Graphic t-shirt production for white shirts works by PERMANENTLY bonding the graphic image to the fabric. When producing an image using the sublimation application, the image will look EXACTLY as it appears on the application medium, and become one with the garment fabric. The process appears real on white garments. Non-white light-colored garments, the white in the graphic image is absent and replaced with the color of the garment.  
 
All-over printing is sometimes referred to as 3D Shirts because the process can produce graphics that appear to be three-dimensional.  The process requires covering the majority of the garment with graphics.