, normally.
Thanks for educating us! I considered this. It seems to me that it's less hassle to use a paid version to get things done quicker, especially if you have lots of designs to create on a daily basis. Time is money!😊
I totally agree!
Thank you so much. I learnt a lot. 2 questions: (a) Is removing that white border required? Having the white border works well on both a black Tee and white Tee? (b) Upscale the original image then remove b/g or remove b/g then upscale. Which is better?
That's great
I use a Macbook and I am able to convert the image from .webp to jpeg by opening it in Preview then select file, then export, change the format to jpeg and the quality slider to best
Nice tip
Thanks again Juna for some great information. I'm a bit of a newbie with graphics. Is it personal preference that you vectorize your designs or are vector designs inherently better for POD? I try both methods (thanks to your teaching) but struggle with the loss of shading with vectors but hate the jagged lines when I have to delete the white outlines like you pointed out. Perhaps it's just experience.
Both could work for POD... vectorizing or upscaling.... it really depends on your preference and how much you want to change your artwork. Vectorizing can give you the flexibility to scale and change colors easily.
What upscale size do you suggest for a POD Velveteen Plush Blanket 60x60? It was created in MidJourney.
Get the pixel dimensions for the product and size to that
Thankyou so much Juna...how do i remove the white background around the sticker designs in canva please. ❤
You could try the background remover
Dang just now tried to upscale a design on pixelcut, they up scaled it but when i clicked on download it popped up a sign up pro option, i couldn't download my design.
Aw sorry. Try DGB.lol
Tshirt design Image is 1024*1024. How many upscale for t-shirt size 4500*5400 px
I like 6x but 4x would work too
I want to create wallpapers for phon using Leonardo.. Where can I find best and amazing prompts... Also what is the size for iPhone case design in pixel
It really depends where you are creating the phone designs... Amazon, Etsy, RedBubble? They all have different sizes
If I may ask,what is the best ways to get organic traffic to your store
Create designs that people want to buy..... the POD sites will give you more organic traffic if you are creating designs that match their audience and what people are looking for
What is the prompt for that kind of art
I think I show it in the video... but it was this....a cartoon monster truck full of colorful easter eggs running over easter eggs
@@DetourShirts it has the bold border - strokes it doesn't not work like that for me
Bro. Kindly Advise Beginners That What T-shirts Designs They Should Upload Initially For Early Sales.
This is were research comes in... I could tell you right now but that's going to change in a month.... do the research on the POD site you are selling on and figure out what is popular right now
@@DetourShirtsBro. Kindly Give Little Favour What Popular Nowadays On Printify Itself And On Tee public & Tee Spring?
I prefer Upscayl Desktop App.
I did see that... I didn't put it in because it's a desktop app and not online but I've heard good things
WEBP is a horrible format, I hate that Google keep trying to force it everywhere.
Agreed
This is a major roadblock. The best free vectoizor went paid and I can't find a free upscaler.
Yup. I thought the same. That is why I made this video
You can also download a browser extension that converts webp into png or jpg so when you go to download the file, there is a menu across the top of the image and you can just click png and it will download it as png. It looks like AI creators gives people the ability to create art but they don't want you to use it for anything worthwhile. There's no excuse for them not to offer print quality images in popular formats.
Thanks for the tip
How to upscale in Photoshop like Ai website without loose quality
I’m not sure upscale in Photoshop but DGB.lol will upscale it for you for free
Thank you, Juna. This is very helpful and much appreciated!
❤ SayessDesign
You are so welcome!
Now, DGB lol knows, or should know, there is no one, in their right mind, who is going to sit there and watch ads, they will just go work on something else and come back. 😂
If you were making stickers, would you still need to upscale them? Since stickers are small?
Now, you cropped it to under 2000 pixels, to take it back into Pixel Cut, is that better to do than just exporting it as under 2000 pixels. I was using Pix C, but instead of cropping it, I was just taking it into canva and exporting it as 1750x1750, then upscaling it, so would that hurt it or should I crop it instead??? I never thought of cropping, I just export it as a smaller size. I wasn’t sure if I was hurting it or not, though.
I love Canva, it is getting better and better. The one thing I noticed though, when you were confused which was the upscaled vs the not upscaled is that Canva doesn’t show the pixelation, when you zoom in, I have been upscaling pics the last few days, using Upscayl, which is an awesome tool, if you have the computer for it, and, thankfully, my daughter does. Anyway, I got confused a couple times, because I had so many of them, I forgot which one I upscaled and which one I didn’t, and you really have to know what you’re looking for because it does pixel out when you zoom in. 😂 I do love Canva, though.
