To make sure your designs are printing well on products, you’ve got to keep Dimensions and Format in mind.
Color Profiles
The CMYK color profile works best for printed designs, while RGB works best for viewing designs on a monitor.
For the best of both worlds, you should design your work in the CMYK color profile and convert the finished work into the RGB color profile before uploading.
Color profiles are a really tricky topic, so we’ve written up a detailed explanation on our blog. Check it out!
File Type
When uploading your files, only the following file types are accepted: JPEG and PNG.
TIFF and PDF files won't work correctly.
Dimensions
A good rule of thumb is that big, high-resolution files make the best prints. Now, when we say "big," we're referring to resolution, not the file size.
There is a major difference between file size, which is measured in bytes (like megabytes MB), and resolution, which is measured in pixels. When you’re printing work, it’s the pixels that matter.
Resolution can be a confusing topic, so we’ve introduced the basics in this blog post. Take a peek!
Product Dimension Requirements
To ensure a good quality print, each product offered on the Redbubble marketplace has pixel dimension requirements. These pixel dimensions represent the minimum width and height an image needs to be to enable certain products. You’ll find the thresholds for all of the products below.
Different products require different aspect ratios (the ratio of width to height), so it's a good idea to create a variation of your work for each of the image orientations:
- Portrait
- Landscape
- Square
We also encourage you to take advantage of our product templates that will help you design for some of the trickier products!
If you decide to use one image file for all products, check the formatting on each product you enable to ensure that your designs are displayed in the best way possible.
Large files
Images above 300MB, or 13500 × 13500 pixels in size, cannot be accepted on the site due to the heavy load they place on our servers.
Please also note that DPI and PPI don’t affect your final uploaded image.
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Other Apparel | 2400 × 3200 pixels will cover the printable area, although you can resize larger images to fit when uploading. The file must be a PNG for transparencies to be saved. |
| Baseball Caps & Dad Hats | 2400 × 1140 pixels |
| Bucket Hats | 2040 × 1140 pixels |
| Premium T-Shirts | 2875 × 3900 pixels. Check out our Designing for Premium T-Shirts and Large Print Areas blog posts for tips. |
| Men's Graphic T-Shirts | 3873 × 4814 pixels |
| Pins | 1000 × 1000 pixels |
| Scarves | 5748 × 5748 pixels |
| Socks | 5848 × 6300 pixels |
| Women's A-Line Dress | 6310 × 6230 pixels |
| Women's Sleeveless Tops | 3870 × 4280 pixels |
Need a little more help?
You can also get started by using a new product template.
For more on designing, check out our Help Center article.
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Zipper Pouches |
4600 × 3000 pixels will cover the printable area, however, you can resize larger images to fit. Please note slight cropping of the image on the smaller pouches will occur. |
| All Over Print Tote Bags | Small - 2175 × 2175 pixels |
| Medium - 2625 × 2625 pixels | |
| Large - 2950 × 2950 pixels | |
| Backpacks | 4575 × 3900 pixels |
| Cotton Tote Bags | 2400 × 3200 pixels |
| Drawstring Bags | 2475 × 2775 pixels |
| Laptop Sleeves | 4125 × 2956 pixels |
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Laptop Skins | 4600 × 3000 pixels will cover the printable area, however, you can resize larger images to fit. |
| Magsafe Phone Cases | 1332 × 2051 pixels will cover the printable area, however, you can resize larger images to fit. |
| Phone Cases | 1187 × 1852 pixels will cover the printable area, however, you can resize larger images to fit. |
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Acrylic Blocks | 1860 × 1860 pixels for 4 × 4 and 6 × 6. Or get started with a new product template here. |
| Aprons | 4065 × 4950 pixels |
| Art Board Prints | 1:1 (square) = 3060 × 3060 pixels |
| 1:4 = 1560 × 2160 pixels (This is for portrait orientation. Please invert the dimensions for landscape uploads.) | |
| 1:5 = 1260 × 1860 pixels (This is for portrait orientation. Please invert the dimensions for landscape uploads.) | |
| 1:25 = 3360 × 4260 pixels (This is for portrait orientation. Please invert the dimensions for landscape uploads.) | |
| Bath Mats | 6480 × 4320 pixels |
| Clocks | 2940 × 2940 pixels. Or get started with a new product template here. |
| Coasters | 1860 × 1860 pixels |
| Duvet Covers | 7632 × 6480 pixels (including bleed) |
| Jigsaw Puzzles | 9075 × 6201 pixels |
| Magnets | 2800 × 2800 pixels |
| Mugs | Standard Mug - 2700 × 1120 pixels |
| Tall Mug - 2700 × 1624 pixels | |
| Shower Curtains | 7632 × 6480 pixels |
| Tapestries | 7632 × 6480 pixels |
| Throw Blankets | 7632 × 6480 pixels |
| Throw Pillows | All sizes - 3225 × 3225 pixels |
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Stickers | Small - 600 × 800 pixels |
| Medium - 1100 × 1100 pixels | |
| Large - 1700 × 1700 pixels | |
| Extra-large - 2800 × 2800 pixels | |
| Greeting Cards | 1300 × 900 pixels (1 megapixel). Check out this article for more info on cropping, character limits, borders, and aspect ratios for cards. |
| Desk Mats | 8268 × 4331 pixels |
| Hardcover Journals | 3502 × 2385 pixels |
| Mouse Pads | 2559 × 2165 pixels |
| Postcards | 1300 × 900 pixels |
| Spiral Notebooks | 1756 × 2481 pixels |
Sticker files must be a PNG for transparencies to be saved.
We recommend uploading a file with the maximum pixel requirements (2800 × 2800 pixels)to ensure your design is available on all 4 sticker sizes.
Make sure you check out our article on How to Design for Stickers to unravel the secrets to the perfect Sticker design.
| Product | Resolution Minimum |
|---|---|
| Art Prints | 3840 × 3840 pixels cover all sizes up to extra large. 1" - 2" minimum borders will be added around images and will vary depending on the appropriate aspect ratio to fit each paper size. Images are centered and "padded" for non-standard-sized images. |
| Framed Art Prints & Stretched Canvas | Small - 2400 × 1600 pixels (4 megapixels) |
| Medium - 3240 × 2160 pixels (7 megapixels) | |
| Large - 3840 × 2560 pixels (10 megapixels) | |
| Extra- Large - 4800 × 4800 pixels | |
| Photographic Prints | Small - 2500 × 3500 pixels |
| Medium - 3500 × 5000 pixels | |
| Large - 5000 × 7100 pixels | |
| Extra-large - 9144 × 6096 pixels | |
| Posters | Extra small - 2870 × 4100 pixels |
| Small - 4100 × 5840 pixels | |
| Medium - 5840 × 8310 pixels | |
| Large - 8310 × 11790 pixels |