We get it…there is no better way to learn than to just watch someone doing it. Starting with our quick start guide through to advanced tips and tricks. These videos should give you the confidence you need to start designing your custom uniforms today.
No matter what you are designing, from polo shirts to quilted softshell jackets the interface in the equestrian designer remains the same. This section of the guide covers the primary interface layout and some of the features found within it. We will take a more in depth look at some of these features as well as some that aren’t covered in this section later on.
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Design Categories – Within the design categories you will find all of your customisations options for your garment. |
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Add Logo – You can add a logo, or design to your garments. These can be customise later to make your uniform truly unique. |
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Add Text – You can also add custom text to your garment. Custom text has a range of fonts, colours, and styling options for you to choose from. |
| Design Categories are the primary method of customizing your garments. As an example, polo shirts include sections such as collars, or front patterns. Clicking one of these options will bring up the related category elements. |
| Category elements are the options found within each design category. As an example polo collars include each of the various trim options which are available for you to customize. Such as single, double, or triple striped trim on the edge of your collar. |
| See your designs come alive – The viewport allows you to see your changes as you make them, as well as giving you the ability to rearrange your text and logos once you have imported them. |
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Save design – Allows you to save your design to load later. |
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Retrieve design – Allows you to load your saved designs. |
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Print – Allows you to print your design |
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Download – Allows you to print your design |
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Lightbox – View your design without the user interface elements. Press the large “X” in the top right of the page to go back to the designer. |
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Magnify Glass – Toggling this allows you to zoom in on your designs. |
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Info – Brings up the info panel. Here you will find a tutorial video, and a link to our contact info. |
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Undo – Undoes your last action. |
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Redo – Redoes your last undone action. |
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Reset – Resets your design entirely. |
| TIP – Do not use the reset button unless you want to start from the beginning. You will not be able to undo this. | |
Choosing and modifying your designs to create a garment tailored to your exact specifications.
| Allows you to Search through available design options using text rather than the visual design options. |
| Each of the available design options in an easy to navigate visual preview. |
| If you hover over one of the options you will get a larger preview image to help you decide on what style best suits your needs. |
After choosing a category option that you like there are further customisation options that are available to you.
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Colour – Brings up a large number of colour options. |
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Reset – Resets your design element. |
| TIP – Unlike the reset button on the primary interface viewport, this reset button will only affect the changes made to your design category element. | |
| Each design category element will have one or more colour groups for you to customise. Select each colour group and change choose from our range of fabric colours to match your style |
| After selecting a colour group you will have the option to select a new fabric colour to replace the default greyscale design |
Pressing the “Add Logo” button allows you to upload an image which you can place on your garment and even recolour.
| Allows you to upload your to the Equine Designer. Once uploaded you can place your design on the garment, and customise it. |
| This error message shows up if your design is not within the minimum – maximum pixel size. Please resize your image and try again. |
| A range of design and customisation options (Explained below). |
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Colour – Brings up a large number of colour options. |
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Copy – Copies your logo. Useful if you want the same logo multiple times on one garment. |
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Rotate – Rotates your logo. |
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Delete – Removes your logo from the primary interface viewport. |
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Scale – Resizes the logo. |
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Advance Rotate and Scale – Brings up an advanced rotation menu. |
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Position – Brings up a position menu. |
Pressing the “Add Text” button allows you to type in custom text which you can place on your garment and edit to match your desired look.
| Type in your desired custom text and press “ADD TEXT” to place it in the design canvas viewport. |
| A large amount of options for your custom text. |
| More advanced options for your custom text. |
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Colour – Brings up a large number of colour options. |
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Copy – Copies your text. Useful if you want the same logo multiple times on one garment. |
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Rotate – Rotates your text.. |
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Delete – Removes your text from the design canvas. |
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Resize – Resizes the text. |
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Advanced Rotate and Scale – Brings up an advanced rotation menu. |
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Position – Brings up a position menu. |
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Font Size – Changes the size of your font. |
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Edit Text – Allows you to edit the text you have entered. |
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Text Alignment – Left, Centre, right, or justify align your text. |
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Upper / Lowercase – Allows you to switch between upper or lower case text. |
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Curved Text – Allows you to switch between upper or lower case text. This will be explained in greater detail further on. |
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Typeface – Allows you to choose from a range of typefaces. |
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Bold |
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Italic |
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Underline |
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RADIUS – Increases or decreased the radius. Ranges from a straight line, to a full circle. |
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SPACING – Changes the spacing between letters. |
Download and print this handy user guide if that what your prefer.
If you have any further questions please check out our need help section at the top of the page. And please don’t hesitate to reach out and contact us.
Short films to help you get the best out of the Equine Designer.
How to order your custom design garments without any hiccups.
Having your art in the right format is the first step to securing a great end result.
For those that just want to be hands-off and let us do everything.