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Setting Up Decoration on a Product

2 min readUpdated 2026-07-25

Setting Up Decoration on a Product

For a product to be customizable in the Design Studio, it needs print areas (also called impression areas) and decoration rules. This tells the studio where artwork can go on each garment view and which decoration methods apply. You set this up when creating a customizable product and can revisit it any time from the product's edit page.

Add print areas during product creation

In the product wizard, the Print Areas step appears for customizable and pre-designed products:

  • Choose a view to work on — Front, Back, Right, or a Custom placement.
  • Draw or position the impression area on the product photo to mark where decoration is allowed.
  • Repeat for each view you want customers to be able to decorate.

    • Only artwork-bearing products need print areas — standard (sold-as-is) products skip this step entirely.

    Edit decoration on an existing product

    From a product's edit page, the decoration section lets you manage the rules:

  • Open the product and find Decoration rules for this product.
  • Adjust the impression areas and the decoration configuration as needed.
  • Save to update how the product behaves in the Design Studio.

    • Why print areas matter

    • The impression area becomes the outlined print area customers see on the canvas.
    • Artwork must stay inside it, so a well-placed area guides good designs.
    • Each view can have its own area, letting you allow front-and-back decoration or limit it to a single location.

    Tips

    • Give each color a front product photo — the studio uses it as the canvas underlay and the base for mockups.
    • Size print areas to match what your decoration method can actually reproduce.
    • Add a Custom placement for non-standard spots like a sleeve, pocket, or nape.

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