No one ever mentions Tiny Wow, I am sure they have an upscaler or two, but, maybe, they aren’t good. Since I figured out the proper way to use Upscayl, by watching Phil’s video, I forgot you could change the model with it, and I didn’t know you could add batches of pictures, I was doing them one at a time. 🤦♀️😂 I mean, it’s right there, in your face when you open it, and I never paid attention to it. 😂 Thanks Juna. 😊
Great comment thanks for sharing all that. If you are just making stickers or anything really just check the actual pixel dimensions you need and adjust your final size accordingly.
@DetourShirts hi.
can you make video for desktop apps(win/mac) that upscale and vectorize images without web apps.
thank you
Desktop apps? I could look into it.... I'm curious... Why just desktop apps?
@@DetourShirts for offline use, its faster then upload wait download.
Ive been using Kittl to make designs. I knew my mid journey images were too small, but I thought the Kittl AI images were big enough.
Do you happen to know if thats the case or not ?
Thanks
Kittl images should be big enough
Do you have to upscale dalle 3 images? I use chat gpt subscription and i just started trying co pilot also
Yes... they come in at 1024x1024 which is not big enough for POD
Can I work on this with iPad?
Really good video thanks a lot!!
I would imagine you can but I haven't tried it
Hi, better do upscaling after adding text to graphic or before?
Only the graphic needs upscaling... but you can do it at any time.
You are the best! Very helpful videos on your channel. Thank you!
Happy to help!
This is really great info, thank you! I have Canva Pro already, so I'll probably try that one first.
Awesome
Canva, I really didn’t know that, I use pro, so definitely will check out
Right on
A website is NOT an “App’.
I can be a web app if it does something. Think Kittl or Figma or Canva
Can I upload same design in all pod sites, please?
Yes
What is the prompt used for your image?
a cartoony monster truck full of colorful easter eggs running over easter eggs
Hey great video
How do I remove white outline
Any pixel based app like Photopea, Photoshop or Affinity Photo
What worked for me was to upscale to 8X (8000px) and then reduce it to the needed size. The quality is better that way. Of course there is always the texture that can save the day :)
Hi how do you get to 8000 pxl? -X’s 2 again?-or a different app?-trying for poster size or larger photography art🤷♀️
Nice call... thanks for sharing that
All learned from you ( but I went a little further)@@DetourShirts
Not sure why but my comments are not going through... I'm trying on more time... it is a paid one@@rivergrrrl1256
I learned them from you@@DetourShirts
Great comparison video Juna!🎉-I do have a question about upscaling photography for POD not only for T-shirts but for poster size or larger art prints. Upscaling is better for photography so I’m guessing the larger size requires a paid prescription?-qnd what upscale app would do that best?
Yes, absolutely... You could try 6x but my guess is you will need it even bigger
Dgb lol is not workings in india.
Oh no. Sorry I had no idea
Could you create a video showcasing the best free upscaling tools for POD (Print on Demand) products in 2024?
how do you remove the white background around the truck?
Ahhh... I'll make a video for that
@@DetourShirts perfect 👍
@@DetourShirtswaiting for it
I was looking for an Upscaling and loved the Canca one .. thanks again for the video.. great stuff
Thanks for watching... glad I could help
))
Thanks
Tnx for your valuable tutorials. Can I use motivational quotes from kittl as free subcriber a n design these in illustrator for uploading in pod sites?
Yes you can!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this👍🏾
No problem 👍
Hi, i really love your video and I have one question about Displate i requested my first payroll on 13 Jan and it says that it takes up to 45 days to come to the bank. It's really true? What should I expect. Please answer 😊 thanks so much for your hard work.
Yes it could... I would just wait
@@DetourShirts i just made 100 dollars and i uploaded 150 designs about motivational quotes etc. What are your tips for me if any?
This is wonderfully explained. Always an issue these days to figure out upscaling.
Glad I could help
I definitely enjoyed watching this, keep up the good work :)
Thanks, will do!
Thank you for this! So if I just save an image in Canva as 4096 x 4096 pixels, is that not the same as upscaling?
