Processes and Tips
Key Things to Remember!!!
#1. Make sure all backgrounds significantly lighter than the transfers which you will apply to them. Your transparency will allow blend into a back ground. It’s easy to imagine that black text on a very dark back ground is hard to read so keep in mind that fine dark lines can be lost in a complex back ground or one that is too dark. If you want something to stand out completely it must not be transparent and it must be high contrast.
#2. Remember that if you want the image to show up the way you are looking at it, you need to make a decal. If you do a direct transfer your image will be reversed!
For direct image transfers there are different products. I like Golden Medium fluid. Modpodge also makes a transfer medium but it is probably more expensive overall. Check out the Golden How To video.
3. When applying glues and mediums, always work from the center of your image outward, and always squeegee air bubbles out the same way, center out! Place the paper with glue lightly onto your substrate and gently and increase pressure after bubbles and excess glue have made it out to the edges.
4. Different types and ages of paper transfer with a different quality. Generally the older the paper and more porous the paper, the better.
How well can you read this?
How well can you read this?
How well can you read this?
If you made a decal of this image you would be able to paste it the way you cut it out. But you would have 3 layers of medium on top of the image so it would not be as clear.
If you use a direct transfer method like Mod podge your image would be reversed when applied to paper.
https://plaidonline.com/inspire-and-create/article/How-to-Photo-Transfer?