This section covers artwork preparation for FABX Studio orders, including how to send your design, file resolution, accepted formats, colour mode, templates, bleed areas, and artwork review.
How do I send my design?
Upload your artwork directly on the product page, or provide a Google Drive or WeTransfer link where the listing allows it.
For custom products, please use the correct FABX Studio template where provided. Some products require a specific layout because of size, bleed, sewing allowance, folding direction, or front and back placement.
What resolution should my file be?
Please prepare your artwork at the exact final dimensions required for print.
As a general guide, files should be at least 200 DPI at actual size.
Low-resolution files enlarged beyond their original size may print blurry. If your artwork includes small text, fine lines, logos, or detailed illustrations, please check that they are clear at the intended print size before uploading.
What file format should I send?
For source files, AI, PDF, PSD, and TIFF are preferred.
For image-based artwork, high-resolution PNG or JPG may also be accepted.
For vector or text-heavy artwork, please outline fonts and expand strokes before sending.
Which colour mode should I use?
Please prepare artwork in RGB colour mode unless a specific product guideline states otherwise.
Colours may appear differently between screen and fabric because screens are backlit while fabric has its own base colour, texture, fibre, finish, and print behaviour.
Do I need to use a FABX Studio template?
Yes, where a template is provided for the product.
Templates may include important guides such as final size, bleed area, safe area, fold line, sewing allowance, front and back placement, or artwork direction.
Please do not remove, ignore, or crop out template guides unless instructed. Incorrect template use may delay your order if we need to contact you for clarification.
What are bleed areas?
Bleed areas are the extra printed margins beyond the final cut or sewing line.
They help prevent white edges on the finished product. Where a template includes bleed, please make sure the artwork fills the bleed area completely.
Important text, logos, borders, or motifs should not sit too close to the cut or sewing edge unless the product template specifically allows for it.
What is the safe area?
The safe area is the part of the design where important artwork, text, logos, or motifs should sit so they are less likely to be affected by cutting, sewing, folding, or finishing.
If your artwork has important details near the edge, they may be trimmed, shifted, folded, or affected by normal production tolerance.
Can FABX Studio adjust, resize, or correct my artwork for me?
No. We print according to the artwork submitted.
Please review your file carefully before uploading. Design edits, layout changes, resizing, repeat pattern setup, colour correction, or correction of typographical errors are not included as a standard part of the order.
If a file is inaccessible, incorrect, or incomplete, we may contact you before proceeding.
Do you provide design editing or file adjustment as part of the order?
No. Orders should be submitted with print-ready artwork using the correct template where applicable.
If a file is incomplete, inaccessible, or unsuitable for production, we may contact you for clarification before proceeding.
Any design adjustment support, if offered, is handled separately and is not included as a standard part of the order.
How do I know if my artwork is ready for print?
Your artwork should be prepared to the correct dimensions, in the correct template where required, and in a suitable resolution for print.
Please check that:
- your file opens correctly and can be accessed
- the artwork is prepared at the final print size
- the resolution is suitable for print
- fonts are outlined where needed
- strokes are expanded where needed
- important details are kept inside the safe area
- the bleed area is filled where required
- front and back artwork are clearly labelled, if applicable
- the correct FABX Studio template has been used, if provided
If there is an issue with access, size, layout, or template use, we may contact you for clarification before proceeding.
Will I receive a design proof?
Not for every order.
If a proof, clarification, or artwork confirmation is required, we will contact you before production.
If no additional clarification is needed, we may proceed based on the submitted artwork and order details.
How does order review work?
After your order is placed, we may review the submitted file for access, sizing, layout, template use, or other artwork-related issues before moving forward.
If clarification or approval is needed, we will contact you by email before proceeding.
Order review does not mean full design checking, proofreading, colour correction, or creative adjustment is included.
Can you align a pattern exactly along the edges or seams of a product?
We always aim for the best possible accuracy, but exact pattern alignment across edges or seams cannot be guaranteed due to print and sewing tolerances.
Slight variation in placement, alignment, shrinkage, stretching, cutting, sewing, or finishing can happen as part of textile production.
Can I submit repeat patterns?
Yes, if your product or fabric printing order requires a repeat layout.
Please make sure the repeat tile is prepared correctly before uploading. If a repeat file is not seamless, visible breaks or mismatched edges may appear when printed continuously.
Repeat pattern setup or correction is not included as a standard part of the order.
Can I submit placed artwork?
Yes. Many FABX Studio custom products use placed artwork, especially items such as scarves, twillies, furoshiki wraps, bookmarks, coasters, and selected gift formats.
For placed artwork, please make sure important logos, text, borders, or motifs are positioned safely within the design area and away from bleed, fold, or sewing zones.
What happens if I upload the wrong file?
If you upload the wrong file, contact us as soon as possible.
If production has not started, we may be able to update the file. Once artwork has been confirmed and the order has entered production, file changes may no longer be possible.
Can I change my artwork after ordering?
Changes are only possible before production begins.
Once artwork has been confirmed and the order has entered production, artwork changes, replacements, corrections, or layout adjustments are no longer possible.
Need help checking your artwork?
Send us your artwork together with the product type, size, quantity, and deadline. We can advise whether the file appears suitable for the intended FABX Studio order route.