TAG CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE

Finally! What you’ve been waiting and asking for: an ASTRO customization engine that enables you to customize and print your own designs directly on A40 and A30 Speaker Tags. We’re so stoked about the ASTRO Tag Customizer, that we’re inviting you to use our beta version. Sure it’s brand new and we are still working out some kinks, but we love what we’ve seen so far and want you to try it too!

Below is a quick guide to help you get the best results. We expect to learn from you, our loyal fans, through this process as well. Please check back for tips, tricks and cheats that we think improve the process of creating your personal tags.

STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR BASE TAG

If you choose Pilot or Skull tags you’ll get to add custom text in step 2. Choosing the Camo or Blank Tags gets you full customization with our sweet clipart icons or the option to upload your own images.

STEP 2: CUSTOMIZE IT

OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: PLEASE DON’T’ USE IMAGES YOU DON’T HAVE RIGHTS TO PRINT… like logos or art from Halo, WoW, MLG, Xbox, PlayStation, NFL, Nike, etc. YOUR SUBMISSION WILL BE LOOKED AT BY HUMANS, so if our legal dogs don’t like it, we’ll likely reject it and have to ask you to start over. We want you stoked, so save us the hassle, avoid inappropriate images/language and use ONLY what you are authorized to use.

A: ADDING TEXT

- Choose the BASE tag you want to add text to, over on the right
- Enter your custom text in one of the text boxes on the left. Each text box can hold two lines of text.
- Choose the font, size, and color with the controls surrounding that text box.
- Back over on the tag, drag the text box to the position you want it.
- Make any tweaks back over in the text boxes, and repeat until you’re happy.

B: ADDING CLIPART

- Choose the “artwork” tab underneath CUSTOMIZE IT in Step two.
- Browse the collections and use the scrollbar to see the different icons available. Click on an icon to PREVIEW it on your selected tag over to the right.
- All the icons are scalable. Drag the corners to size, and the others to stretch. Drag the image itself to place. You can also use the “zoom image” controls to keep the image centered while changing the size.
- If you get stuck, or can’t find the corners… grab the center of the image and move it until you can grab the corner, OR click the “reset image” button below the tags and try again.

C: ADDING CUSTOM IMAGES

- Choose the “Upload my own” radio button under the artwork tab.
- Use the BROWSE button to locate that perfect image on your computer. File types are limited to .eps, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif and .png and restricted to 5MB or less. Click upload to place it on the selected tag and in your image gallery.
- Drag the corners to size, and the others to stretch. Drag the image itself to place. You can also use the “zoom image” controls to keep the image centered while changing the size.
- Try to have images cover the entire tag surface for the best result. Tags are roughly 2 3/8” or 58mm “squircles” so try to use images already this size.
- For real editing wizardry, or if you want your artwork or logo to sit on a Tag, you’ll need to use an image editing program to remove any background for the Tag’s background finish to show through and save the file as a .eps, .png, or .gif.

FOR THE GRAPHICALLY SAVVY:
- Use .eps files and CMYK mode for the best possible print.
- Transparent images will reveal the base tag which is glossy, this is fine for white tags, but when choosing black tags, be careful when using transparencies in your artwork. There is a base layer of white paint that gets applied below your design, which can result in a thin white outline around your design on the black tags.
- Using a solid black background also applies to black tags when using any transparent gradients or drop shadows.

D: COPYING TAGS

- You’ve nailed that first Tag. Want Tags two and three the same? Select the first Tag and click “copy” right above it. Then click paste above the tags you want to apply it to. It copies everything. Done.

E: TAG THREE ISN’T LIKE THE OTHERS

- Don’t forget our third Speaker Tag has a hole in it for our sweet unidirectional mic. Adjust your Tag design with this in mind.
- If you always run your mic on a certain side, the mic body will block the front bottom corner of that tag a little. Tweak your design with this knowledge for bonus points.
- On the Pilot and Skull Tags you’re limited to a single line of text to keep things from getting messy.

F: BLURRY WARNING

- An error message, ‘Image may appear blurry when printed’ pops up when your image falls below 150 dpi, or more simply, when you’ve made it bigger than it should be for the quality of the image. You can solve this by making it smaller, or choosing a better quality image.
- If you’ve made your masterpiece in an editing program and are getting this message, check your workspace and source images dpi settings.

FINALLY: TWO THINGS

Please check back for updates and send us your own tips here customizer@astrogaming.com or the link at the bottom of the site. We’ll continually improve the ASTRO Tag Customizer with your help. We will try to get you exactly what you ordered… but since YOU are the creator, double and triple check your tag art before ordering. We can’t take it back and we want you to be happy gamers.

– The ASTRO Crew