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T-Jet3 PLUS User’s Manual
Version 1.1 Revised July, 2008
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learning graphics programs, the process
may seem a bit overwhelming, but don’t
get frustrated. Just keep in mind the 80/30
rule: You use 30% of the program 80% of
the time. But, in this case, it’s actually more
like a 90/10 rule.
So, you might be asking why you need
Photoshop at all if you have FastARTIST? In
a nutshell, you can do almost everything
you need with FastARTIST, but Photoshop
is much more powerful when creating an
image with lots of photographic components. Plus, Photoshop is much more
powerful when fi xing and cleaning up poor quality artwork.
Where to Get Photoshop
Photoshop is the fl agship product of Adobe Systems at www.adobe.com .
The program retails for around $650 and, as of this writing, version 9.0 CS3 is the
most current version. It is always nice to have the latest and greatest version,
but frankly, you can do everything mentioned here with version 5.5 or higher.
If you are a student, teacher or work for a school, you may be eligible for an
“Educator Version” from places like www.academicsuperstore.com .
File Types and Resolutions
FastARTIST and Photoshop will let you
“Open” a wide variety of fi les including,
TIFF, JPEG, GIF, EPS, PSD, AI and others. If
you open a fi le that is vector based like
one from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop will
convert the fi le from mathematical vectors
to small pixels. This is called Rasterizing a fi le.
The important point here is to keep the fi le
resolution high enough for the image to
remain sharp. It is generally taught that a
fi le needs to be at 300 DPI at the fi nal size in
order for it to remain crisp.
In T-Shirt printing, you can get away with fi le
resolutions of 150 to 300 DPI at the fi nal size.
The default setting for opening vector fi les in Photoshop is 72 DPI. The picture at
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