How To Blend Distressed Designs Into Your Garment With The KnockMeColorOut Plugin

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1. Use the Distressed plugin to create worn, cracked, or aged visual effects.
2. Use the Knock Me Color Out plugin to remove a selected color and replace it with the shirt color.
3. Combine both plugins to reduce ink usage and create a softer, vintage look.
4. Save distressed masks as presets for future use.

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1. Import the job into the color queue for the DTG printer.
2. Right-click the job in the queue.
3. Select Effects.
4. Click Distressed.

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1. Confirm the Distressed plugin dialog opens with a default preview.
2. Adjust the zoom level below the preview to 20%.
3. Verify the dialog is set to Basic mode.
4. Review the four main sliders: Image desaturation
5. Define tint colors as needed.
6. Choose a preset mask.
7. Adjust threshold, scale, and rotation for the generated mask.
8. Use the buttons at the bottom to Save, Load, Reset, or choose a Preset.

• Strength of tint color
• Strength of preset masks
• Strength of generated texture

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1. Click the Presets button.
2. Select Old Poster.
3. Reduce the Tint Color strength to 10 to avoid excessive color shifting.
4. Adjust other settings as desired.
5. Optionally switch to Advanced mode to access additional fine-tuning controls.
6. Click OK to apply the effect.

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1. Right-click the job in the queue.
2. Select Effects.
3. Click Distressed Frames.
4. Adjust available settings to achieve the desired torn edge look.
5. Click OK to apply.

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1. Right-click the job in the queue.
2. Select Production Plugins.
3. Click Knock Me Color Out.
4. Confirm the plugin dialog opens with: Original job view at the top left
5. Set the zoom level to 25%.

• Output preview at the bottom left

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1. In the top section, define: Amount of underbase white
2. In the middle section, adjust: Color boost level
3. In the bottom section, set preview options: Transparency

• Colors to be removed
• Mid-tone value
• Transparency
• Hardness
• Clip
• Opacity
• Underbase
• Mask in red
• Shirt color

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1. Click a color in the top preview that represents distress marks to remove.
2. Verify the selected color becomes transparent.
3. Enable Show Underbase to preview white underbase.
4. Enable Shirt Color to preview how the design looks on fabric.
5. Click the color box to open the color dialog.
6. Select a shirt color such as black, brown, or blue.
7. Review how the shirt color shows through the design.

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1. Locate the Underbase slider.
2. Start at a value of 100.
3. Increase the slider to 280 to control how much color is removed.
4. Observe how increased values allow more shirt color to show through.