Mask Image

overview a product mask image acts as a visual guide that helps customers understand the exact boundaries and printable area of a product while creating or uploading their artwork instead of designing on a blank canvas, customers are presented with a structured layout that clearly indicates where design elements should be placed mask images are particularly useful for products with custom shapes, cutouts, or non printable areas, helping customers create print ready artwork with greater accuracy purpose the purpose of a product mask image is to visually define the printable and non printable areas of a product, reducing design errors and improving print accuracy by using mask images, administrators can guide customers during the design process clearly indicate product boundaries and cut areas prevent important design elements from being placed in non printable regions improve artwork accuracy and print quality reduce production issues caused by incorrectly positioned artwork this feature is especially recommended for die cut and shape based products such as cd covers, stickers, rounded corner business cards, custom shaped labels, and other products with irregular print areas create a product mask image you can create product mask images docid\ wzyui2xsdnyjxzhd7bwqs using design tools such as adobe illustrator while creating the mask clearly define printable and non printable areas use proper alignment and scaling as per product size ensure the design matches the final print dimensions supported file formats gif, png, or pdf important ensure that both portrait and landscape orientations use the same file format for consistency add mask image to upload a mask image, navigate to the a dmin panel > products > print products > select product > actions menu > mask image click on the add button and configure the following details product size select the appropriate product size for which the mask image is being uploaded this ensures the correct mapping between the product and its design layout page name choose the page or side of the product (for example, front or back) where the mask should be applied upload files upload the mask image file you may either upload a dedicated mask image that highlights printable areas, or upload a print ready file that already includes mask indications for example, for a die cut sticker , you can upload a png file showing the cut path and safe design area svg path as an alternative to file upload, you can directly enter the svg path for the mask this is useful when working with vector based shapes or when precise path control is required once all details are configured, click save and continue to complete the setup