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  1. Layout Critique

    it is a little bit of a jumbled mess... readability is very compromised. a lot of very casual fonts. and the clipart one has white elements the other transparent? i think the letters new dawn could be white with a blk outline and show up better and maybe make the oval element a little...
  2. Did I make any money?

    another thing i believe is that we all could get more for our stuff... one by being better designers and craftsmen but the other by being better businessmen. i know i could get more for my sign and graphic work but the thing holding me back right now is me... i don't network in the...
  3. Did I make any money?

    You have to figure in the cost of doing business not just material and your pay and then add enough to make a profit. i have been using $85 per hour that covers rent, insurance, vehicle expenses, utilities, advertising ,etc,.... and i still am only breaking even or a little profit, now by...
  4. Business card layout

    it is crowding the edges way to much ... give it some room. the overlapping "VT" is kind of funky it looks like letters standing in line behind each other not interlocked or with the same importance. the whole card being in italics bothers me as well. with the name VTO GLOBAL maybe...
  5. New Logo

    the designs lack polish ... they have so many things going wrong , and i am saying these things not to hurt your feelings .. have you looked at dan antonelli's graphicd-signs website at some of his stuff or joe diaz diaz sign art. when i see their stuff i am always humbled. take kapelski...
  6. used mimaki cjv30-160

    i was thinking about buying the one for sale in town and didn't know what it might be worth at a year old. i heard $6500 tops
  7. used mimaki cjv30-160

    how much is a used mimaki cjv30-160 worth? a company in town has one for sale said they paid 25k a year ago.
  8. what adobe plug in would you get???

    plugin for illustrator or photoshop...? for photoshop i have 3 i really like, sitegrinder for making websites, vertus fluid mask for removing backgrounds, and alienskin eyecandy for special effects. for illustrator i like Xtreme path for advanced node and shape editing and phantasm...
  9. VJ 1204 stops printing midway thru

    i had my printer hooked up thru at router and had this problem... it would changed the IP address or something. after i hooked it straight to the computer no problems.
  10. how to price efficiently?

    most people will only give pricing info in the premium section... but remember your time is most valuble i use a shop rate of $85 per hr and then mark up substrates and supplies. also keep in mind perceived value, i can sell a car tag for more than a one color 18x24 coro. you can only...
  11. "Silk" feel business cards

    does 4over matte cards have that feel?
  12. Flexi Pro - disappointed

    i don't know about flexi scrolling slow or not performing well, but i do know as a design program for printed material it is not as good as corel or adobe. for cut vinyl only it is excellent. but the price you pay for the program gets you a full function RIP you need to drive your printer and...
  13. High Quality Vector Clip Sets

    GoMedia has some cool vector packs... and the vectorart mega collection is pretty cool
  14. square foot pricing?!

    i try to never give a sq ft price ... even if i price it by the square. when people know your pricing structure they will try to use that knowledge to take advantage. i'm not great with the pricing thing so i use EstiMate software and use a $85 per hr shop rate... so the time involved...
  15. UV print on floor tiles

    can it be done? is it durable? and doesn't any merchant here do it. or is there a merchant that does sublimated tile... i did this once and it work great but was on a wall so no foot traffic to wear it out. the logo would be 60"x60" or maybe laser engraved... i know there would be no...
  16. Pantone Spotcolor Replacement Table LAB

    The RIP will still have to translate LAB to CMYK or whatever inkset you are using right? so you would still need the profiles and rendering intents set up i have read here a lot of people having issues with colors from corel, but there is a lot of people who don't.
  17. Best Vehicle Wrap Design Software

    the majority design in adobe or corel and only use flexi or signlab for the rip. if your package already included a flexi that would RIP, print and cut, and you already have the adobe apps.. i say your salesman shafted you. the only complete designing i do in flexi is for cut vinyl. i...
  18. how digital can bite you in the a$$

    i would try to patch... from a few feet it would be hard to tell. but if it is gonna be viewed up close, total redo. either way i would try to explain to the customer what i was doing and why. if it is a really good customer he might understand and offer some cash. and i would...
  19. WEB Design Software?

    if you are good with photoshop then sitegrinder is a good choice. it runs from the photoshop automate menu and builds your site with out doing coding. i use it and really like it. has a little bit of a learning curve but if you already use PS a lot it is no big deal.
  20. what is the rule of thumb for wrap pricing

    i have wondered this too? maybe they like working for less than minimum wage, all the hours that go into design ,print, install .... i agree there are better profits to be made on other things.
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