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As stated above, many software's allow you to pick 2 or 3 cutters. One to do the bulk of the cutting and one to do the cleanup work. If your software doesn't have this, the other method is to draw a contour around the detailed section and set your small cutter to do only that section. Then...

Have you ever tried 3M Spray 90?

My advice is show the price difference between vinyl, banner, and paper and let them make their choice. My guess is you'll be printing some paper signs and taping them up.

Here's my take on it: 1. I think carving the letters isn't the best look. To me, applied letters would look more appropriate. If you do carve, I think a flat bottom letter rather than a v-carve letter would be better. Again, just my opinion but it might be wise to iron out these details...

Craigslist. Give a very simple instruction within the ad, something like "Please email me with a simple resume and hours you're available to work." If they can't do that, they aren't a candidate. Also be clear about what you're paying. Hiring without telling the pay shows a lack of...

1. Are you using exterior grade PVC? 2. How deep are you pocketing your sign?

My general opinion is to sub the work out to a painter. Then you come back and do the sign work. Painting, in theory, is pretty simple. Sand. Clean. Prime. Dry. Paint. Dry. Paint. Done. Like any trade, there are key tricks to getting the job done well and fast that you won't know...

A graphic like this, there is no real reason to raster then vector. I have had nightmare graphics that were designed terribly. On those I have no real choice but to raster and then trace. In circumstances where I'm forced to do that, I will try to preserve the original image as much as...

Did you read this thread? Also, quality is very subjective. What I think is good enough may not be by your standards. At this point, I've gotten enough oversized garbage files to know not to simply tell people to go based on file size.

Except for the fact I can easily make a 100mb file that is stupid high resolution that would look like absolute trash if printed. People know to look at the quality of the image. They just don't consider it part of the evaluation process despite it being one of the most important parts. I...

That's really not the way to do it. First, DPI and resolution are not conjoined. DPI is a made up number in the digital world. It just scales an image. If I have a 1000x1000 image at 72dpi or 1000x1000 image at 300dpi, it's the same image until it gets printed. Second, I could easily make a...

Have you and your client done a cost analysis of what the long term cost of doing this is? I was in the trade show world for a few years and shipping a 10x10 carpet around was considered cost prohibitive by just about everyone. One client wanted a custom look so they had carpet tiles shipped...

To put it simply, that image is dog **** and not good for anything other than potentially a small poster or sticker. You need something MUCH higher resolution. How low of a DPI you can print really depends on viewing distance. The further you're away from the image, the lower the DPI you can...

You haven't posted anything about the quality and resolution of your original image. If your original image isn't high resolution AND high quality, you're not going to get good print outs.

I'm going through the same process and I know how hard it is to design a logo, especially for yourself. To me, it doesn't represent a professional business well. It's difficult to read and looks dated. I'd look again at what your target industry is doing. Motocross...

I think there is a lot of valid advice here so I'm going to tweak this design keeping a lot of the ideas in mind and then try one other completely different design. Below is the "original" design rendered in 3D. Likely I'll give the "RM SIGNS" a bit more of an effect by rounding over the...

I'm not thrilled with the B&W version to be honest. My background and main business is in engraving so I spend a fair amount of time converting logos to B&W. This is the only rendition that I found looked pretty good. There's no doubt the logo is primarily designed for color but I felt it was...

Logo for me. B&W on the top obviously. Bottom two are two different color combinations. Colors still need tweaking. I'm going to try to work up another version over the weekend. My #1 priority was making a logo that would look good when made into a dimensional sign, could be used in print...

Inkscape probably.

Oil paints from 25 years ago were great. Now they aren't so much. Latex paints from 25 years ago weren't so great. Now a lot of them are. The reality is, a lot of what made oil paints really good have been taken away due to EPA regulations. As a result, pretty much every paint company out...