Designer: A How To
Welcome to SwimCapz.com! On our site you can use a series of online tools to design your own Custom Swim Caps. Begin by clicking on the “Design” tab above. The design application will then load, with the loading time depending upon your connection speed. On the top of the designer you will find tabs for the five steps involved in the swim cap design process.
Step 1 is choosing your product from our catalog. Pick a category of swim cap (Latex, Silicone, etc…), then from the list that comes up for that category, click on a particular product. After having selected your swim cap type, choose a color by clicking on the color square.
Step 2 involves creating the design for your customized swim cap. You can add clip art, add text, upload your own art, or any combination of the three. When adding clip art, click on a category and then pick an image by clicking directly on it. The image will load in the center of the swim cap. For a few seconds, you will see a box made of a dashed outline. This outline shows the area in which we can physically screen print on the swim cap. Remember to keep all your design components within this boundary.
You can move your image around on the swim cap by clicking and holding on the image and then moving it where you wish. You can also change the size and rotation of the image by using the slide bars for Width, Height and Rotate. Clicking on the color box (which defaults to black) brings up your choices for ink colors. Click on the color you want in order to customize the color of your image.
If you have an image of your own that you wish to screen print, you will want to use the “Upload Your Own Art” function. You will need a preview jpeg at 72 dpi for use in the Design Studio and also a high resolution image for the Art Staff to work with. Specific instructions for various graphics platforms are listed under Custom Art Guidelines.
Adding text to your swim cap is similar to adding clip art. First, type the line of text you want. Separate lines of text will need to be entered as individual lines; there isn’t a “return” feature as in a word processor. Then click on the individual font that you want. Your text will appear in the center of the swim cap. It can be moved around in the same way that images are, and you have the same options to change the size, rotation, and color. There are also Text Effect tools which allow you to arc text up or down on your swim cap and also change the spacing, letter size, and size of the arc.
All of the above options for art and text can also be used on the front and back of some swim caps. Simply click the “Switch Print Location” button and proceed with your customized design.
You can add different swim caps or other items at this point by clicking on the Step 1 tab and choosing an additional type of swim cap. A different cap can also have its own ink colors, but the design itself must stay the same. Up to six different textiles can have the same screen print design. Remember that each different textile must have a minimum of 50 caps ordered.
Step 3 is where you pick your cap type. The minimum order for each type of cap is 50 per design . When you click on the “Update Cart” button you can check your current total in the Quick Quote window.
Step 4 saves your design. Give the custom cap design a name, fill in your e-mail address and a password so you can access it from the Customer Login section of the homepage. You can save a cap design and then come back to it later to make changes before placing an order. You can also save variations on a cap design by giving each one a separate, distinct name.
Step 5 takes you to the Check Out page. Fill out the fields as directed and pay with Paypal, MasterCard or VISA credit card.
Congratulations! You’ve just designed your own custom screen printed swim cap online. We hope you enjoyed the process and use SwimCapz.com for your future swim cap needs.