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  1. Proper Measure Tool in Ilustrator

    Tried downloading the trial and OS X refuses to expand the download program. Just curious, does it do it Imperial scale? Does it have call out options for 0'-00" When you switch scales, does it freak out and revert your newly made measurements to the other scale? Does it have the option of...
  2. Are sign professionals just giving up?

    That's the nature of "sign shop" design work. Most sign shops are selling signs, when you bang out a good design and it gets grinded down to cr@p, you fight the good fight and get to the next one. Start upping your design game then fire your "sign shop" clients, or raise your rates on them so...
  3. Clients are idiots

    There are idiot clients... you're supposed to fire them. This is NOT an idiot client. Your work on this particular project is marginal at best. When you show marginal work, you open up the idea that the client can do better than you. This is the result. Making the client happy is not part of...
  4. Stacked Cabinets

    I'm assuming a freestanding sign similar to a monument? Have you ever made a monument sign before?
  5. Clients are idiots

    I know it may not be the same "pea" soup, but the best friggin pea soup logo on the planet is Anderson's Split Pea...
  6. Clients are idiots

    Same here...
  7. Just In who did this?

    Well, they do have some crazy little women there... just never thought they had that many...
  8. New Guy Work order

    You might want to try here.... Free Sign Shop Forms
  9. Problem with Omega design

    You want to mess with the 'choke" of the white... that will make the white a little smaller to allow for foil mis-registration.
  10. Question Are flanges and notches [needed] for channel letters? also is this video up to code with outdoor sig

    There are many different types of channel letters, depending on the application, many ways to fabricate them. What you are showing in the video is reverse channel letters made from anodized brushed aluminum, the reason you would use adhesive is because any kind of weld would distort the...
  11. Proofing Software, APP or plugin?

    What type of signs are your designing/presenting? How much detail do you need? I use Hotdoor's CADTools in Illustrator - Shown is what I may show on the second round and final to permit. If all you need is overall size - this may be overkill - Flexi - as quirky as it is might be the cheapest...
  12. Interviewing and testing

    I'm screwed...
  13. Need Help iOS High Sierra and all kinds of problems!

    It may not be... How to downgrade from macOS High Sierra back to macOS Sierra
  14. Interviewing and testing

    My dad was in construction, when he was going to hire someone, he handed them a shovel, and if they could use one, then a broom... you would be surprised how many people have issues with the shovel part of the test... if they did, they never made it to the broom. Interesting to see everyone's...
  15. Need Help iOS High Sierra and all kinds of problems!

    With the latest OS X do you have the latest VMWare Fusion? Did you look to see if there were any issues with VMWare and High Sierra before updating, I see they are High Sierra ready... I have yet to go to High Sierra myself? What version of Adobe are you using? Personally, I am usually one OS...
  16. Question Scale of Artwork for a Window Display

    Oh, and by the way, to the OP, did you look at the Municipal code to see what you are allowed to do? Most cities have restrictions on how much space you can take up with graphics, based on the width of the storefront or area of window space...
  17. Question Scale of Artwork for a Window Display

    I think we covered this before, but since you still lack understanding... we in the US, as archaic as it is, still use the Imperial system... most promotional signs in the US can be done in the metric or in 10ths because the client only cares about what it looks like... but when they require...
  18. Question Scale of Artwork for a Window Display

    I may be misunderstanding your question... are you talking about working in scale or resolution? For scale: This is where Corel - right out of the box - beats Illustrator. Corel has scale tools where you can design in scale and call out your measurements. I use Illustrator, but I have CadTools...
  19. Real Estate logo usage for mock-ups?

    Most states have some level of non-disclosure. A smart employer would have an employee sign a more aggressive NDA. I believe in my state, if I was an employee of a sign company, and I handed over the invoices to a competing sign company (or buddy), or I printed out the invoices to use as...
  20. Real Estate logo usage for mock-ups?

    So, you're going to design for free - on spec - with the the type of potential client that is almost always the kind that cheap out... to potentially sell a sign? On the legalities.. technically, you need permission to duplicate any trademark or copyright. To me, it's just a bad idea to give...
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