On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Omari Stephens <xsdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Guillermo Espertino wrote: >>> Ismael: >>> I don't know the official position about this, but I think that the >>> Wilber image you used looks pretty dated. I'd use the Tango version or >>> the icon for Mac that Jimmac designed. >>> They look much better and as far as I could see, the Tango version is >>> being used for GIMP since 2.4 >>> >>> http://macin.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/gimp-icon-512x512.png >>> http://jimmac.musichall.cz/images/blog/gimp-mac.png >> >> Gradients are hard and expensive to do on T-shirts. Most t-shirts are screen >> printed, which means that distinct colors are layed down one at a time. >> Usually, there is no blending. > > I do t-shirts with gradient/blending all of the time - it's not any > more expensive, but it can be trickier to set up and print. The main > thing I see w/those PNGs is that they are too low-res for a full-front > print: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/The_GIMP_icon_-_gnome.svg That's with transfer/sublimation or with screen printing? We use this: http://www.freewear.org/images/navigation/compiling/compiling_xr.jpg With our technique what Omari Stephens states is true, that's why we always try to remove gradients and to minimize the number of colors of each design. > >> Additionally, because colors are added one-at-a-time, adding colors directly >> increases the production time and cost of the shirt. > > Very true ;) > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
