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Launch Product Workflow

Create a Design

Use the design step to create artwork, add colorways, and prepare the asset that drives mockups and listings.

Updated 2026-04-10

What This Step Does

This is the live design step inside Launch Product. It is where you:

  • write the design prompt
  • choose placements
  • attach a logo or image
  • generate, edit, regenerate, or go back
  • add colorways for additional garment colors
  • review the result in available preview modes

If you have not set up Brand DNA yet, do that first. The design step works without it, but Brand DNA usually makes the first result more usable.

Where To Start

Open Launch Product from the dashboard sidebar, then select the blank product you want to work on.

Vaybel dashboard Generate Design page showing placement buttons, prompt box, design history, and the Tips and Tricks panel.
The live design step shows placement buttons, the prompt box, the attach menu, and the Tips & Tricks panel.

DTG Versus All-Over Print

DTG

For DTG products, think in defined print areas: front, back, sleeves. DTG works best when the prompt is explicit about what should appear on each placement.

All-Over Print

For all-over print, think about the entire garment surface. That usually works best with seamless patterns, gradients, repeated motifs, or a hero graphic with supporting background treatment.

Placements

Placements are the named print areas for the current product (Front, Back, Left Sleeve, Right Sleeve).

  • If you want different artwork in different places, say so clearly.
  • If you want one idea across multiple placements, describe all of them in one prompt.

Logo and Uploaded Images

The + menu in the prompt supports two asset paths:

  • Use Logo — reuse the logo stored in Brand DNA
  • Upload Image — attach a one-off image or graphic

The prompt should mention the attached asset explicitly, for example: "place my uploaded logo centered on front" or "use my uploaded graphic on the back and keep the front minimal."

Generate, Edit, Regenerate, Back

  • Generate creates a design from scratch
  • Edit refines the current design
  • Regenerate keeps the direction but gives you a fresh variation
  • Back returns to the previous design state

If the direction is wrong, change the prompt. If the direction is right but the execution is weak, edit or regenerate.

Colorways

Colorways let you add additional garment colors to the same design without creating separate products. This is available for DTG and embroidery products.

After generating the initial design on one garment color, use the color strip on the right side of the preview to add more colors. Vaybel renders the same artwork on each new garment color automatically.

How it works:

  • The first color is the master design.
  • Each additional color becomes a colorway — a child design that shares the same artwork.
  • You can add up to five colorways per product.
  • At listing time, all colorways become color variants within a single listing. One listing, multiple colors, all size variants per color.

If a colorway needs different artwork (for example, inverting a dark design for a light garment), you can customize it independently so it no longer shares the master's placements.

Preview Modes

The preview menu can show:

  • Mockup Preview — the fastest check for how the design reads on product imagery
  • 3D Model — useful when the product has a model-based preview
  • 2D Pattern — especially relevant for all-over print when surface coverage matters

Not every product supports every preview mode.

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