Warping image within a Clipping Mask automatically

[Justin28544161hbcs]

Not sure if this is possible or something that can be made to work...but!

I work in Graphics at a Jersey sublimation company and we are always trying to do things a bit moe accuratly, including graphics that go over a seam. Now, when its a male/generic style garment, the side seams ate straight up and down, making for graphics a bit easier to create over that seam.

The real issue comes from womens cuts.

As you can see from my screen cap, women's side seams curve, thus when sewn you looks 2-3 inches of the graphic in the middle.

I am hoping, if possible, that there is a way to warp or something the graphic to fit, but since there are dozens of styles unique with thier curve, along with several sizes per garment, something that could be like a clipping mask that anything placed into it would auto matically warp.

If that makes any sense?  

[Monika Gause]

So envelope does not work?

[Justin28544161hbcs]

It can, but I am looking for something that kind of does it automatically, without having to figure it out everytime. With envelope it would have to be tweaked per design  no?

[Monika Gause]

More automatically than envelope is not possible.

You can use the outline of the shirt as an envelope. (Make with top object). You only need to create the envelope once and then you can use it over and over. You might probably need to set up all your files as template, but that's as far as you can get.