Just a tip for those not in the position or wanting to pay for illustrator. Inkscape (open source and free of cost) now also has the option for multipage layout. The workaround is a bit different, but it is a great option.
Thanks for the video! Maybe this tip could save someone some time. Once you copy your elements you can click on your next artboard and go to edit "Paste in Place" or "Paste on All Artboards". You would only need to copy 2 of the registration marks for most of the pages. This eliminates having to align.
I know this video is old, but just found. Thank you for teaching this. BTW, the "inch" symbol is a double quote " the singe quote ' you used is for feet, which is why you didn't see it make the correct hash mark when you were copying your first inch line.
Thank you so much!!!🥺Im moving of country and I was looking for a complete tutorial to make digital all the patterns, because I cant take with me all that binders i have with patterns🙈🙈🙈. Your video is the best i found, that was my question, how to do it with a home printer.
We have a tutorial that demonstrates how grading might be done in Adobe Illustrator but not how to grade. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/9ck_aScUQiE/w-d-xo.html. I hope it helps.
Just found your channel, thank you for these videos! Great refresher and some updated methods for apparel design techniques. Really appreciate your timestamps!
best video on this subject. watched tons of videos but no one covered this detailed like you did! edit- how are you gonna make this template if we are going to print in multiple printers?
Thank you for your lovely comment! Great question. We've already created a downloadable print template pack that has been tested on a variety of printers. You can download it here: patternlab.london/home/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PDF-PRINT-TEMPLATE-PACK.zip. Otherwise, find your printer's printable area and reduce it by around 1- 1.5cm on both width and height. Then create your PDF templates using this print area. You could reduce it even further to absolutely ensure it fits most printers, however, you will produce patterns that require more pages to print the same pattern.
Thank you for the great videos! I wish I'd know about this technique years ago. Setting up the artboards was very simple but I couldn't get it to print properly until I added bleeds. My artboards are 16" x 10" (tabloid paper) but printed on the top left of the page unless I added a 1/2" bleed on all sides. I'm too embarrassed to tell you how long it took me to figure that out! I've got a background in web design, with strong programming skills, so I decided to write a script for the page numbering. It's heavily commented so it should be pretty easy to tweak for positioning and font style. Unfortunately, TH-cam doesn't seem to allow links in the comment field so I can share it.
Thank you, great tutorial! I have one question though. How do I get a line where the pages will be cut (or I guess a line around each page) that will work as a guide to help cut the pages straight before glueing them together?
You could draw a rectangle (using the "rectangle tool" - keyboard shortcut = M) around each page and then give it a line width (no fill) of 1pt. Do this for each page and when printed you would see a bounding box that displays where to cut the page. Be aware your pattern will have a line over each A4 PDF page. Maybe make the line colour a light grey and about 0.5pt to make it less prominent but still visible. I Hope that helps!?
What an awesome tutorial!! Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort into making this video! I have one question though. When I print my whole template, a couple of pages get scaled up or down by 2 or 3 millimeters and the registration marks don't match perfectly. This may be a problem with my printer, but I would like to know if this is normal and has happened to anyone else too. I kinda average the positioning out and in the end it comes out ok, but it is bugging me lol
Make sure you are printing to scale and the print templates are the correct size for your printer. Use A4 for UK printers or US letter for US printers. You can even reduce the size of your print area to ensure your pattern and the markers are within the printers print area. I hope that helps?
For those of you using Mac to print and you're printing directly from Adobe Acrobat, you may run into the same annoying problem that I was running into. Just make sure the "page sizing and handling" is set to "poster" not "size"
Hi Ralph! I wanted to ask - why did you decrease the length and width amounts on the print area measurements by 3 centimeters for the print area? If you stated it, I do apologize I missed it. Great tutorial...this series is awesome.
We reduce the length and width to create an area that most printers can print. The resulting area is the print area. We've reduced it by such an amount so that it should work with all printers, regardless of their printable area. If you know your printers print area, then you can define your artboards to match, saving paper. I hope that helps.
Thanks for this video. I have a pdf pattern that someone on Fiverr made me but she made it the wrong size so I tried to use this technique to fix it. Tip for anyone who has Photoshop, not Illustrator; the two are not interchangeable. After setting up artboards in PSD I found it won't let me paste a pattern on a layer above them; it forces the pattern into a single artboard. I think it's because the artboards aren't a normal layer in PSD; they're some kind of an artboard entity with different rules. So I guess I'll download a 30 day trial of IL to get my pdf. Thank you for this video, though, it was very helpful.
