We just got back from the large SGIA Expo in Las Vegas (September 14-16) and it was as great show. Better yet…..we did 14 Facebook LIVE videos from the show floor. They are very informative and a quick watch. Click HERE to go to our Facebook Page. If you can't see the videos in our Timeline Read More
Scott and Mike Fresener now have a permanent location for their popular hands-on training classes in Bowling Green Kentucky. They have added new classes and are now offering these classes every six weeks. Their most popular class in a three day workshop on the entire T-Shirt printing process – everything from A – Z. This Read More
In mid-June Adobe released an update to their cloud version of Photoshop called CC 2015.5. This was an automatic update for current cloud users and if you signed up for the cloud after that date you got this version. This was a MAJOR upgrade and in most cases the upgrade erased your older verison of Read More
We have been here many times before. We hear rumors of upgrades but because we are a very small developer we can’t get specifics or beta releases and we have to simply wait for the software to be released before we can see if our software works with it.On June 21, 2016, Adobe released Photoshop Read More
Last week I had three customers in a row call to ask why their T-RIP didn’t work and all three then told me that they came into work and got a “welcome to Windows 10” greeting when they booted their computer. They all said they never authorized the update and did not click on anything. Read More
We just released Episode 24 of the T-Shirt Report. The T-Shirt Report is an industry internet vblog that we are doing with our very good friend, Richard Greaves. Each episode brings you Industry News and Comments, Tech Talk, Trade Show News and Reviews, Interesting Reading, focused topic segments, opinions and rants (of course) and much Read More
UPDATE: The following article was written back in November of 2013. A lot has happened since then. Epson has provided a printer for us to use in our Printers Boot Camp classes and we can say we LOVE this baby! Because we only use it for classes, it will often sit for weeks and weeks. Read More
With the popularity of the iPad and other tablet devices it was only fitting that the popular book, How To Print T-Shirts For Fun And Profit
Do you need a way to convert Photoshop files to halftone dots? Are you searching for the missing “Screen” button in Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC?
Scott and Mike Fresener now have a permanent location for their popular hands-on training classes in Bowling Green Kentucky. They have added new classes and are now offering these classes every six weeks. Their most popular class in a three day workshop on the entire T-Shirt printing process – everything from A – Z. This Read More
Two industry veterans, Terry Combs and Aaron Montgomery, have teamed up to do weekly PodCasts on T-Shirt printing.
We just updated the Events Calendar to include all the major trade shows through the end of 2016- including key international shows.
Our industry trade association – SGIA – offers a number of Webinars on a regular basis and many of them are very important to Garment Decorators.
SGIA – Specialty Graphics Imaging Association – will hold their annual trade show this year September 14-16. Yes, this is much earlier than they normally have a show.
SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) has rolled out a whole new website. This has been a long time coming and the new look is outstanding. The new look shows SGIA’s commitment to being timely, trendy and relevant – especially to the garment printing sector. The new site is much more user friendly and we really Read More
Call me a traditionalist. I still love the smell of coffee in the morning and a good newspaper to get my day started.
Thank you small businesses! With your help our economy is recovering, and most people I talk to are telling me their businesses are improving.
Marketing without being a Fortune 500 company.
We just updated the Events Calendar to include all the major trade shows through the end of 2016- including key international shows.
The number 51 must be my lucky number. Once again I am on the Stitches Magazine Power 75 list of the industry’s top 75 most influential people. This list leans heavily to the embroidery side since Stitches mainly covers embroidery topics. I am once again #51 for the year 2014. Thanks Stitches! Read the entire Read More
Commentary by Scott Fresener. Doing T-Shirt industry trade show reports has become a tradition and I have been teaming up with my good friend Richard Greaves to do these. We just finished our Long Beach ISS Show report and it is great. If you want to see what you missed (whether you were there or Read More
In mid-June Adobe released an update to their cloud version of Photoshop called CC 2015.5. This was an automatic update for current cloud users and if you signed up for the cloud after that date you got this version. This was a MAJOR upgrade and in most cases the upgrade erased your older verison of Read More
In mid-June Adobe released an update to their cloud version of Photoshop called CC 2015.5. This was an automatic update for current cloud users and if you signed up for the cloud after that date you got this version. This was a MAJOR upgrade and in most cases the upgrade erased your older verison of Read More
This is a topic dear to my heart. Now that I am doing a lot of high-end color separations every day I have a lot more chances to deal directly with artists. I am simply amazed how little they know about file formats, the color separation process or how to tweak artwork to make it Read More
Some things never change. Regardless of what shirts are in style, there is still a market for putting a list of students in a class inside a word or the graduation year. This is an old technique that never goes out of style. This article shows how to create this effect in any version of Read More
I just put three new articles on my main Articles page. They are all on computer graphics and they are all topics that I deal with almost daily in doing separations and talking to DTG customers. Enjoy!Preparing Artwork for DTG PrintingStop Ruining Great ArtworkHelping Artists Understand File Formats
I just put three new articles on my main Articles page. They are all on computer graphics and they are all topics that I deal with almost daily in doing separations and talking to DTG customers. Enjoy!Preparing Artwork for DTG PrintingStop Ruining Great ArtworkHelping Artists Understand File Formats
On June 4, 2014, The Wall Street Journal had a great article and video titled Finding the Perfect T-Shirt. It was very informative and interesting that they gave this a large spread in the print edition. Check it out HERE.
Aaron Montgomery talks about customer service.
I just put three new articles on my main Articles page. They are all on computer graphics and they are all topics that I deal with almost daily in doing separations and talking to DTG customers. Enjoy!Preparing Artwork for DTG PrintingStop Ruining Great ArtworkHelping Artists Understand File Formats
Thank you small businesses! With your help our economy is recovering, and most people I talk to are telling me their businesses are improving.
Stop! Don’t put this article down just because you a few years of experience. I teach beginners who can print better with ten minutes of instruction than many printers with years of experience. This article is written with the beginner in mind but take a few minutes – read this short article – and maybe Read More
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This article is like a broken record and the reason I write about basic screen making is I am constantly reminded how confusing it can be to a newcomer AND a seasoned professional
We just got back from the large SGIA Expo in Las Vegas (September 14-16) and it was as great show. Better yet…..we did 14 Facebook LIVE videos from the show floor. They are very informative and a quick watch. Click HERE to go to our Facebook Page. If you can't see the videos in our Timeline Read More
If you want to keep up with the latest trends you need to check out www.TrendHunter.com.
This might be huge – or not. A Digitial T-Shirt called thirt OS 2.0 (that displays images of your choice like a neon sign) has been developed by a wearable tech company called Switch.
