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| Joe Bob |
 Dec 1 2004, 03:36 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times  Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None  |
Local print shop was updating it's hardware and got a nice desktop Roland with some supplies for $850
Gotta buy an Adobe Illustrator 10 software package for about 200 bucks....unless anyone has a package they don't use no more....kinda doubt it. Gonna try and do onsite race numbers and side scripts at the track....looks like it only pulls about 1-2 amps and my converter can handle that draw.... Anyhow...thanks for all the suggestions....don't have to rely on my jail bird supplier anymore.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) |
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| skline |
Dec 1 2004, 03:39 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
Mike, PM me, I may have what you need.
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| skline |
Dec 1 2004, 03:41 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
Nevermind, I just checked, it's virgin 9
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| Joe Bob |
Dec 1 2004, 04:11 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Corell Draw will work as well....as long as it can "vectorize" an image.....
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| Rockaria |
Dec 1 2004, 04:25 PM
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ZippidyDoDah... Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 2-May 03 From: Southwest, USA Member No.: 645 Region Association: None |
This may sound ODD. But I find Adobe Photoshop best/most accurate at vectorizing images. But it is a longer process.
With a black and white image (The higher the resolution the better the vector image will be) select everything that is black.Then right click and select "make work path" Set tolerance at .5 (point five). Rename that that path in the paths pallet. Then Click the menu "File" - "Export" - "Paths to Illustrator" to save that newly created path as an AI file. It will save an AI file that you can bring right into most cutting packages like FlexiPro or whatever. I could never make AI's trace feature work very accuratly. Maybe it is just me. I never learned AI as good as I could have, plus I love Photoshop. |
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| SirAndy |
Dec 1 2004, 04:35 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,676 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Rockaria @ Dec 1 2004, 02:25 PM) I find Adobe Photoshop best/most accurate at vectorizing images. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) or, try Adobe StreamLine ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Andy |
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| Part Pricer |
Dec 1 2004, 05:06 PM
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Believe everything I post Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Danbury, CT Member No.: 35  |
Your best bang for the buck is going to be CorelDraw Graphics Suite version 12 (latest version) $85.00 at newegg
I know that Jeroen and I are both heavy CorelDraw users. It's great for vector images and I actually prefer it to Illustrator. |
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| mharrison |
Dec 1 2004, 05:54 PM
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Why do I bother???? Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Madison, MS Member No.: 1,123 |
Let me look around and see what I've got.....You don't need the book do you?
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| Joe Bob |
Dec 1 2004, 06:18 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Duhhh, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) What book?
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