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T-Shirt Design Software for Windows

Make Your Own Custom T-Shirts and Other Iron On Transfer Crafts

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You can use almost any graphics or creative printing program to design iron on transfer artwork. Ideally the program will have an option to flip or reverse the image for transfer printing or you can manually flip the image in the document. However, there are some t-shirt design software programs specifically for creating personalized t-shirt designs and similar iron on transfer craft projects. These programs are for the Windows platform.

Nova Development: Art Explosion T-Shirt Factory Deluxe

T-Shirt Factory Deluxe Photo courtesy of PriceGrabberT-Shirt Factory Deluxe Photo courtesy of PriceGrabber

Thousands of ready-made designs or create your own with over 28,000 clip art images. This Nova Development package comes with a t-shirt, transfer paper, and bonus photo-editing and creativity software. The T-Shirt Factory also includes a Perfectshirt guarantee. An expansion pack is available with more paper and more clip art and project ideas.

Available as of 2010: Art Explosion T-Shirt Factory Deluxe 3.0 for Windows

 

Hanes T-ShirtMaker Deluxe

Hanes T-ShirtMakerPhoto courtesy of PriceGrabber

Get ready-made t-shirt designs, thousands of clip art images, photos, fonts, easy to use software, a white t-shirt, a blank mousepad, iron-on transfer paper, and an Oops! proof guarantee. And it's under $15.00 if you order just the disc and not the full package with t-shirt and paper.

Available as of 2010: Hanes T-ShirtMaker Deluxe for Windows

Hanes T-ShirtMaker Lite

Screen snip from Hanes2UScreen snip from Hanes2U

This lite version of their T-ShirtMaker product is available for a free download but you have to join the Hanes2u community (it's free). If your needs are basic, this may be all you need.

Available as of 2010: Hanes T-ShirtMaker Lite

T-Shirt & Underwear Maker

T-Shirt MakerT-Shirt Maker

I'm including this software for those who want more options to explore although I know little about it other than the description provided (and it's really, really cheap): "~Over 100 T-Shirt and underwear designs in 25 categories that cover every occasion! ~An option to import your own photos, clipart, and images. ~50 different fonts. ~Toolkit of 850 clipart designs and 100 photos. ~An easy-to-use interface. ~Free 24/7 tech support." 

Available as of 2010: T-Shirt & Underwear Maker for Windows

Focus Multimedia: Create Your Own T-Shirts 2nd Edition

Create Your Own T-Shirts from Focus MultimediaCreate Your Own T-Shirts from Focus Multimedia

This Focus Multimedia (a UK-based publisher) software is a very inexpensive program that offers 200+ templates and 1,000 clip art images. You can also import your own photos to put on a t-shirt. There are some basic photo editing tools (red eye and scratch removal) and a step-by-step wizard to guide you through your t-shirt design. It creates mirror images for printing on transfer paper.

Available as of 2010: Create Your Own T-Shirts Second Edition for Windows

Avery DesignPro

DesignPro for PC from Avery Dennison CorporationDesignPro for PC from Avery Dennison Corporation

T-shirt transfers are just part of what you can do with this free software. Also do labels (hey, it's from Avery), business cards, greeting cards, dividers, and more. And it's a FREE download.

Available as of 2010: Avery DesignPro for PC version 5.5 for Windows

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