There are many reasons for you to use Frame Overlay Layer as a great solution for zoning of product design. For example, cameras and curves around toward the phone case, the designer zone on t-shirt, picture frames, and numerous products have complex design areas.

So, how to make the Frame Overlay Layer?

I will do it through an example with custom t-shirt. You can see how it work on the live demo here.

When setup the product for customizable design, you will have to create the side first. [Read  How to enable PDC on your product page?]

These are 2 images for each product image side:

+ Overlay image(Frame Overlay Layer)

+ Background image(possible to use backgroud color)

In this example, Overlay images are copied of background images and cut off the designer zone to make it transparent. Only the designer zone is transparent, other zone need to overlap the background image zone and shouldn’t be transparent. (user won’t able to drag out of design zone the objects).

All objects (text, artwork, uploaded photos) will be stay in the free space between background and frame overlay layer.

The final look is combined of Frame Overlay Layer + Objects + Background.

Don’t be worry, administrator will have option to remove the frame overlay and background when received customized design from client if need.

Happy reading and don’t forget to leave a comment if you have any question.

Calvin