
Learn Photoshop fundamentals for Merch by Amazon, from digital imaging theory and basic tools to creating and uploading your first Amazon merch shirt design.
Learn how pixels, pixel size, and 300 dpi determine print size for a 15 inch by 18 inch Merch by Amazon shirt, preventing distortion.
Select high-quality stock images with proper merchandise licensing, aiming for at least 12 megapixels, then import into Photoshop via place embedded or drag-and-drop and rasterize.
Learn practical Photoshop image adjustments for merch designs, including color balance, hue and saturation, brightness, contrast, levels, and black-and-white filters, with preview and two-tone options.
Master Photoshop layers to organize artwork and edit text independently. Use the layers palette to create, lock, delete, adjust opacity, and apply blending modes like multiply and overlay.
Create a simple Photoshop template for Merch by Amazon by starting a new document with Amazon's size, deleting the background, and saving it as a reusable template with RGB color.
Save your Photoshop design as a png to preserve transparency, so the t-shirt color shows through while your blue squares stay intact across multiple layers.
Master essential Photoshop tools for merch design by learning selection techniques with marquee, lasso, magic wand, and quick selection, plus brush, clone stamp, eraser, gradient, text, line, and zoom.
Learn to craft a t-shirt design in Photoshop for Merch by Amazon, from importing apple imagery and removing backgrounds to transforming layers, adjusting color, and adding bold text and shadows.
Merch by Amazon is one of the newest and greatest online content creation streams available. You can now create and sell t-shirts without having to invest any money in purchasing products and holding physical inventory.
Photoshop has been around for 25 years and is one of the most advanced digital editing tools available. It is so advanced and sophisticated that often new users are challenged on where to start. We created this course for the absolute beginner using Photoshop who wants to create their own Merch shirt designs.
What will I learn in this course?
The 8 Key Photoshop Tools include: