How Make a Screen Print in Photoshop
If the logos and design on store-bought clothes seem generic and boring to you, you can exercise your own creativity and design interest by making your own through the process of screen printing. Screen printing involves a small setup of machinery, inks and equipment where you imprint a created design onto a t-shirt, tote bag or other types of fabric. Make screen prints of your band's logo, favorite phrase or just an example of your latest doodle or artwork. The screen print process starts when you design the image; use Photoshop, part of the Adobe Creative Suite, to create your masterpiece.
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Instructions
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Open Photoshop and click "File," then click "New." Name the file "ScreenPrint" and set the appropriate dimensions. Remember that these are the dimensions for the screen print image itself, not the t-shirt, and that the image will need to fit within the sizing of the piece of clothing it is going on.
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Pull down the "Mode" menu and select "RGB Color" and click the "Transparent" button under "Contents." Then click the "OK" button. Click "View" and "Fit on Screen," which just gives you more room to draw.
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Click the "Paintbrush" tool on the "Tools" palette on the left side of the screen. Notice the new toolbar at the top of the screen. Pull down the "Brush" menu and select a solid round brush head such as #19. If the "Wet Edges" box is checked, uncheck it.
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Choose a color from the "Color Picker," which is the two overlapping colored squares on the "Tools" palette. Double-click the top left square, then click a paint color for the screen print and click the "OK" button. Note that bright, neon colors may appear different on your actual screen print, especially if you're printing onto a colored piece of fabric.
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Hover your cursor over the "ScreenPrint" box and notice it changes to the brush head shape. Draw the outline for the screen print, such as a logo, your initials or a design. Click the "Paint Bucket" tool, then click inside the outline, which fills with the same color.
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Switch paint colors and go back to the "Paintbrush" tool, then add more to the screen print design.
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Save the screen print by clicking "File," then "Save As." Choose a destination on your computer and select "GIF" from the "Format" drop-down menu; GIFs are the only file types that allow transparent backgrounds. Otherwise, your image would have a white box around it. Click "Save."
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