Choose when
The artwork depends on gradients, photographic detail, watercolor, or a wide continuous color range.
Material guide · Tone test
Sublimated
Continuous tone lives inside a flat textile surface.
Full-color dye print on flat polyester. Photographic gradients, no thread limit.
Tone test
Let the color move without forcing it into thread steps.
Adjust the continuous-tone field to see the kind of artwork sublimation preserves best.
Read before choosing
What this construction gives—and what it asks you to give up.
Construction guidance for client review. Final limits, tolerances, backings, and commercial commitments must be confirmed against the approved proof.
Watch for
The print remains visually flat; choose another construction when raised thread or moulded depth is the point.
- Surface
- Dye transferred into a flat polyester face
- Detail behavior
- Excellent for continuous tone and fine printed information
- Color behavior
- Broad gradients rather than separate thread fields
- Typical edge
- Merrowed or cut edge around the printed face
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Common starting points
- Illustration
- Photography
- Gradient artwork
- Full-color editions
Ten construction studies
One material, tested against different kinds of marks.
Review-stage placeholder studies—not customer work. Their job is to expose the visual range and the limits the final asset pass must solve.
Material is a starting hypothesis
Put sublimated against the real artwork.
The proof—not the screen—makes the final decision.