Commercial pre-press, vector reconstruction, and embroidery digitising. We guarantee your brand prints flawlessly at any scale.
You send us whatever files you have. Whether it's a high-res vector, a low-res JPG, or a photo of an old shirt, our pre-press team assesses its print viability instantly.
If your file is blurry or pixelated, our designers manually trace and rebuild the artwork into a razor-sharp vector, ensuring crisp edges for print or embroidery.
We map your brand colours to exact Pantone PMS codes and digitally scale the artwork to fit precisely across different garment sizes (e.g. S vs 3XL).
Within 24 hours, you receive a digital proof showing exactly how the design will sit on the specific AS Colour or JBS Wear garment you selected.
Once you sign off on the proof, the file is instantly converted into press-ready film separations or Tajima stitch files and dropped straight into the production pipeline.
Yes. Logo design, custom illustration, and full branding packages are quoted under our Design Services. This page covers the pre-press side: optimising, cleaning, and reconstructing existing brand assets so they print flawlessly at scale.
Embroidery machines cannot read standard image files. Digitising is the highly technical process of converting your logo into a structured stitch map, dictating thread density, direction, and underlay to prevent the fabric from puckering.
Yes. If your file is low-resolution, we offer a vector redraw service. Our designers will manually trace and rebuild the logo from the ground up so it prints with absolute clarity.
For standard commercial runs, our pre-press team will generate and send a digital garment mockup for your approval within 24 hours of receiving your brief.
Yes. For commercial screen printing, we Pantone-match every run - custom inks mixed to your exact PMS codes. During the artwork phase, we map your digital colours to their precise physical Pantone equivalents.
Standard file checks, scaling, and digital proofs are included free in all commercial runs. Highly complex vector redraws or extensive embroidery digitising incur a one-time setup fee of $50-$80, which we quote upfront.
[ BASE_ESTIMATE: MOST ARTWORK PREPARATION IS INCLUDED FREE WITH COMMERCIAL VOLUME RUNS ]
We don't just make files look pretty on screen. We engineer artwork specifically to interact perfectly with heavy ink deposits and needle tension.
If your design has details too fine for embroidery or lines too thin for screen print, we'll tell you immediately and fix it before you pay.
Our pre-press team works directly with the production floor. Once you sign off, approved proofs hit the machines without delay.
Used Melbourne Merch for Merch for my daughter who's a Musician. Not only were Joe & Chris easy to deal with, they were fast with email reply's, mock up's and help full with any questions I had. The Merch arrived when they said it would and what fantastic quality it all is. The p...
Joanne Brain
a year ago
On behalf of CIEE Melbourne, we had an excellent experience working with Melbourne Merch and especially Joe, who took care of our recent t-shirt order. Joe Giampa was incredibly professional, patient, and supportive throughout the entire process. From refining our designs to mana...
Tharidhu Peries
5 months ago
Outstanding service and top-quality tees! I ordered custom T-shirts from Melbourne Merch for a team event and couldn’t be happier. The turnaround was quick, the print quality was excellent, and the shirts themselves were really comfortable. The team was easy to deal with—straight...
Reecha Kumari
6 months ago
Submit your artwork for a free review. Mockup and quote within 24 hours.
