Tips & Techs
Get a feel for the tips & techniques in the leading digital apparel sample making tools that we can teach your team.
KANA'S TIPS
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3D MEASUREMENTS
VStitcher & Lotta
3D Measurements allow you to visualize and measure on top of your Avatar form and also leave POM (points-of-measure) markers.
COPYING FABRIC PHYSICS
Using the Colorways Workspace, you can quickly copy Physics Data from one material to another.
VStitcher & Lotta
CREATING A DRAWCORD
Learn how to create a 3D drawcord, that is easy to recolor, using only one pattern!
VStitcher
CREATING A NORMAL MAP
Photoshop
Adding a Normal Map to your fabric scans and trims will give your materials extra details, shadows, and definition compared to just a regular photo scan. You can easily create a Normal Map within Photoshop CC.
CREATING A SCATTER PRINT
Create a Scatter Print to make custom sequins or add glitter to your materials.
Photoshop
FITTING WITH TENSION & PRESSURE MAPS
Perform a virtual fit using VStitcher. The Tension and Pressure maps will show where your garment is stretching excessively or where it's applying too much pressure on the body.
VStitcher
IMPORTING AN IMAGE AS A PLANE
Quickly import your image or background as a Plane in Blender instead of creating a new object Plane and then applying an image to it.
Blender
IMPORTING SEASON COLOR PALETTES
VSitcher & Lotta
Bring in a seasonal Color Palette from Photoshop (.ACO) or Illustrator (.ASE) to quickly select your colors for your style. You can use your seasonal colors and even search through to find the right color. I would suggest to rename the colors values to familiar names before exporting.
SUPERIMPOSE (SIDE)
Clo
Quickly arrange your stitched 2D patterns to your 3D garment, by utilizing Superimpose (Side).
SYMMETRICAL PATTERN PIECES
Having Symmetrical Patterns will make for quicker sewing, pattern adjustments, trims, and artwork placements.
VStitcher
TYING A KNOT
VStitcher
Learn a quick and effective way for tying a knot.
UTILIZING EDGE SYMMETRY
Quickly make a pattern Corner Point repeat for a scalloped edge by using Edge Symmetry.
VStitcher
UTILIZING PATTERN PREVIEW
Photoshop
Pattern Preview in Photoshop is a viewing tool that allows the user to view what their repeat looks like tiled, before bringing the texture into a 3D program. This helps guide the user to cleanup the image to create flawless repeats.
Notions Shorts
Take a look at these brief tutorial videos on different 3D software to learn our methods!
