Colour reproduction from heat transfer usually will deviate a little from what you see on screen as the colours go through a metamorphic process when they are heated up. Hence, sometimes what may seem like a pretty picture on screen, that has been illuminated by your pretty LCDs, may not seem as pretty on print. However, that being said there are also just as many cases whereby the pictures turn out really well on print just as they are on screen. Hence this post is really here to share with you some of the tips that we have found that can help you get those perfect prints!

Here goes:

1) Choose a bright picture taken in daylight and ensure that there aren’t any shadows on the face.

The example above shows ample lighting in broad daylight.

Here’s an example of a picture that looks good on screen but will not work as well on print:

Light is shinning from the back. The faces are in shadows and if you look close enough, the picture is pixelated.

2) Ensure that pictures are not pixelated, meaning you don’t see those little dots and pixels on the photos when you stare at it hard enough.

If you look at the following picture closely enough, you can see the little pixels on it.

3) A picture with high (good if not possible) resolution please. If your picture is small, it will become pixelated when we expand it to fit the mug. A good guideline is that a picture file of at least 500KB is good. Else, minimally it should take up at least 200K.

There you go, 3 tips on improving your printouts. Do leave a comment below if you have other tips you would like to share with the rest of us.

Collages really make great photo gifts as it is a collection of different memories put together at one place. Collages work out great especially on Mugs, Mousepads, Picture and Poster prints.

Most of us would love to make our own collages but get deterred by how complicated it looks to make. You need Photoshop or upload your pictures to an online server, then learn the new systems yada yada. Sounds daunting? Not to worry! Printeet is here to show you how to make use of Powerpoint to make your own collage!

Make your own Collage with Powerpoint

It’s easy to make your own collage any time, any where.  All it takes is just your good ol’ trusty powerpoint. You don’t even need photoshop!

Step 1: Open a New Powerpoint file.

Step 2: Right click to display options menu & Select Format background.

Step 3: Select a fill for the background.

Step 4: Choose a background for your collage. (I chose a textured background)

Step 5: Select your pictures to insert

Step 6: Insert your pictures and arrange them

Step 7: Save your Collage as PPT or JPEG (How to save in high resolution)

Step 8: Print them out!

Put your prints on a mug, a mousepad or a poster print. Very pretty stuff that makes great gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, wedding gifts.

For those who are worried that JPEG file is too small to be printed out, you can just send your PPT file over to Printeet and we will edit them for you.