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a few questions.
1. Is it all raster or a combo of both raster and vector?
2. Exporting "selected" ?
3. Export the eps then import the eps file back into corel. Black box there?
4. What eps settings are you using?
simple.
Open the Object Properties docker
without anything selected click on the dimension tool
click on the dimension tab of the docker and set your properties, use the text tab to alos set properties
once you have them all set go Tools\Save Setting as Default
Set everything up in Illy and use the FineCut plugin to do your cutting. Can't get any simpler and doesn't cost you a dime. We use this method with CorelDRAW.
Clients won't spend $$ for art time and employers don't take kindly to time spent on them.
Clients want you to use their crappy logo.
Clients want something the same day they walk in.
For signs in high speed traffic i.e. 55mph the message needs to be much more simple.
How about some pics of...
FYI...
Eglin Air Force Base McKinley Climatic Lab is used to test various equipment, aircraft, tires etc has a temperature range from −80 °F (−62 °C) to 140 °F (60 °C).
140° F + pvc = tremendous warpage
We're actually about 60 miles from the area. I have family working/volunteering in the hard hit areas. A nephew who works at Publix in town here is driving over to a Publix that has no power and no running water. He's working 14hr shifts.
Agree here. Make sure it's the original and not snagged off facebook or passed through many hands with their own little photoshop/photopaint trickery applied.. Facebook downsamples photos.
Wow, never tried using the weed function in flexi. We only using production manager for printing. All weeds are created in the native program the design resides. All cutting is done from the same native program too.
Make it a "fun" font. Make the first letter "Arial 100" and the rest "Arial 110"
"Do whatever you think"..."That's not what I wanted at all"
"looks purple on my screen, please ensure it's blue"
And from a "schooled designer"..."it's already sized" ...uh not!
Ha...as a retired USAF graphic designer, I wrote a view of those "justification" letters. As mentioned always throw in "the mission" and how critical it is to be produce "visual information" in a timely manner. It is that time of year you know. $$
p.s. latex is the way to go if budget allows...
As for regulations and such for signage we don't have any set guidelines here. Only occasionally will we get requests with specific guidelines i.e. Public Hearing signs or major construction zone signage. Other than that "bigger is always better". Short messages, not text heavy.
Don't think for...
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