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A lot of people have been asking how to design a fantasy football shirt or a classic Football shirt yourself. Well, this tutorial is made by Sean, a member of the graphics team of fmdiscussion, (join them if you like Football Manager) and in it he explanes how to make good looking football shirts with a program called photoshop. First, if you don't have it, download the free version of photoshop on this page Here .To begin, load the template of whatever kit style you want from the Template pack. I will be using the Mitre template. To download the pack, Click here . Full credit to packmanch When the template has loaded into Photoshop, you should have this in your layers view:
 Click the drop down of the brand, and you will have a number of different kits. To view each kit, click on the eye box:
Once you have done this, you will see the original of the kit. Now you can start making your kit.
Click the drop down of the kit, and you will see what is contained inside: 
Each folder has its own layers. For the kit I chose, my folders are ‘Collar’, ‘Logos’ and ‘Details’. Click the drop down of any of the folder and you will see layers that correspond to the folder. Highlight a specific layer, and then click the black ‘f’ on the bottom of the layers box: 
Now click on ’colour overlay’. The layer will automatically change to red if it hasn’t already been changed by the creator of the template, but this doesn’t matter. Click the coloured box next to the blend mode. You will now have this: 
You will now be able to change the colour of the layer to whatever you like. You will see from the screenshots that I have chosen a dark grey- black colour: 
PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT, AND I MEAN, DO NOT USE #000000 AS THE COLOUR BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SHOW THE TEXTURE. YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN FROM THE FOLLOWING SCREENSHOT: 
Looks stupid, doesn’t it? I recommend you to use a slightly lighter version, like #222222.
Anyway, you will now have a layer a different colour to the rest. I tend to repeat the colour overlay with the other layers: the collar and the patterns. When you have done this, you should have something similar to me: 
You may want to check what each layer is before changing its colour, as some of the layers may be ‘seams’, so they will need to be the same colour as the main colour of the kit.
Now it is time to add the logo and sponsor.
Open your desired logo. Erase any excess bits, i.e. white background. When you have done this, copy and paste into a new document so it is just the logo. To copy and paste I tend to do the following: Hold Ctrl, then click A, C, D and W. When asked to save, click ‘No’.
You now need to change the image size. Go to Image- Image Size. I usually change the height to 35-40px. Paste onto the kit. Move the logo to around wherever you feel comfortable with.
Now you need to add the sponsor. Open your sponsor, and repeat the steps you took for the logo. Once you have removed any excess off of the sponsor, change the width so it fits reasonably well onto the kit. This is what I have: 
But it still doesn’t look quite right. What I tend to do is change the colour of the sponsor to the colour of the patterns, in this case #333333. This is what I now have: 
But it still doesn’t look quite right. What I tend to do is change the colour of the sponsor to the colour of the patterns, in this case #333333. This is what I now have: If you want to change the colour of your kit, the base of the kit is found here: 
I am now more or less done.
If you want to make any changes to give it your own touch, feel free. I have added a 4px stroke round both the logo and sponsor, to give it a stitched feel. If this is what you want to do, make the colour of the stroke slightly darker than the colour of your kit: 
And now you are done. I hope this has helped you. If there is anything you feel I have missed off, or haven’t explained properly, post a reply and let me know. Any questions, feel free to post a comment. Regards,
SeanAVFC : Member of the graphics team of fmdiscussion | 
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