Thanks for letting us know. I've never tried pattern making in Photoshop. I'm not sure if it's a good place to try. You will learn a lot and have fun creating patterns in Adobe Illustrator though. Good luck!
Thanks for your comment! You can delete unwanted art boards by clicking File>Document Setup> "Edit Artboards" You will then be able to click to select any Artboard. Once it is selected, click backspace on your keyboard to delete it. I hope that helps!
I'm probably being daft, but when I followed this tutorial and printed through PDF it still didn't work and there are no cutting lines so I found it hard to match together, is there something I'm missing in the printing process?
Did you add registration marks or the diamonds at each corner? These will show you where to cut each page edge. I would recommend following the tutorial again are giving it another go. Otherwise you can download our PDF print template pack using this page: patternlab.london/home/newsletter-sign-up/
first of all thank youvery much for all your brilliant videos... they are so good and helpful.... but i have a little problem... at the 24.57 min when you paste your pattern into your artboards.... on mine i have only half my pattern showing... it is completly blank on the second artboard... can you please help me thank you very much
Hmmm. That is odd. Possibly you are pasting your pattern into a clipping mask. I would double click your mouse away from the artboard (grey area around the artboards). This should exit any clipping mask. Try then to re-paste your pattern.
Thank you I don't really know what I did but after a few goes I manage to do and pasted my pattern in the right place . Thank you for your videos and all your hard work that you share. I really appreciate it. Cheers and Take care
I have a problam I did all the steps, but when I want to print the pattern in pdf it is not centered it is on left side on and the top, so when I want to print it it cuts top and one side, please can you help me fix this issue?
It sounds like your template is too big for your printers print area. Follow the steps again, this time making sure you know your printer's print area. The height and width measurements. Finally create artboards that fit that area. Reducing the artboard's measurements by 1cm for width and height might help also. Good luck!
@@PatternLabLondon I had the same problem until I added a bleed to make up the difference in artboard/paper size. For example, my artboards are 16 x 10 with a 1/2" bleed to make the total size 17 x 11 (tabloid).
Yes, you could always place an image of your brand's logo over the top of each page. Simply, copy and paste the logo to each artboard, position it as you wish and move it to the top of the layers ensuring it sits above your pattern. Finally, save the document and add password protection. I hope this helps!
Once you've created your PDF print template, simply open your digital pattern inAdobe illustrator , select the entire pattern, copy and paste it to the PDF print template. Then arrange your patterns to fit and save it as a PDF document. you can then print it. We have a tutorial on how to do this here: patternlab.london/home/project/create-pdf-sewing-patterns/
How does this take into consideration any laser printer will not print to the edge of the paper? A4 or Letter? It seems to me that some of your pattern will get cut off.
The artboard dimensions are created to match the printer's printable area. Therefore, when the pattern pieces are added to the artboards or PDF print template, they will print within the printers printable area and not require borderless printing. It's hard to explain but the concept has been tested many times and works well. Simply create your artboards and PDF print templates using your printers printable area dimensions.
@@PatternLabLondon Makes perfect sense to me. The Artboards are continuous and if they are the same size as the printable area, there will be no gaps in the prints. Registration marks will line up. I have to try it. I think finding the exact size of my HP laserjet might take some trial and error.
@@PatternLabLondon yes, thank you so much for the help! The thr end it was 2 matters: make less points and also it was a problem from my printing machine 😊
Hi Michelle, I've not used that software before. It all depends on how they output their files. I would recommend asking them directly. Adobe Illustrator accepts Ai, SVG, PDF and DXF. I hope that helps.
Hi Carolina, Yes absolutely as long as the fabric has a stretch ratio of around 20% you should be fine. We have a tutorial to show you how to find the stretch ratio of the fabric. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/HgXg0nSh7wY/w-d-xo.html
@@PatternLabLondon its around 30 but i want it to b fitted not baggy but i wanna get the design lab graded pattern for the body con dress ... soo was i wondering if 25 or 30 % 💭35% if 35 is too much.... jus stick to the 20% designlab graded pattern for milkshine nylon spandex
Quick pro tip ! Any FedEx location ( or print shop ) and print 36 inches wide and as long as you like… I printed three dresses and two basic blocks for less than 20$. It’s so fast and the paper is lovely
Just a tip for those not in the position or wanting to pay for illustrator. Inkscape (open source and free of cost) now also has the option for multipage layout. The workaround is a bit different, but it is a great option.
