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TECHPACK GUIDE

A techpack is a clear informative blueprint of your garment. It’ll tell the manufacturer
what material(s) to use, the types of graphics you want, the measurements you want for
your garment, and all the information necessary to make this piece of clothing exactly
how you want. The clearer your techpack is, the better and more accurate your clothing
will turn out once it’s made. If your techpack is messy and unclear and withholds
important information, the manufacturers won’t make executive decisions to “fix” your
instructions, they just follow instructions, so that is all on you. Be sure to be clear,
concise (due to language barriers), and thorough. You can find a techpack template on
seaggs.com (I will link all relevant digital tools at the bottom).

I’m going to show you how NOT to make your techpacks, then I’ll show you the
CORRECT way to make your techpacks. In doing this, you’ll understand why thorough
fully complete techpacks are way more beneficial to you and your manufacturer.

See the next page.

Here is the WRONG way to make your techpack:
Now, here is the CORRECT way to build your techpack (this is an example techpack I
made that’s included in my Seaggs Techpack Template that you can grab here):

Link to CORRECT techpack example:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOKzpyJrpWux4LtL97vlh9gB2Gu-MeA4/view

As you can see in the correct techpack above, each aspect of the production of the
garment is explained.

-The completed mockup is visible on page 1.

-The measurements are explained on page 2 and 3.
-The colors and adornments/embellishments are explained on page 4.
-Different points of interest and things to make note of are shown on page 5 and 6.
-Labels, tags, and packaging are shown on page 7.
-Garment graphics are shown with measurements on page 8.
-Extra details like vintage wash are shown on page 10 (could also be on page 4).

You always want to be as clear, concise, and thorough as you can. Do NOT just throw
your clothing mockup in a software and type text all around it like I did in the WRONG
example above^. I had an Instagram follower message me with his techpack and it was
the worst I have ever seen. It was block paragraphs of text, with intersecting lines and
arrows overlapping the mockup and graphics and text, it was a MESS. Please don’t do
that, your manufacturer will thank you for it and have a much better and easier time
reading your techpack so they can PROPERLY and ACCURATELY make exactly what
you want.

Another note is that since manufacturers only follow instructions, f you don’t provide
enough details for your project, they’re going to fill in those gaps, which you may not be
happy with.
Let me explain with some specific examples that I have personally dealt with:
1. Let’s say you forget to write down the measurement of the trap stitch on a hoodie (the
area that lies between the side of the collar and the top of the shoulder stitch, where
your trapezious muscle is). I’ve had manufacturers use their own measurement on that,
and when I told them to do a drop shoulder I didn’t specify how “dropped” it was really
meant to be. And the clothing sample came out with sleeves that fit on the body wayyyy
too long. The ACTUAL sleeve length was correct, but the super dropped shoulder
placement made the sleeves even longer than they were supposed to be. I now need to
order a new sample; it cost me more money and more time waiting. All of this happened
because I didn’t include that one small measurement.
2. If you don’t include an exact Pantone color for a graphic, the manufacturer may try to
visually color match. This is bad because your computer screen will display colors very
differently than the computers they use. This is due to the brightness of the screen,
quality of the screen/computer/device, color correction settings in the computer system,
different software and file types can also display colors differently due to being either
RGB or CMYK color codes. If you don’t know the Pantone colors of your graphics but
you have the graphic in design software, then you can convert the hex code into a
Pantone color using a website like this one here. A hex code is a 6 digit alphanumeric
sequence of numbers that correspond with a location on a color picker. Not all hex
codes have a corresponding Pantone color, but you can manually find a similar color in
the link i provided above suing the website’s provided color picker.

3. I made my gray Armored Puffer Jacket with 2 breast pockets that have a long strap
hanging from the pocket flap opening. It was meant to have a hidden snap button that
closes the pocket flap to the body of the pocket. Since it was meant to be hidden, it
wasn’t apparently visible in my clothing mockup and I never made a note of it; this detail
slipped my mind as I was creating the techpack. When I received my first sample, it
actually included the snap button, it was a pleasant surprise they got it right. However
the torso length of the puffer jacket sample was too short by about 2 inches. I
resampled the puffer jacket with the corrected torso length measurement but on the 2nd
sample, it was missing the breast pocket hidden snap button. This was probably
because it wasn’t initially explained, they forgot about that detail, a different
person/team made this sample, or communication was lost/forgotten. There’s kind of 2
lessons in this paragraph: be clear with all the possible details of your garment and be
mindful that sometimes the manufacturer will fix an issue(s) for the next sample but may
forget other previously correct details. Mistakes happen, there’s always a margin of
error so keep that in mind during these sampling processes.

4. You submit your techpack and everything looks good, but when you get your first
clothing sample, the graphic that’s meant to be printed is pixel-y and not sharp,
sometimes it can look blurry. This is probably because your graphics were not
vectorized. If your graphics are not vectorized then they must be pixelated. Adobe
Photoshop works with pixels, and Adobe Illustrator uses vectors (uses math to keep
lines, edges, and curves sharp). Always double check your graphics to make sure they
arent [too] blurry and pixelated before submitting.

5. It’s always best to provide reference pictures in your techpack. Show manufacturers
references for fabric wash, different stitch types, seam panels, a type of hardware style
you want like patina or tarnished, or anything that may be difficult to explain or
communicate, reference pictures help a lot.
One specific thing that some of you might ask is where did I get my measurements and
graphics from. I made the graphics myself in Adobe Illustrator and I made the
measurements myself using my own measurement pattern pack I created. A techpack
template is merely an organized form that allows you to plug in all your information to be
easily readable by your manufacturer. There are many different clothing techpacks out
there that look different but they all serve the same purpose. It doesn’t really matter
which techpack you use as long as you can display all the necessary information for
your manufacturer (as seen in the list above this paragraph).

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I hope this short guide helped and informed you in some way.
This techpack was created using my:

-Seaggs Techpack Template (the CORRECT techpack example that you saw earlier^).
You can grab that here using this 25% off discount code: SEAGGS4U. Saves you $2.5.

-Seaggs Clothing Vector Mockup V2 (The hoodie mockup used was directly from my
mockup pack, pre-made and ready to modify for your clothing projects). You can grab
that here using this 25% off discount code: SEAGGS4U. Saves you $7.

-Seaggs Measurement Pattern Pack (17 pre-made garment patterns with

measurements size small-3XL. Includes Hoodies, shirts, sweaters, and sweatpants).
You can grab that here using this 25% off discount code: SEAGGS4U. Saves you $36.

-Seaggs Mockup Modifiers Pack (Used for the star zipper on the example techpack’s
page 4. Modifier pack has pre-made zippers, zipper teeth, buttons, drawstrings,
pockets, and more) You can grab that here using this 25% off discount code:
SEAGGS4U. Saves you $4.

I also have some bundles that have tons of clothing brand digital assets at big
discounted prices here.

Happy Designing!