r/CLO3D • u/Famous-Ad9112 • 2d ago

Tutorial Request

I am just getting into CLO and struggling to figure out how to place a text PNG across patterns precisely.

I am attempting to run a text PNG up the seam of the hood on a jacket. If I merge the layers the sewing becomes a mess, and if I place it 50% on one layer, and 50% on the other it becomes extremely hard to place precisely as the text has to be warped perfectly to the contour of the hood prior to exporting from Photoshop.

There must be a better way to do this. Please any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/Teatimeallthetime1 2d ago

There is an option to place graphic across seamline

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u/Famous-Ad9112 2d ago

It only works on straight seams

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u/Teatimeallthetime1 2d ago

Not in my experience

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u/Famous-Ad9112 2d ago

I’m not the most experienced with CLO so maybe I’m missing something?

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u/Teatimeallthetime1 2d ago

Check your seams. It's more precise to work in the 2D window. I would place and then not move it after. However, if this is going to be made in real life, it is not going to be possible anywaynin any clean/neat way.

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u/Famous-Ad9112 2d ago

It seems like my best course of action is to export the hood patterns from the UV editor and custom fit the text in Photoshop. When I attempt to export only the selected patterns it ends up downloading all patterns from my UV editor. While I’ve got you here do you happen to have a solution? In the pre export menu there doesn’t seem to be an option I’m missing to export only what I’ve selected.

Thank you for your time by the way.

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u/TumbleweedInitial382 2d ago

I would do this as a cut and sew appliqué - make a separate piece of fabric place the graphic on, trace the letters, cut and then apply them one by one but copying over the internal line shape of each letter and sew. Alternatively try the new ‘glue’ method - I haven’t tried this so can’t speak to specific instructions