hey what's up guys in today's video I'm
talking again about digisoft printing
technology for our print-on-demand
products I had previously done a demo
where I looked at a couple digisoft
products that were sent my way then I
transitioned it over to Mick from Custom
cat who created well custom Cat created
uh this digisoft printing technique and
he explained how all of it worked while
also showing off some of the final
products but in this video I actually
had an interesting idea I said I'm going
to compare digisoft to what we get from
printful and printify probably the two
most commonly used print-on-demand
production partners and we'll see what
the quality actually looks like because
guys like this digisoft thing is is
crazy like I'm just going to tell you
straight up like it's gonna blow your
mind when we put them all side by side
so that's the plan for today's video why
don't we get right to it
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get to the demo of the shirts I just
wanted to remind you guys that I did do
a previous video on digisoft I'll link
to it in the description in case you
want to check that out learn a little
bit more about how it all works behind
the scenes from the people who actually
print these products for us and also if
you want to use digisoft and blow your
customers Minds because we all have kind
of become accustomed to
um DTG prints you know the standard
stuff that we're used to seeing if
you've ever done sample orders but when
you use custom cat
you can actually fulfill well sell and
then they will fulfill digisoft products
right now okay so I'll drop a link to
custom cat in the description when you
create your free account and then by the
way they integrate with the normal
platforms you know Etsy Shopify two of
the bigger ones and I think they have
like woocommerce and uh Bigcommerce as
well uh and then they actually have some
other ones that are possible through the
order desk integration I mean if I I
still haven't done the order desk
integration but I'm pretty sure you can
integrate with like Amazon Seller
Central you just have to do a little bit
of uh maneuvering there but anyways
that's also a possibility so check that
out guys you can sell them on your
stores just like normal
look for the digisoft tag that way you
know that that product will be printed
with the digisoft technology and now
actually one more thing I was going to
plug real quick uh the weekly giveaway
it's Giveaway number 100 so make sure
you enter that we have extra prizes
got my free 8 day print on demand mini
course that'll help you get started so
you can connect custom cap with your new
Etsy shop and sell digisoft products and
of course my print on demand Facebook
group you'll find links to all of those
in the description all right let's look
at these products now before we get to
the side by side comparisons I wanted to
show you one of the shirts they sent me
and I'm really doing my best here to get
close up and show you the detail in the
print itself so these really pop like
they stand out it's almost like the
print is a layer on top of the shirt
instead of It kind of sinking in and
blending in with the shirt which creates
like less of a distinct print effect
here's just one more shirt that they
sent me it's got this metallic hand and
it's hard to really show the detail of
the hand like I'm gonna pause this video
actually right here because I think when
I zoom out it's a little bit more
um like evident how much this really
pops it's almost it almost feels like
the liquid metallic hand is gonna
reflect like your you know you back to
you almost as if it's a mirror when you
see it in real life and uh it's just not
what I'm used to seeing when I think of
print on demand products like the the
design is so crisp and clear and
actually I'm gonna in a second I'm gonna
read to you the best practices for
creating digisoft Printed Products and
now we're looking at all three side by
side by side actually I'll pause it here
so in the middle is custom cats digisoft
print on the left is printful and on the
right is printify and I'll show you a
closer look at each of them but just
right away can we just uh appreciate
that the digisoft is clearly like
hopping and I apologize that I have two
of them on a white shirt and then one on
a black I don't think that makes a big
difference uh ideally I would have done
them all in the same color so that's my
bad but just check it out I mean the
design this like metallic statue
um not that you know I don't think a
customer would return the shirts printed
from printful and printify so again
printful's on the left uh print to fives
on the right so this is the printify
shirt right here I don't think they'd
return it or be unhappy with it I just
think they'd be blown away if they saw
them side by side with the digisoft
printed technology because it just it
shows every detail of the design the
Contours the
um you know the different colors really
and it makes it look like a 3D statue is
actually like somehow embedded into your
shirt so extremely impressive guys uh
and what I'm gonna do now is read you
the digisoft best practices
so Mick from Custom cat who was featured
in the previous digisoft video was kind
enough to send me some best practices
for Designing for digisoft so I'm going
to read through them really quickly
create art at print size with high
resolution
digisoft is able to capture
significantly more detail than its DTG
counterpart because of this using a high
resolution file will yield pretty
incredible results
on the other hand our high resolution
output makes it a little more obvious
when you use a lower resolution file we
recommend designing at print size with
300 PPI rather than resizing your images
to fit the print dimensions
use areas of transparency in your design
for a softer hand feel if you're looking
for a Barely There hand feel on your
garments you can use areas of
transparency throughout your design to
achieve a more lightweight print a big
block of ink will always feel heavy
regardless of the decoration method but
digisoft allows designs with areas of
transparency to blend nicely with the
Garment giving a much softer hand feel
than other print Types on the market
use 100 opacity in your design elements
in order to ensure the most vibrant
print colors be sure to use 100 opacity
in all your design elements
similar to DTG digisoft uses a base
layer below pigmented ink to help your
print bind to the Garment when there
isn't enough pigmented ink laid on top
of that base layer you may experience
muddier print colors stick with 100
opacity for full vibrancy
avoid transparent gradients opt for half
tones instead just as you want to use
100 opacity in your design elements
you'll also want to avoid effects like
glow smoke and other types of
transparency or sorry transparent
gradients that rely on reducing the
opacity of your pixels instead opt for
halftones which use dots of 100 opacity
that reduce in size and density as they
move further away from the main design
elements gradients from one color to
another will print beautifully on with
digisoft but avoid gradients that fade
from one color to transparency
use background color to achieve
distressing rather than relying on low
opacity pixels if you want to achieve a
distressed look try adding a white
background layer behind your distressed
Design Elements this will allow you to
achieve a scuffed appearance without
compromising print quality if you want
to use more traditional distressing
techniques try removing semi-transparent
pixels after for a cleaner result that
kind of reminds me of how Kittle does
their distressed effect maybe that will
translate really well into a digisoft
print
and last ensure the edges of your design
elements are clean and contain no
straight pixels
following the guidelines above will
ensure that the edges of your design are
clean but it's worth mentioning again
anything that is included in your design
will be printed with digisoft that means
if you accidentally leave a few stray
pixels in your design file they will
print similarly if you resize your file
from a smaller size it may leave
semi-transparent pixels from
anti-aliasing around the edge of your
Design Elements the cleaner the file the
cleaner the print and that remains true
for all print on demand but especially
digisoft where it's like you're under a
microscope because the print quality is
so high so guys again if you want to get
started with digisoft just go ahead and
sign up for custom cat for free and make
sure when you're adding products to your
stores that they are marked with the
digisoft little like Corner Banner that
I had shown you earlier if you have
questions let me know in the comments
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