Alpha transparency space in borders for stickers.

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(01-02-2019, 09:38 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Screwed up company

The page for information is https://blog.redbubble.com/2015/10/mediu...ker-sizes/

But then it says (for example) 3" x 4" = 450 x 600 pix and Files should be PNG with resolution of 200 ppi (DPI)
Which of course for 3" x 4" is 600 pix x 800 pix.

For a small sticker, your image 'as-is' is ok except needs the canvas sizing to 600 x 800 pix and the drawing moving slightly to the center. There is enough room there for the 1/8" border. something like this:



Since this die cut vinyl & the printer adds the border, the sticker on a background would look like this.



Keep with RGB, that is what the printing company wants. If you ever do need a CMYK image out of Gimp 2.10 see
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-CMYK-c...3#pid11743

That url is vague and confusing to navigate, for instance in 2 months I hadn't seen the specialized sticker page, but have seen other "Designing for" pages with super basic "Tips", and I have spent quite some time browsing around. But in the other hand is easy to use, offers a lot of products and the independent reviews say the quality of the product is really good. And seems that once you get a hold of how it works, it should work smooth. I'm studying every week how to make the designs the size color and format to best fit what is needed to be printed at highest quality. 

As for the stickers, thanks for bringing it to my attention and clarifying it, since there are many items in the store, now that I have a clearer understanding of how it works, I could make a different version for the stickers, and then other version for everything else. I'll browse around and see if I can find more info about how they process their other products, hoping it's not a page full of Tips instead (like "learn how to create a transparent background") and after 8 paragraphs of explaining that a useful tip. I know they have links with templates, but I am using at the moment the "one size fits all" option until I get the hang of it. With a few exceptions. 

So I was using one file size for every item as said in the url that would work -7632x6480 pixels -, and high resolution - 1,048,576,000" pixels/inch - . I'm still guessing if it works as good as sending them a file with the dimensions and PPI they state for different products for instance in the dedicated stickers page, or if they do the resizing and scaling down the PPI themselves, effectively. 

Still thinking if it would be best to send another file with other dimensions and ppi for every product they offer info for, like for the stickers instead, or if it works just as good sending them the big file. You have to keep in mind they have lots of products.

As they state: "If you'd  like to use a single image file for every product, we'd recommend starting with 7632x6480 pixels (suitable for our king size duvet covers)"