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# Locate artwork in Printarea

It's important to know **how artwork will be placed on printarea**. Why?
Because it affects 2 things:
* **Mockup**: after you add a printarea to a mockup, artwork will show up on the mockup in place of printarea for preview purpose.
* **Order design**: order design is created by placing artwork to the printarea, and fitting artwork to match printarea size.

# How artwork is placed on printarea automatically

By default, artwork will fit in Printarea by:

* Scaling up (if smaller than printarea) to fit width or height of printarea (whichever comes first) & placing center-aligned.
![Scale up to fit](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/ezgifcom-gif-maker_9gdm58.gif)

* Scaling down (if bigger) to fit width or height of printarea (to contain all artwork) & placing center-aligned.
![Scale down to fit](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/ezgifcom-gif-maker-1_118nhpu.gif)

* No part of artwork will be cut off.

++ **This action is done automatically after adding an artwork to a printarea** ++. Users don't need to locate artwork manually.
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However, there are some cases that **artwork will not fit printarea**:

1. **When artwork's ratio is different from printarea's**
Artwork will fit in printarea in a way to avoid cropping off any part of the artwork. Therefore, there'll be some blank areas on order design if artwork's ratio & printarea's ratio do not match.
![Blank area when artwork & printarea do not match](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_1y198ze.png)

2. **When there is a change in printarea size**
If you already add an artwork to a printarea in campaign, but then change the size of that printarea, then artwork will not automatically scale to fit the new printarea size.
![Artwork won't fit automatically after printarea size is changed](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_1t9wcwk.png)

In these two cases, you might need to **edit artwork size to match printarea size**, OR you can **locate artwork manually**.
Please follow the steps below to know how to locate artwork.

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# How you can adjust artwork's position on printarea manually
In campaign editor, after adding an artwork to a printarea, you'll find a **Locate artwork** button under the selected artwork.
Click on it will open a popup to adjust artwork's size and position in printarea.

![Locate artwork popup](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_p0yb9o.png)

By default, if users don't change anything, artwork will place on printarea in the automatic way mentioned in [How artwork is placed on printarea automatically](https://support.teeinblue.com/en/article/locate-artwork-in-printarea-1grzjp0/?bust=1635320069107#1-how-artwork-is-placed-on-printarea-automatically). 
You can use the fields in the left panel, or drag and drop in the right preview, to change artwork size and position.

![Adjust artwork size & position](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_1xuayjd.png)

After locating, click "Save" to **apply the change on mockup & order**.

![Locate artwork applies on mockup and order design](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_gjf71v.png)

|| Any part of artwork which is placed outside of printarea will not show up in mockup and order design.

When there're blank areas between artwork and printarea, you can use **Locate artwork** to ++ **scale up artwork to cover the blank** ++, but be aware that in order to do that, **some parts of artwork will be cut off**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6085dc2a7293d800/image_c35jrc.png)

So you can use this feature to add the same artwork on multi-size products. Read this article to learn more: [article link](https://support.teeinblue.com/en/article/how-to-sell-a-product-with-multiple-sizes-1onlzer/).

||| Remember to locate artwork whenever printarea size is changed.

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## Use a supplier print template

Use your supplier's template to check safe zones and bleed while positioning the Artwork. Choose a template that matches your product and Printarea.

1. Go to **Teeinblue Portal > Campaigns > by Product Base > open a Campaign > STEP 1: ADD PRODUCTS & ARTWORKS**. Under the Artwork assigned to the Printarea, click **Locate artwork > Print Template**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/upload-1/plugin/-/4/f/9/3/4f9341b80ae70800/5330-before_182vybm.png)

2. Select a **PNG**, **JPG**, or **JPEG** file from your computer. The button shows a thumbnail, and the template appears behind the Artwork.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/upload-1/plugin/-/4/f/9/3/4f9341b80ae70800/5330-after_hoz228.png)

3. In the same **Locate artwork** window, adjust **Artwork Size** and **Position** using the template as a reference, then click **Save** to apply the Artwork placement.

* The template stays centered within the Printarea and keeps its original aspect ratio. It has a fixed opacity of 70% and cannot be moved or resized.
* To replace it, click **Print Template** and choose another file. To remove it, click **×** next to the thumbnail.

| The template is a local reference only: it is not uploaded or saved, and never appears in the print file or customer preview. An opaque Artwork can cover the template behind it.

| The screenshot uses a supplier template to demonstrate the tool. Adding a template does not change the Printarea size or output resolution.
