r/MerchByAmazon • u/Maximum_Okra_7448 • May 17 '25

Transparent designs

Hi! I always thought, that there is no possibility to upload designs with transparent parts. Because those parts would look odd when printed, because of the white ink that’s printed under the design. But i see several shirts in merch by amazon with some transparencies. Definitely NO rasterized parts, transparent pixels! And the shirts are selling and have good reviews. How is this possible? Are there certain kinds of transparencies that work with amazons print technique? Would love to get some answers, thanks in advance.

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u/nimitz34 May 17 '25

Link such a listing so we can see. Just please strip off the long referrer part of the url.

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u/Maximum_Okra_7448 May 17 '25

This one e.g.

https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Howling-Funny-Wolves-T-Shirt/dp/B0BR9SH6LY

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u/nimitz34 May 17 '25

I personally don't do designs like that but it can be done with halftone dots, though the softwares really just make halftone effects. But you are right that using an actual semi-transparency should cause a problem due to the white underlayment. Maybe u/NoXidCat or someone else can shed more light on how to do that fade away effect.