Thanks for the great tip!
Thanks for the video! Maybe this tip could save someone some time. Once you copy your elements you can click on your next artboard and go to edit "Paste in Place" or "Paste on All Artboards". You would only need to copy 2 of the registration marks for most of the pages. This eliminates having to align.
Thanks for the tip! That's a great idea/ tip. It would be more accurate and save time! I'll try it. Thanks again.
@@PatternLabLondon the shortcut for paste in place is "ctrl/cmd f" instead of "ctrl/cmd v" after copying with "ctrl/cmd c"
Can't thank you enough Ralph, you are amazing and this came at the right time 👏
You're so welcome... Enjoy!
Excellent video! Best explanation! I didn’t know so many people want to make sewing patterns!
No problem at all. I'm glad it was helpful!
I know this video is old, but just found. Thank you for teaching this. BTW, the "inch" symbol is a double quote " the singe quote ' you used is for feet, which is why you didn't see it make the correct hash mark when you were copying your first inch line.
Ah! OK, that makes sense. I should probably know that. Thanks for letting me know. I normally use cm so not that used to inches.
Fabulous tutorial. The best video for making a print template. Thank you!
Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this. I have been searching for a video exactly like this for months!!!
You're so welcome!
Honestly what a great video! Thank you so much!! I was so scared to try make something like this and now I'm super chill! THANK YOU!! 🙏
You're so welcome!
Thank you very much for the useful information, great narration.
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful. Just what I was looking for.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your work :D
Really loved your video. Helped my very much. Thanks!!!!!!
That's great to hear. I'm so glad we could help!
thank you verry much! amazing tutorial, this is what i'm looking for a long time ago.
No worries, glad it was helpful!
this was so well explained. I am fairly new to illustrator and this was just perfectly explained. thank you so much
Thanks! You're very welcome, enjoy!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, it helped me so much. I really appreciate it!
No problem at all. You’re very welcome!
Great video, thank you! I am now printing my first pattern
That's fantastic news! Congratulations.
Thank you, very educational and I feel confident about creating a pattern template. ❤
You are so welcome!
This is the best video on youtube, thank you!
Thank you that's a really lovely comment! I'm glad we could help.
Thank you, for letting me know new techniques.
Any time! Glad it helped you out :D
Great tutorial! This solves many problems for me, in drafting and other art purposes.
That's great to hear!
Thank you so much!!!🥺Im moving of country and I was looking for a complete tutorial to make digital all the patterns, because I cant take with me all that binders i have with patterns🙈🙈🙈. Your video is the best i found, that was my question, how to do it with a home printer.
Glad it was helpful!
I have watched and learned so much from your videos, please make a video on grading patterns in AI.
Thank you for the great content.
We have a tutorial that demonstrates how grading might be done in Adobe Illustrator but not how to grade. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/9ck_aScUQiE/w-d-xo.html. I hope it helps.
Thank you sooooooooooooo much!!!! I wish i found this video before. much much applicate
Glad it helped!
Wow! That was such a helpful tutorial - thank you! Hitting the subscribe button now ☺
Awesome, thank you!
Just found your channel, thank you for these videos! Great refresher and some updated methods for apparel design techniques. Really appreciate your timestamps!
You are so welcome!
Excellent video-this is exactly what I was needing to learn for larger patterns I design-and you taught it very well!
You're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!
Very helpful. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Seriously, thank you so much!
You're welcome! Enjoy.
Thanks so much for your amazing tutorials!
My pleasure, glad you like them!
best video on this subject. watched tons of videos but no one covered this detailed like you did!
edit- how are you gonna make this template if we are going to print in multiple printers?
Thank you for your lovely comment! Great question. We've already created a downloadable print template pack that has been tested on a variety of printers. You can download it here: patternlab.london/home/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PDF-PRINT-TEMPLATE-PACK.zip. Otherwise, find your printer's printable area and reduce it by around 1- 1.5cm on both width and height. Then create your PDF templates using this print area. You could reduce it even further to absolutely ensure it fits most printers, however, you will produce patterns that require more pages to print the same pattern.
@@PatternLabLondon Omg! thank you for everything! love your tutorials
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Bu harika bir haber! Zevk almak
you are the best! thank you!!
You're welcome! I'm glad i could help.
