After you select a Design Studio product, you may be able to personalize it by adding your own objects to the product.
Whenever a toolbar is displayed:
you can use it to:
● Add horizontal or vertical lines
Note The toolbar may not include all these options. Depending on the product you selected a particular button may not be available. For example, a product may not allow text or images to be added so the toolbar will not include those buttons.
You have full control over any object that you add to a product, for example, you can edit, move, rotate, re-size, or delete the object. You can also group objects together and then move, rotate, or line them up at the same time. In addition, you can place one object on top of another object and move one of the objects to the front or back. For example, you could put a colored rectangle behind some text or overlap some rectangles in a pattern.
Tip After you add an object, you can make copies of it. Right-click the object, select Copy Item, right-click again, and select Paste Item. You can then drag the copied object where you want it.
1. Click
and then click where you want to place the text.
A text box is displayed. You can continue to drag the text box until it
is where you want it.
2. To add your own text, double-click inside the text box and replace Enter your text here with your own text.
Note If the text you enter does not fit the text box, a warning is displayed. In some cases, for example, if the last line (or only line) of text does not fit, you will not be able to add the product to the cart. Change the font size or the size of the text box to correct the problem.
3. Use the toolbar to format or position the text, or to delete the text if you change your mind about including it.
4. To change the font, point size, color, style, or justification of the text:
a. Click
.
b. Use the buttons on the formatting toolbar to make your changes.
Tips
●
Use 
to change the size of the text in relation to
the size of the box; use 
to change the size of the box in relation to the size of the text inside
it.
●
If you click the color button and a color circle is displayed, you can
create
and select a custom color.
5. Do any of the following:
● Move the text.
● Change the size of the text box.
● Rotate the text.
● Change the opacity of the text.
● Group the text box with other objects and then move, rotate, or line up the group.
● Delete the text.
1. Click
and then click where you want to place the image.
(You can refine its size and position later.) A placeholder box is displayed
for your image.
2. Add an image in one of these ways:
● If an image gallery is displayed, and you like one of the images, drag it to the placeholder box. You can click Change Gallery to check if other galleries are available and choose to display the contents of another gallery. You may also be able to add images (for example, corporate logos) to a gallery, in which case they will be available to other users.
● If the Photos pane is displayed, and you want to use one of the images already displayed in the pane, drag the image to the placeholder box.
● If the Photos pane is displayed, and you want to use one of your own images, click Add Photos. You can then supply your own image by uploading an image from your computer; selecting an image you previously saved; or (depending how the site is configured) downloading an image from the cloud, for example, from Google Drive or Dropbox. After you upload/download the image or select a saved image, it is displayed in the Photos pane – you can then drag the image to the placeholder box.
Note You can supply files in JPG, PNG, PDF, EPS, or SVG format. Some additional requirements apply.
3. After you drag one of your own images to the placeholder box, the image may automatically open in an Edit Photo window. If necessary, edit the image, for example, crop it, change the exposure, or correct red eye. Then click Apply Changes.
Notes
●
Some products may not allow image editing. If they do, RGB images in JPG
or PNG format can be fully edited as long as their size does not exceed
2,880 x 2,880 pixels; if the pixel size is higher, you can just crop and
rotate the images. The following can be cropped and rotated: CMYK images
in JPG or PNG format; images that are in PDF, EPS, or SVG format; and
images that came from an image gallery.
●
If the image does not meet the resolution (DPI) requirements for the product,
a Low Quality warning link is
displayed in the Edit Photo window. Click this link to open the Photo
Information window so you can find out how the DPI of your image differs
from the requirement. If the DPI is too low, the print quality will be
poor (typically blurry). You may want to use a different image.
4. Do any of the following:
● Move the image.
● Change the size of the image.
● Rotate the image.
● Change the opacity of the image.
● Group the image with other objects and then move, rotate, or line up the group.
● Delete the image.
● To make further changes to the image itself, double-click it, edit the image, and click Apply Changes.
Note: Some products may not allow image editing. If they do, RGB images in JPG or PNG format can be fully edited as long as their size does not exceed 2,880 x 2,880 pixels; if the pixel size is higher, you can just crop and rotate the images. The following can be cropped and rotated: CMYK images in JPG or PNG format; images that are in PDF, EPS, or SVG format; and images that came from an image gallery.
1. To
add a rectangle, click 
;
to add a circle, click 
. Then
click where you want to place the rectangle or circle. (You can refine
its size and position later.)
2. Use the toolbar to format or position the rectangle or circle, or to delete the rectangle or circle.
3. To
format the rectangle or circle, click 
.
4. Change the color or thickness of the border or change the fill color. (Thickness is measured in points.)
5. Do any of the following:
● Move the rectangle or circle.
● Change the size of the rectangle or circle.
● Rotate the rectangle or circle.
● Change the opacity of the rectangle or circle.
● Group the rectangle or circle with other objects and then move, rotate, or line up the group.
● Delete the rectangle or circle.
1. Click
or 
and then click where you want to place the line. (You can refine its size
and position later.)
2. Use the toolbar to format or position the line, or to delete the line.
3. To
format the line, click .
4. Change the color or thickness of the line. (Thickness is measured in points.)
5. Do any of the following:
● Move the line.
● Make the line longer or shorter.
● Rotate the line.
● Change the opacity of the line.
● Group the line with other objects and then move, rotate, or line up the group.
● Delete the line.
You can put one object on top of another object so they partly or completely overlap. You can then move one of the objects to the front or back to control what is visible. For example, you could add some text and then decide to put a colored rectangle behind it as background. If you place the rectangle over the text and fill it with color, the text will no longer be visible. In this situation you must move the rectangle to the back so the text is visible again. (Alternatively, you can change the opacity of one of the objects.) You could also create a design of partly overlapping rectangles and move individual rectangles to the back or front to change the effect.
1. If
you placed one object over another so one of them is partly or completely
hidden, click the object that you want to move to the back or front and
click 
.
2. Click
or 
to move the object to the back or front. For example, if you overlap three
colored rectangles:
you could move the middle rectangle to the front to change the effect:
● About Design Studio products
● Colors in Design Studio products
● Changing the opacity of objects