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  1. New to Minneapolis

    Welcome.... and by the way, your resume says little about doing all kinds of signs, it says a lot of wordy fluff, you may want to mention electrical signs, monuments, wayfinding, civic projects, ADA, Fire safety, drafting, permit procurement, vehicle wraps... (unless those you have no...
  2. Art Work

    At the moment you design something it has "copyright" but you are not fully protected. For information about fully protecting copyright, you go here.... there is a preregistration and registration. http://www.copyright.gov/ There is new legislation that may make this way of registration...
  3. Art Work

    NO.... Payment of design does not constitute transfer of ownership. It must be in writing that copyright has been transfered, then the client owns the logo. What you should do is up to you as no one here does the same thing but there are books on the subject by gag.org and aiga.org What I do...
  4. Art Work

    The "nice" thing to do is ask the client if they can get the logo from the old shop. If the shop refuses, then you can sell them a logo redesign and that they get to keep the logo. If you redraw the logo and that logo has a registered copyright from someone other than the client, then you can...
  5. font help please

    Verdana bold italic
  6. Illustrator outline question!

    If you need to be precise, "expand" it. Move the lettering as Idea suggested, Select the "stroked" lettering. Make sure the fill is the same color as the stroke. Got to: OBJECT>EXPAND Then "UNGROUP" it then go to your PATHFINDER window and weld it. Move the lettering back... It will be...
  7. Corel Color Question

    Have you messed with your eps options... like in a lower eps? If designing in RGB in Corel, export the same way or if in CMYK, export in CMYK. I have had better luck trading in .pdf. Blends will blow apart the same way but it it usually maintains color. What version of illy do you have?
  8. How many people work at your business?

    just me...
  9. Need Help Finding This Font....

    talk about a delayed response.... or is my time machine on again >taps on time machine<
  10. CS4 Photoshop. Please advise 64 bit or not?

    The only versions I know are the Mac (32bit) And Windows (that run on XP 32 bit and Vista 32 and 64 bit) I just upgraded both my premium suites before they raise the prices Photoshop CS4 Extended is no faster, just more tools. You just need a 64 bit Windows OS, a computer that can handle it...
  11. Which typeface would you say is...

    http://new.myfonts.com/search/willow/ of try here in Art styles "ARTS AND CRAFTS"... http://www.p22.com/P22_2004/Frames/browse.html
  12. Simple Illustrator Question

    The "Sometimes", "usually", and "it may" is that I do not know if there are effects in place (like strokes, gradient mesh, offset paths not compounded or if there is more to the question than asked. you keep fighting the program like that and your gonna end up pushing your head through the...
  13. Simple Illustrator Question

    Expand finishes the pathfinder tool. Sometimes when you have strokes applied to your artwork, it may want you to "Expand Appearance". If you do not "expand" or "expand appearance" you have the option of undoing your "Pathfinder" action but your cutter will cut the whole thing or not cut around...
  14. Simple Illustrator Question

    oooops, don't forget to "EXPAND" afterward
  15. Simple Illustrator Question

    you will find it under: WINDOW>PATHFINDER.... top second button from the left
  16. Is It Really Royalty Free???

    Wiki is your friend.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free
  17. Font to be designed

    Chuck Borges does very sweet work... It's not just any chili, it's Skyline Chili http://www.skylinechili.com/ They don't sell it here in California!!! I have a few cans in the shelf from ordering a case online a while back... Cursed, I just looked, he is no longer in Ohio...
  18. Font to be designed

    After the late night frustration of messing with that "Carpe" he might be cheaper than me and it look a lot better... I want a can of Skyline Chili for the referral!!!
  19. Want a new monitor

    You're right, just went there, there are adapters for mini to others, but not the other way... New industry standard!!!...PHOOOOEY!!!!
  20. Want a new monitor

    I thought they had mini-dvi, dvi and VGA adapters for the mini display port? I was toying around with getting another monitor for the desktop I'm saving up for before they sell out, but am going to wait and see if the new 30" comes in a matte finish screen.
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