Design Tips

Custom Car Air Freshener Guidelines

This page contains how-to guides, photo requirements, text styles, and other components to make sure you get the best results on your new custom air fresheners.

Shape Types

We have two processes to design a custom air freshener: custom shape and non-custom shape. Here are two how-to videos how to create the different shapes.

Photo File Types

You can upload PNG and JPG files into the designer tool.

Photo Print Quality

The material of our custom car freshener is absorbent and textured. Our custom air freshener paper is designed to be ultra-absorbent; therefore, it may slightly mute or change colors, especially black, and reduce resolution.

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Best Printing Results

To get the best-looking custom car air fresheners, we recommend you follow these guidelines.

Use Close-Up Photos

By using a close-up photo in your design, you are able to see more detail in the photo. Far-away photos lose definition.

Original Close-Up Design

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Don’t Use Small Text (Non-Custom Shape Only)

You have a choice of turnaround timelines. Your choice should reflect your "ship by" date, and we will do our utmost to stay within the given time frame. Please note that we are not responsible for late receipt of any order due to any unforeseeable circumstances including production issues, supplier shortages, weather-related issues, any circumstances beyond our control or delays on behalf of the shipping company.

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Borders Are Not Recommended (Non-Custom Shape Only)

When you are designing your custom car air freshener, you need to be aware of three different lines: text sWith each cutting of an air freshener, there is a small margin of error where side 1 and side 2 may not align perfectly. This results in a slight misalignment between the two sides of your freshener, causing the border thickness to differ on side 1 and side 2.afe (green), die cut (black), and art bleed (red).

Custom Shape Types

Upload a photo of a person, pet, or car, and our AI technology will automatically cut the shape of the person's face with or without hair, pet head or body, or car.

For Best Results

Upload a photo of a person, pet, or car, and our AI technology will automatically cut the shape of the person's face with or without hair, pet head or body, or car.

Avoid photos where the object color and background color are the same
Avoid photos where the object is really small

Other Freshener Information

Here are some other freshener topics to be aware of.

Cut Lines

When you are designing your custom car air freshener, you need to be aware of three different lines: text safe (green), die cut (black), and art bleed (red).

Text Safe (Green Line) aka Text Line: This is the line where text shouldn’t pass. Text past this line will not be clear.
Die Cut (Black Line) aka Image Line: This is the line where the main image shouldn’t pass. Images past this line will not be clear. Do not have your main image or logo go past this line.
Art Bleed (Red Line) aka Cut Line: Your background should reach this line to prevent white lines along the edges. This area is great for extra background images.

Freshener Yellowing

In certain conditions, the scent may cause yellowing of your personalized air freshener's unprinted areas over time . The more color, the less noticeable the yellowing will be.