In Adobe Illustrator, design your shrink sleeve artwork as you normally would—full color, large surfaces, bleeds. Do not distort it yet.
Consumer packaging frequently relies on specialty inks to catch the eye on retail shelves. Visualizer accurately displays complex finish combinations:
Modern shrink sleeve designs frequently employ premium embellishments. Visualizer accurately simulates: In Adobe Illustrator, design your shrink sleeve artwork
Modern packaging is intentionally complex to stand out on shelves—think detergent bottles with grip indentations or curved cosmetic jars. Without Studio 10, these are impossible to predict. With it, they become routine.
: To add realistic finishing effects like metallic foils, spot varnishes, or opaque white backings, the design is opened in Studio Visualizer , which provides high-fidelity rendering for final approval. With it, they become routine
| Feature | Studio 10 | Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Visualization & Design Review | Technical Distortion Calculation | | Interface | 3D Window inside Illustrator | Separate Advanced Editor | | Output | 3D PDFs, Images, Movies | Distorted Production Files (Print-ready) | | User | Graphic Designers, Brand Managers | Structural Designers, Prepress Operators |
Designing 3D Shrink Sleeves with Esko Studio and Visualizer Shrink sleeves present a unique challenge in packaging design. Designers must account for extreme geometric distortion caused by heat shrinking. Physical prototyping is slow and expensive. Esko Studio, coupled with Visualizer and the Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves, solves these problems by providing an accurate 3D digital design environment. The Shrink Sleeve Challenge or opaque white backings
Load the structural 3D file (.3ds, .obj, or Collada) of your vessel into the Studio Toolkit.