Image Prep Guide

How to Prep Your Hat Bar Images
(So They Actually Work)

Want your patches, hats, ropes, or pins to look amazing in the Pixie Hat Bar? Here’s the real way to do it without blurriness, distortion, or janky scaling. Don’t skip this. It matters.

Start with a great photo

  • Lay the item flat on a table
  • Use good lighting (near a window is perfect)
  • Take the picture as close-up and straight-on as you can
  • Don’t shoot from across the room, we need detail!

Open Canva (or your favorite design app)

  • Create a new 800×800 pixel canvas
  • Upload your photo to the canvas

Make the item BIG before you remove the background

  • Drag the corner handles to enlarge the item as much as possible
  • Keep it centered
  • Leave a little margin around it
  • DO THIS BEFORE you remove the background
    → This is the #1 mistake people make

Remove the background

  • Use Canva’s “Background Remover” tool (Pro version required)
  • It should now be a clean image with just the item, no extra space

Final check

  • If your image looks crisp and fills most of the canvas: you’re good
  • If it still looks tiny after scaling: your photo was too small, retake it closer up
  • Save as PNG with transparent background

Ready to Roll

If you’ve made it this far, you’re basically a prep pro. Follow the tips, avoid the flops, and your images will look sharp, clean, and perfectly to scale inside the Pixie Hat Bar. You’ve got this!

Mistakes to Avoid

  • Uploading tiny, far-away photos
  • Removing the background first, then trying to scale
  • Leaving tons of white space around your item
  • Saving as JPG or with a white background

Pro Tips

  • The bigger and cleaner your image, the better it will display in the builder
  • You can use remove.bg (free!) if you don’t have Canva Pro
  • Make sure you measure the real width of each item (in inches) so it scales properly