Thank you for the great videos! I wish I'd know about this technique years ago. Setting up the artboards was very simple but I couldn't get it to print properly until I added bleeds. My artboards are 16" x 10" (tabloid paper) but printed on the top left of the page unless I added a 1/2" bleed on all sides. I'm too embarrassed to tell you how long it took me to figure that out!
I've got a background in web design, with strong programming skills, so I decided to write a script for the page numbering. It's heavily commented so it should be pretty easy to tweak for positioning and font style. Unfortunately, TH-cam doesn't seem to allow links in the comment field so I can share it.
Hmmm. I didn't know you couldn't share links. Possibly write it without the and I can repost it. If it helps people then brilliant.
thank you!!!
You're welcome!
God bless you, thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
omg this is vid is so helpful, thank you very much!!!
I'm glad it was helpful! Enjoy.
Thank you, great tutorial! I have one question though. How do I get a line where the pages will be cut (or I guess a line around each page) that will work as a guide to help cut the pages straight before glueing them together?
You could draw a rectangle (using the "rectangle tool" - keyboard shortcut = M) around each page and then give it a line width (no fill) of 1pt. Do this for each page and when printed you would see a bounding box that displays where to cut the page. Be aware your pattern will have a line over each A4 PDF page. Maybe make the line colour a light grey and about 0.5pt to make it less prominent but still visible. I Hope that helps!?
Thnx
You;re very welcome!
What an awesome tutorial!! Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort into making this video! I have one question though. When I print my whole template, a couple of pages get scaled up or down by 2 or 3 millimeters and the registration marks don't match perfectly. This may be a problem with my printer, but I would like to know if this is normal and has happened to anyone else too.
I kinda average the positioning out and in the end it comes out ok, but it is bugging me lol
Make sure you are printing to scale and the print templates are the correct size for your printer. Use A4 for UK printers or US letter for US printers. You can even reduce the size of your print area to ensure your pattern and the markers are within the printers print area. I hope that helps?
For those of you using Mac to print and you're printing directly from Adobe Acrobat, you may run into the same annoying problem that I was running into. Just make sure the "page sizing and handling" is set to "poster" not "size"
Thanks for the tip!
Will it still be accurate though? The preview looks very off with "poster" selected. I'm having the same printing issue :/
Hi Ralph! I wanted to ask - why did you decrease the length and width amounts on the print area measurements by 3 centimeters for the print area? If you stated it, I do apologize I missed it. Great tutorial...this series is awesome.
We reduce the length and width to create an area that most printers can print. The resulting area is the print area. We've reduced it by such an amount so that it should work with all printers, regardless of their printable area. If you know your printers print area, then you can define your artboards to match, saving paper. I hope that helps.
Long-time seamstress, first time adobe user here. This video is incredibly helpful!! Thank you SO MUCH! 🙌
You're so welcome!I'm glad you are enjoying the courses and tutoirials!
Hello,this setup works on A4 size 8.27 by 11.26 inches ? My print won't accept to change for A4 size 210 by 297 mm....
Thanks for this video. I have a pdf pattern that someone on Fiverr made me but she made it the wrong size so I tried to use this technique to fix it. Tip for anyone who has Photoshop, not Illustrator; the two are not interchangeable. After setting up artboards in PSD I found it won't let me paste a pattern on a layer above them; it forces the pattern into a single artboard. I think it's because the artboards aren't a normal layer in PSD; they're some kind of an artboard entity with different rules. So I guess I'll download a 30 day trial of IL to get my pdf. Thank you for this video, though, it was very helpful.
Thanks for letting us know. I've never tried pattern making in Photoshop. I'm not sure if it's a good place to try. You will learn a lot and have fun creating patterns in Adobe Illustrator though. Good luck!
this was amazing! My only thing would be how to delete unwanted artboards?
Thanks for your comment! You can delete unwanted art boards by clicking File>Document Setup> "Edit Artboards" You will then be able to click to select any Artboard. Once it is selected, click backspace on your keyboard to delete it. I hope that helps!
I'm probably being daft, but when I followed this tutorial and printed through PDF it still didn't work and there are no cutting lines so I found it hard to match together, is there something I'm missing in the printing process?
