METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AN IMAGE PRODUCTION FILE FOR A CUSTOM IMPRINTED ARTICLE

摘要

A computer program product is provided for use in the creation of a production file of an image for application to a custom imprinted article e.g. a mobile phone, mug or T-shirt. The product comprising instructions for displaying at least one web page, down- loading an image which may be a proxy for a full resolution image, displaying the image in a rendering area of said web page, displaying in said web page controls for input of rendering instructions, locally processing the displayed image in accordance with the rendering instructions, and up-loading of the rendering instructions on completion of rendering. The image display instructions provide for displaying a mask layer and for displaying at least one editable or renderable image in an image layer that underlies the mask layer and appears only through the mask. The images for use with the computer program product including thumbnail images, preview images, proxy images and full resolution images are advantageously provided with a unique identifier within a naming convention established at an image publishing site.