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  1. Displacement map tutors.

    Thank you for the replies. I will surely look at those links. John buttto.. that tut had a hint I forgot about,, the desaturate function.. I tried using the alpha channels to get the best contrast. Then did the levels to lower the highs and raise the lows but it washes out the details...
  2. JUST A LITTLE sign.

    looks good joe,,,
  3. Displacement map tutors.

    can any one point me to some Displacement map tutorials using photoshop. I have a challenge with a photo and for some reason I cannot get the contrast correct.
  4. New to Sign Industry - Need Advice

    Yes some purchase a business and thrive. But only under one condition. The condition is they have the capitol to maintain themselves until they can thrive. And, I have news for you.. 25% of businesses fail in the first year while 80% of all businesses fail in the first 2 years. And more...
  5. New to Sign Industry - Need Advice

    Both are a waste of time for now. 90% of the sign business is practical knowledge gained over a period of years. You cannot buy yourself a sign job.
  6. any ideas on where I might find this clipart?

    fight like a girl cancer programs had that developed.. Or at least a load of designs very similar to it..
  7. Arts & letters 8.0

    Actually.. It is a very nice package. And it can do things that the other graphics / vector programs cannot do. I got one long ago an used it in ways to make my own clipart.. It was faster and better than some of the mainstream packages. Also, it has a ton of art to go with it. Yes that...
  8. The Complete Chalkart Image Library Available on USB

    very nice stuff you have. But I am completely confused.. I must buy $60 of credits? And I only wish to get one or two items. Total would be about $20 bux.. Then a tax is added on? Why is there a tax and what happens to the other $40 bux worth of credits? How much is a credit worth? Do...
  9. cnc files plug-in for illustrator or corel

    Does illy export curved lines as an ARC or as line segments? If illy uses the autocad format it exports as line segments. According to Adobe.. illy does not export a curved line as an arc. It exports as line segments. An example of this is when a circle is exported then imported into cad. It...
  10. cnc files plug-in for illustrator or corel

    contact this member here jemmyell for DFX TOOLs plugin for corel draw. Makes cut ready dfx files using corel draw. Very easy to use and very reasonable priced.. You cannot export proper cut ready DFX files out of most software packages such as illy or corel. They use the autocad...
  11. adobe takes a beating

    The impact of this metamorphosis into SaaS provider was apparent in Adobe's Q2 sales, which slumped ten per cent to $1.01bn as net profit dived 66.8 per cent on a year ago to $76.5m. wow,, sales down 10%...
  12. hmmm does Microsoft spy on us?......

    he is a scammer for sure,. They call hundreds every day. They use the same script. You do no do updates was a bonus to them but only a coincidence. Death to all scammers. M$ only uses email to contact people. Even as a beta tester I only communicated via email.
  13. Grimco now selling LED.....a couple questions please.

    My main concern is the lack of info for some brands. I received some LED's with no info on them at all. I had to guess the wattage and voltage and resistance. Figuring the forward voltage and then the resistance for some is so easy. For others it is difficult because there be little info...
  14. Hurry up! Hurry up and wait.

    did he drop off a deposit check too??? My 17 yr son is learning this lesson well. He had two, count them,, two separate gigs cancel on him. He was devastated. I took his next calls for a booking and told the possible client that a deposit was required for any further discussion. Its the...
  15. MDO covered with vinyl

    they didn't bother to call you because that job was so screwed up they didn't want to risk another screw up. And listening to a supplier clerk about what to use on a sign job proves it. And then they didn't want your bizz as a vendor because who would use primed mdo with a sticky back print?????
  16. Which OS to get???

    win 8 is a loser,, will be until they fix the lameness.. And is exactly one of several reasons why the old boy in charge of win 8 development was eased out of the company. There was no need to make so many changes, often adding extra clicks to do the same job as in previous in versions...
  17. painting raw aluminum- what to use

    Forgot to mention.. Street signs are NOT made from standard aluminum.. Street signs are made from a very specific aluminum alloy. It is nearly impossible to bend making it vandal proof. It is corrosion proof as well. This alloy is used as an MDOT standard. Driving along A1A in Florida you...
  18. Supplier for vector art files

    the owner of this forum has a huge supply of vector art for sale. Scroll down to the bottom and look click on express clip art.
  19. Gerber Sabre Quality Problem...Chatter?

    chatter is usually deflection at the cutter. IS the cutter sharp?
  20. Cloud systems are traps..

    The point is,, not whether it is viable or not. The point is that its a waste of money and resources. It entraps users and is in fact just a marketing ploy. Cloud is just a word used to charge big bucks for what used to be FREE. And then some software companies are using the term CLOUD as a...
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