I depends what the original graphic starts at and what type of file it is. Like I showed in the video, most AI graphics start at 1024x1024. But in Canva most graphics are already big enough so you don’t have to worry about
@@DetourShirts thank you! What I mean is if I upload an AI image to canva and save it as 4096 x 4096, would that give the same quality as upscaling?
Nope... that's not the same thing
Great comparison.
Thank you
great video as always. THNX
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice
Thanks
Awesome tips
Glad you like them!
Hi, I have a question concerning upscaling for print. All AI generators, generate image with a resolution of 72 (majority of AI) or 96 DPI (Leonardo), and all the AI Upscalers only change the dimension not the resolution, how can you print quality with a resolution inferior to 200 DPI which is the minimum, 300 dpi or plus being the normal requirement? Because changing the dpi in Photoshop, GIMP, Affinity, just make the picture blurry, and upscaling the image one more time, reduce the dpi back to 72 or 96? Plus I don't get why supposedly professional printers don't accept TIFF format which use CMYK the standard for printing, but accept PNG (RGB) standard for digital creation, where the resolution is not important. Am I missing something? how is it acceptable to print low resolution digital art, when it's not print ready/acceptable? My guessing is you cannot print hyper detailed pictures with a lot of colors (more than 2 or 3), and AI art for print is only good for "flat art" type
The upscalers are changing the resolution..... They are typically going from 1024x1024 to 4x, 6x or even 8x that. .... 6x would be 6144x6144 which is more than enough for a t-shirt design on POD which is usually about 4500x5400...... You may be confusing inch sizes with pixel sizes. The upscalers actually add more pixels which increases the resolution.
@@DetourShirts you know when you print an image, poster, card-com etc. the way to do, I mean the way I learned with professional, but it was 20 years ago, you have to setup your document the size you want it to be printed, for example a A4 doc, you setup you the document in Photoshop for example to A4, because you need a crisp image matching the real print size, and you have to setup the resolution in dpi, and not ppi,, at least at 200 (DPI=Dot per inch, dot being related to the drop of ink used during the printing of the document/image, more dot/drop more detailed is the image), and you save the document as a PSD or TIFF eventually PDF. If I have to compare an image with a jigsaw, let's say you have a 200 pieces jigsaw and you want i to occupy a full frame made for a 400 pieces jigsaw, you will have a lot of holes between the 200 pieces, the same for a picture, if you make it bigger you will loose details, you can see it with most of AI upscalers the pictures are less crisp or the AI "recreate" the image, if I create an image of Afro Samurai, I don't want when I upscale it to look like Jacky Chan or Chris Tucker. Plus, something I learned on my own when I started image retouching with Photoshop 5 Le (back in 98), always work with a big image and reduced it, don't do the opposite, "we" always use to scan doc at the highest resolution possible, because details matters, and size is not always related to detailed pictures, resolution is. Reason why I asked that question, because the 2020s "professionals" asked things going against what I learned through my experiences and discussions. PNG=RGB=Screen/Digital, back to CRT screen (I miss Llyama). CMYK/CMJN in french, is related to the physical ink/colors=Print, this is when we speak of substractive color (when mixing colors you get a new one, blue+yellow=green, if (basically) you mixed all the colors you get black, which is not a color but the absence of color), and we talk of Additive color when you are in a digital environment, R+G=Yellow etc,. R+G+B=White. Moreover, there is some subtle differences between painting, photography, and if it's digital or physical, colors are electral signals, with different temperature, and level of transparency, depending the medium you choose. I printed bookmarks I created, the result was "bad, the strokes/lines were to thin, the colors OK, my screen was calibrated (I calibrated it, not factory calibration), because I worked in 200 dpi and big size environment, and in conclusion you have to (usually) prioritize the resolution not the size. That's why, I am trying to understand why we give priority to the size by upscaling, not the resolution which is related to the details in a picture. Respectfully, fyi, 1024x1024 is screen resolution, it's for web/digital work in general, where dpi is not important but ppi, when you work for print you suppose to setup you resolution expressed in pixels/inch or pixels/centimeter, if you upscale an image you got a bigger picture no extra pixels, a pixel is an element in a picture containing information (Color and position), meaning less pixels=less details, ZBrush uses "pixols" , and Illustrator vector, in all the situations, size is important but meaningless compare to the DPI which is the resolution and the unit of measurement is expressed in pixel/inch or centimeter for any print work, normally.
what about Upscayle is that good to use for print on demand AI illustrations?
Sure. You could use that too
@@DetourShirts perfect, thanks!