CafePress.com Tutorial Part 6: Add a New Product

Product can be anything from stamps to shirts.

CafePress.com Tutorial Part 5: Manage Your Store

Managing your store is quite easy in cafepress.com

CafePress.com Tutorial Part 4: Basic 3D Text

Short tutorial on how to create a simple mirrored 3D text effect with the Linux program "The Gimp".

March 01, 2007
Credit: EdgyRootStudios

CafePress.com Tutorial Part 3: GIMP Interface

"This video explains the user interface of the GIMP. The goal of the tutorial is to make you understand how the user interface works, so that you can explore GIMP without being hindered by the user interface.

The video was created with recordMyDesktop and MEncoder, recorded on the Ubuntu linux distribution (version 6.10)

And yeah, unfortunately the sound quality sucks, but I don't feel like a re-recording.

Oh, and at 2:48 when I say 'layers', I mean 'dialogs'. The sentence should read:
"This is where I usually grab my dialogs."

Also excuse my abuse of the word 'and', I will avoid abusing it in my next video.

Feel free to spread the video in YouTube-embedded format as much as you like."

January 06, 2007
Credit: Enselic

CafePress.com Tutorial Part 2: Find a Software

You cant design a good graphic without a decent software. There are four category to choose from.

1. GIMP
- GIMP
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Windows)
http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/ (Mac)
http://www.gimp.org/unix/ (Unix/Linux)

2. Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Adobe Illustrator

3. Corel
- Corel Draw
- Corel PhotoPaint
- Corel Painter
- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Corel PhotoImpact

4. Others
- GimpShop (All three platforms)
http://www.gimpshop.com/
- Paint.NET (Windows only)
http://www.getpaint.net/
- Serif PhotoPlus 6 (Windows only)
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/download1.asp
- Pixia (Windows only)
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
- VCW VicMan's Photo Editor (Windows only)
http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm
- PhotoFiltre (Windows only)
http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
- Ultimate Paint (Windows only)
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/
- ImageForge (Windows only)
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html
- Artweaver (Windows only)
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
- Project Dogwaffle 1.2 (Windows only)
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/mirror_dw12free.html

CafePress.com Tutorial Part 1: Open a Basic Store

I joined CafePress.com to make my own custom stuff to sell in my own online shop - it's easy, and it's FREE. Upload your artwork or photos, pick what products you want to sell them on - T-shirts, hats, mugs... there's over 70 products - and you're in business. If you don't want to sell your merchandise, hey - it's a great way to make custom gifts for yourself and your friends.




"With our Basic Shop you have the ability to sell over 80 products in a simple one-page shop. Again our Basic Shops are free of charge. You can open as many as you need. Basic Shops are the simple and easy way to start selling with CafePress.com."

"Open as many shops as you wish for FREE
Integrated into the CafePress.com Marketplace
Allows only one of each product type per shop (ex. - one tile box per shop)
Mailing list features helps you keep in touch with your customers.
Categorize your products, so we can promote them in the CafePress.com Marketplace."

Click here to open your store now!

If you like my post, use my store ID "myusc" as referral.