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Muhammad Sattar
Muhammad Sattar
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November 16, 2025
Question

Checkered logo to T-shirt mockup

  • November 16, 2025
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My client wants the back logo placed on a white T-shirt, but the logo has a checkered background that he wants to keep and blend naturally into the fabric. Right now it looks like a hard square sitting on top of the shirt instead of blending in. 


What is the best way in Photoshop to blend a checkered PNG background into a white T-shirt so it looks natural and not like a block?

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Muhammad Sattar
Muhammad SattarAuthor
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November 16, 2025

the checkered bg is part of the design and does  not have transparent bg and clients wants the checkerd look but want to to blend in on a plain white t-shirt now it looks like a square

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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November 16, 2025

Can you post a copy of the image so we can see the issue (is it to be screen printed?).

Muhammad Sattar
Muhammad SattarAuthor
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November 16, 2025

Sure thanks for your response. here is the image

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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November 16, 2025

The checkered background is Photoshop's way of indicating you have a PNG file with a transparent background.

If you want to include that effect you need to create it as a separate layer and print it in very light grey.

You need to discuss with your printer the maximam size you can print the square background and how they want the artwork supplied to them.

The light grey can be printed as a tint of the black or as a spot colour.

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