

You must consider both of these factors when designing from a program or stealing art off the web. Image resolution and artwork size is hugely important and often overlooked. If your customer sends you BMP you can try dragging it into GC but if you are experiencing any issues, just open in Adobe or Corel and save as or export as TIFF. In Draw and Illustrator you will not see the transparency grid and there are is no “save as” feature for TIFF or PNG. To save an art file with a transparent background out of Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator you will need to FILE>EXPORT. Transparent grid visible Exporting TIFF or PNG in Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. There are a ton of videos on youtube on how to remove a background from a photo. When you save be sure you check “preserve transparency” in the dialog box. If you do not see the transparent grid, your art will not save as a transparency. You will need to delete the background layer in the layers pallet to receive a transparent background. To save an art file with a transparent background in Adobe Photoshop or Corel Paint you will need to FILE>SAVE AS>TIFF or PNG. You know when your art has a transparent background when you see the transparency grid behind your art (looks like a grey and white checker board).


Saving TIFF and PNG in Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint. If GC is not reading your artwork and you don’t know why, try exporting or saving it as a PNG. I have found PNG will work more constantly. What’s important here is the ability to save a transparent background. Either option will give you the same result. TIFF and PNG allow for you to save art with a transparent background. JPG on light garment with no white ink TIFF and PNG are universal and can print with with or without white ink.
