Saving Color Changes - Page Locks UP

[Sparrow]

Hi,
On products: kids: regular sweatshirt and hooded sweatshirt - if I change / remove colors, when I go to "save" the whole thing locks up. I have to use the top left back arrow key to go completly out and then arrrow back into the section to get it to unlock. This also happens randomly in other sections, but not alot like in the before mentioned sectons.

Regards,

[PatrioticTees.com]

That happens to me too sometimes, for pretty much all the products. What I have learned is that if you REFRESH the page BEFORE you open the color adjustment box, then it takes the changes fine.

So then, after you changed a set of colors sucessfully, you need to REFRESH the page again, before moving on to a different shirt. Because if you don't, if you just try to do another product while the "your colors have been saved green box" is there, then it won't take. For me, I have to refres every time before I decide to change my color offereings.

The good news is, I pretty much have a pattern of which colors I add to each product, so I hardly ever change my mind any more. I just pick wisely when I first create the product. Also remember that you never know what someone else will like, so if it doesn't look "God awful" you should probably leave the customer with as many color choices as possible. I have customers order the weirdest colors sometimes.

There's no accounting for taste:)

[Sparrow]

Hey,

Thanks for the tip! I will use that.

I am still getting used to my color options here. I know what you mean about customer "choices". On some designs where the backround color will bleed through or just look "funky" with the colors in the design I end up deleting most of the "choices". I want my shirts to look good to others who see it ( and want one too ) instead of .......

Thanks Again,

[PatrioticTees.com]

Another thing I do in photoshop, is the following.


When I create a new png, with transparencies... or even a jpeg for that matter. Before closing it and making the final save, I make a new layer and I fill it entirely with a light pink square shape, that goes all the way across the image, then I drop that layer to the back. Then I change my original graphic image to "multiply" transparency, and you can see how that image would print on light pink... then I keep changing the color of my square, i try yellow, orange, serene green etc. I can pretty much eyeball near the colors that PF carries, but I think someone here in the forum did post the color values for the shirts recently, if you wanted to do it exact.

But as I look at how my design would look, I generally can pick a group of colors that it looks good on. So I delete the layer with my experimental square... and save the image as "peace sign for pink, yellow, lavender etc.). The I open the image again, doing the same thing, drop another square behind it, and then I adjust the image so that it looks good on greens, light blues and greys. I then hit "save as" again and save it for those colors. I try to only make 2 versions. And for some designs, I don't even bother. But doing the experimenting in photoshop, or whatever program you have, first, saves me from adding and deleting shirt colors later.

Anyway It keeps me from having to refresh pages all the time. And sometimes our trash is someone else's treasure. I can't tell you how many times someone has bought a shirt on a color tee... that I MEANT to delete, but never did. Putrid or not, people seem to like the strangest things. Please try to only delete the truly scary options, because hey.... you never know.

[grizzlebeans]

I think someone here in the forum did post the color values for the shirts recently, if you wanted to do it exact.

Anyone know where I could find this? Sounds super-helpful. I have a hard time trusting my imagination. Thanks :)