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[ 77 ]STEP THREE: CREATE
A DESIGN PLACEHOLDER
With the sampledesign layer
selected, press Command-J (PC:
Ctrl-J) to make a duplicate layer
and name it “PLACE DESIGN
HERE” (double-click on the
layer name, type in the new
name, and press Enter). Then,
click on the Eye icon next to the
layer’s thumbnail to turn off this
layer. Later, we’ll use this layer
to replace the design with any-
thing we wish.
STEP FOUR: RESIZE AND
ADJUST THE DESIGN
Click on the sampledesign layer
to make it active, and then
press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-
T) to enable Free Transform.
Rotate and resize the design as
you want it on the T-shirt. Once
you’re satisfied, press Enter.
STEP FIVE: CHANGE THE
BLEND MODE
As the T-shirt is white, the
white areas of the design just
won’t print. Also, the only
thing that the design will do to
the T-shirt is darken it. Why?
Because the T-shirt is already
white, and there’s nothing
brighter than white!
So, what’s the blend mode
that darkens and hides the
whites? Multiply! Click on the
blend mode menu in the Lay-
ers panel and change the blend
mode of the sampledesign layer
to Multiply. This also helps to
hide the design where it went
over her jacket because the
jacket is darker than the design.