Did you add registration marks or the diamonds at each corner? These will show you where to cut each page edge. I would recommend following the tutorial again are giving it another go. Otherwise you can download our PDF print template pack using this page: patternlab.london/home/newsletter-sign-up/
first of all thank youvery much for all your brilliant videos... they are so good and helpful.... but i have a little problem... at the 24.57 min when you paste your pattern into your artboards.... on mine i have only half my pattern showing... it is completly blank on the second artboard... can you please help me thank you very much
Hmmm. That is odd. Possibly you are pasting your pattern into a clipping mask. I would double click your mouse away from the artboard (grey area around the artboards). This should exit any clipping mask. Try then to re-paste your pattern.
Thank you I don't really know what I did but after a few goes I manage to do and pasted my pattern in the right place . Thank you for your videos and all your hard work that you share. I really appreciate it. Cheers and Take care
I have a problam I did all the steps, but when I want to print the pattern in pdf it is not centered it is on left side on and the top, so when I want to print it it cuts top and one side, please can you help me fix this issue?
It sounds like your template is too big for your printers print area. Follow the steps again, this time making sure you know your printer's print area. The height and width measurements. Finally create artboards that fit that area. Reducing the artboard's measurements by 1cm for width and height might help also. Good luck!
@@PatternLabLondon I had the same problem until I added a bleed to make up the difference in artboard/paper size. For example, my artboards are 16 x 10 with a 1/2" bleed to make the total size 17 x 11 (tabloid).
very thanks 🤩
No problem at all!
Simply Brilliant!
Is there a way to add a watermark across the PDF template?
Yes, you could always place an image of your brand's logo over the top of each page. Simply, copy and paste the logo to each artboard, position it as you wish and move it to the top of the layers ensuring it sits above your pattern. Finally, save the document and add password protection. I hope this helps!
@@PatternLabLondon
Thank you, I’m slowly learning from your tutorials, which are very good 👍
please can you teach clear add pattern in the end of the video, i don't know how to copy and paste. thank you so much
Once you've created your PDF print template, simply open your digital pattern inAdobe illustrator , select the entire pattern, copy and paste it to the PDF print template. Then arrange your patterns to fit and save it as a PDF document. you can then print it. We have a tutorial on how to do this here: patternlab.london/home/project/create-pdf-sewing-patterns/
Super man
Thank you so much 😀
How does this take into consideration any laser printer will not print to the edge of the paper? A4 or Letter? It seems to me that some of your pattern will get cut off.
The artboard dimensions are created to match the printer's printable area. Therefore, when the pattern pieces are added to the artboards or PDF print template, they will print within the printers printable area and not require borderless printing. It's hard to explain but the concept has been tested many times and works well. Simply create your artboards and PDF print templates using your printers printable area dimensions.
@@PatternLabLondon Makes perfect sense to me. The Artboards are continuous and if they are the same size as the printable area, there will be no gaps in the prints. Registration marks will line up. I have to try it. I think finding the exact size of my HP laserjet might take some trial and error.
thank you, when I distribute vertically or horizzontally they dont distribute equally. i tried everything and I do not know why
Yep... We definitely had a conversation about this on the phone. I'm glad we managed to fix it!
@@PatternLabLondon yes, thank you so much for the help! The thr end it was 2 matters: make less points and also it was a problem from my printing machine 😊
Am I able to import patterns/files from PAD system into illustrator to do this?
Hi Michelle, I've not used that software before. It all depends on how they output their files. I would recommend asking them directly. Adobe Illustrator accepts Ai, SVG, PDF and DXF. I hope that helps.
will your 20 % stretch dress graded pattern work for lycra fabric or nylon spandex ?
Hi Carolina, Yes absolutely as long as the fabric has a stretch ratio of around 20% you should be fine. We have a tutorial to show you how to find the stretch ratio of the fabric. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/HgXg0nSh7wY/w-d-xo.html
@@PatternLabLondon its around 30 but i want it to b fitted not baggy but i wanna get the design lab graded pattern for the body con dress ... soo was i wondering if 25 or 30 % 💭35% if 35 is too much.... jus stick to the 20% designlab graded pattern for milkshine nylon spandex
I WAS READY TO SMASH MY PRINTER WITH A BAT! I think this video tutorial just saved its life! Thank you!
Ha ha, I know what you mean! Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! That was amazing! So easy to follow!
Glad it was helpful!
Quick pro tip ! Any FedEx location ( or print shop ) and print 36 inches wide and as long as you like… I printed three dresses and two basic blocks for less than 20$. It’s so fast and the paper is lovely
Great tip!
Thanks for the video! you are amazing!!!
Thank you! You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for your kind guidance.
You're most welcome
Very neat explanation, really helpful, thank you
You're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!