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Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#51
You're going to get sued in the US if you try to market this thing and require voice input. This is potentially a huge accessibility issue.

You've essentially eliminated (most) people who are deaf and people with speech issues from being able to use your product.

It's a neat idea and the design looks like it could be nice but I can't really get past the first page because I cannot use it (no mic attached to this device and I wouldn't want to grant you permission to it anyway.)

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#52

For those that want a text box, I've used https://thisshirtexists.com , works well. Insane that OP's site works with audio and only audio . I mean, who thought the more complicated way to enter text should be not only the default, but the only option at all?

Presumably they’re working on an alternative using device accelerometers to allow Morse code input.

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#53

You're going to get sued in the US if you try to market this thing and require voice input. This is potentially a huge accessibility issue. You've essentially eliminated (most) people who are deaf and people with speech issues from being able to use your product. It's a neat idea and the design looks like it could be nice but I can't really get past the first page because I cannot use it (no mic attached to this devi…

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Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#54

Many complained about voice-only input. I want to highlight a few other aspects that could be improved: 1. Navigation doesn’t work. Sometimes swiping right goes to the next page, sometimes doesn’t. Then you are stuck on the 3rd page and can’t go back. 2. What are points? I have 5 points, got to the payment step - the T-shirt is $25. How am I supposed to use points? 3. The T-shirt that is displayed as a 3D background…

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Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#55

The idea of using stable diffusion to create a t-shirt is compelling, but the execution here leaves a lot to be desired. Randomly, I picked the stencil style and went for "Man with beard base jumping from the Eiffel tower." It produced one really poor image. It wasn't stenciled looking at all. Next I went for pop art and used the prompt "Frog riding a motorcycle". The art style looked like something that an 8 year ol…

It's easier to get good results by generating 2-8 images for each prompt, picking the best result, using that as the starting point for a new run. Tweak the parameters of how close the new image should be to the old one and the prompts, tweak the prompts to address problem areas in the image, generate another 2-8. Rinse and repeat until you have something decent. I doubt that the really impressive SD images are comin…

This is one of those things where op needs to do something similar to what I think midjourney is doing and do prompt optimization.

They need to do some research into what additional prompt cues they can add for the user automatically to bring the user's prompt quality up.

They can append these to the prompt behind the scenes or provide a second text input of the additional prompt data to allow the user to modify that separately from their initial prompt input.

It might even help the user better understand how styling works with prompts.

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#56

I expected it to somehow fill the entire shirt, but apparently it just makes a rectangular patch of the image on a plain black/white shirt. Also, the speech to text doesn't seem to do that well.

The rectangle is probably a limitation of the t shirt printer service they're using, I've also seen that they don't usually fill the entire shirt.

They could print on the entire shirt as that is an option when they setup the store but the profit margin would make it too expensive for a third-party.

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#57
This reminds me of my failed business idea https://indivicia.com/

The problem with printed shirts is that everyone expects them to be cheap-ish. And the Printful quality is low enough that people were upset at a $50 price point. The only tshirts that sell for higher prices are branded ones, e.g. with Marvel characters on them. But then you're effectively selling copyright infringement as a service. And your profit margins will be low overall because Printful and their shipping are rather expensive.

In the end, and with external help, I then acquired and ran https://meowbikinis.com/ for a while. Profit margins were insanely better. Until the lockdowns in China started and the last leftovers of my stock spoiled inside a rented fulfillment center...

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#58
post #49

>Please note at this early stage we only offer shipping to countries outside of Europe. Don't you mean inside?

Probably due to EU tax law. I did the same when I was using Printful with a German company. Shipping to the US is cheap and tax free, shipping to the EU is annoying.

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#59
An important question to ask yourself before you launch a product: when you look at the final result, do you personally think that it delivers on your value prop? If you don't think so, then users, who are often more critical, definitely won't either.

"you don't have to be a fashion designer or graphic artist to create amazing clothes that express your personality. Whether you want to print a simple design or something more complex, 1SEWN makes it easy and affordable to get the perfect item, every time"

Do you think a generic white T-shirt with a small print of a low artistic quality is really expressing anyone's personality? Or that it looks like a "perfect item"?

Re: Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel

#60

An important question to ask yourself before you launch a product: when you look at the final result, do you personally think that it delivers on your value prop? If you don't think so, then users, who are often more critical, definitely won't either. "you don't have to be a fashion designer or graphic artist to create amazing clothes that express your personality. Whether you want to print a simple design or somethi…

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