FormiQ: your shirt design guide

Simple steps for uploads, text, layers, front and back artwork, saving and reviewing your shirt.

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Start with the right shirt

Choose your garment, color, size and quantity at Shirt Moxy. Select Open FormiQ.

Check the shirt name and size at the top. Change product lets you pick another shirt, then asks for its size.
The print area uses the largest Studio-configured platen for that shirt size. You do not need to choose a platen.

Upload artwork

Choose Upload in the bottom toolbar. PNG with a transparent background works well for artwork without a rectangular background. JPG works for photographs.

You can use up to five layers on each side. Text and library artwork also use layers.
Use the original file if possible. A screenshot or an enlarged small image may look blurry when printed. Your original upload is retained privately; an optimized copy is used on screen.

Move, resize and rotate

Click or tap the artwork to select it. Drag to move it. Drag a corner to change its size.

Use Arrange for exact placement, alignment, rotation, duplication or deletion.
Choose Fit shirt if you lose your place. Zoom changes your view, not the printed artwork size.

Add and edit text

Choose Text, then type your wording. Check spelling carefully.

Open Layers & editing tools to change font, size, color, alignment and spacing.
Select another layer or click outside the text to stop typing. Save when the layout looks right.

Organize your layers

Open Layers & editing tools. Each artwork or text item appears in the layer list.

Select a layer to work on it. Rename layers to keep the design clear. You can hide or lock them.
Use Arrange to move a selected layer forward or backward. Delete an unwanted layer to make room for another. Undo restores the last change.

Design the front and back

Use Front and Back at the top. Each side keeps its own artwork and layer list.

A back print adds the price shown in your quote. A side without artwork is not a back print.
If Back is unavailable, that shirt does not have a configured back photo. Ask Shirt Moxy for help instead of placing back artwork on the front.

Understand the print boundary

The outlined box is the printable area. Keep important text and details inside it.

A yellow triangle means some artwork extends beyond the boundary. Click it to see the warning.
You can continue to review. If you choose to proceed, you must acknowledge that anything outside the box will be trimmed and will not print.

Check image quality

A low-resolution warning means an image may look soft at its current printed size.

Try a larger original file or make that artwork smaller. Zooming the workspace does not improve the source image.
Ask for design help if you only have a screenshot, an old logo or a file that will not upload.

Save and return later

Name your design at the top and choose Save. Sign in when asked to keep it in your account across devices.

A local browser recovery copy is not a replacement for an account save.
Open My designs to return to saved FormiQ work. Before switching shirts, save any changes you want to keep.

Review and continue

Choose Review & continue. Look at both sides and check shirt, color, size, quantity, price, artwork and spelling.

If artwork is outside the boundary, read the yellow warning and either return to editing or acknowledge the trimming.
You may request a Shirt Moxy proof review before printing. Continue returns your confirmed design to the store; it does not charge a payment by itself.

Let Shirt Moxy prepare the design

Choose Upload my designs manually below. You return to Shirt Moxy with your shirt, color, size and quantity selected.

Sign in, describe your idea and attach reference files. We will reply in a few hours, no later than 24 hours.
The $9.99 service offers three options at a time, up to nine designs across three rounds. It is a separate, non-removable line when you buy a chosen custom cart. No setup fee. Shipping and tax are TBD.
Pending proofs are watermarked and temporary. After payment for one design, all project designs unlock in My designs, including original downloads.

Using a phone or fixing a problem

Use the bottom toolbar to add artwork. Pinch or use the zoom controls to inspect details; Fit shirt resets the view.

If an upload fails, check the message, keep your original file and retry. Wait until the upload is finished before switching sides.
Save your work before refreshing. If you still need help, use the manual design request and describe what happened.

Choose your shirt Request design help