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Wouldn't mind seeing a shot of the madness. lol

We have a touchscreen on the front counter that shows a slideshow of our capabilities. There are links set up if a client wants to see more particular things such as only wraps. We also have a font sample set up so clients can choose what font they like. They can type in their own text and...

Agree with these steps but the file has to be set up correctly. Reg marks have to be on a certain named layer etc. The initial "read" of the reg marks is just for the plotter to get the general idea, You'll then ask it via your cutting software to make a final read of what exactly to cut.

Are you using FineCut for the setup and cut process? Corel or Illustrator?

I never even thought of stretching an image to compensate for grooves. That's just ludicrous! Just roll with it as others suggested. It's not a dually truck wrap after all.

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You can easily make your own macros to do your weed lines and weed box in corel. You can also make macros to set up any other parameters. Cut layer, cut lines, bleeds etc.

Yes. Take a good straight on side shot of the vehicle. Stand back a bit. Don't try to just fit the vehicle in the field of view. Photos will tend to "bend" at the outer portions of the filed of view. You can crop it later. Take a measurement such as the fuel door or door handle then scale to...

We don't use templates. Use an actual photo of the vehicle. Templates are too generic and can't keep up with the different variations or dealer add-ons. You'll end up designing a beautiful wrap then when the actual vehicle shows up you find moldings where you hadn't expected them to be. And...

:welcome:. Good stuff in here.

:welcome: from "not so sunny at the moment" Florida aka shark country.

We use a specific "hood laminate" on horizontal surfaces. Still only good for 3 years though. But we live 1 floor up from Satan.

They make textured wall wrap material. You can apply it to stucco, cinder block etc. Squeegee on then use a heat press apparatus to work it into the "grooves" or "pits" and such. We've done this to several outside walls of buildings.

Company hires you with absolutely no experience and pays your way to Design School. There you go thru an 11 week course. Two days are spent with Mac's and illustrator. Rest is color theory, drawing with pencils and crayons etc.. You complete the training and get assigned to mars (don't want to...

Exactly. That's why you want to use pdf. Vectors are preserved. I'd like to add another point here. Let your RIP do the resampling. i.e. No need to resample your images in your working file. Just do the layout with whatever image was given. Unless the image is of poor quality to begin with. If...

1st choice would be pdf 2nd eps 3rd rgb tif All depends on what options you're offered when saving to those formats. i.e. keep colors vs. convert colors etc.

My son has to work on his birthday. :( I also go in to my second job at 5:30 but ya'll have a beer or two for me. Make it a good one!

ditto 3M IJ180C w/ 8518 laminate

Two cuts. 1. First regular cut 2. Then use a second 1/4" outer offset contour to half cut/perf cut Double the time though. And you have to weed out that edge that's left. I find it easier to "pluck" them out as it hangs off the printer. As long as the plotter is cutting across the sheet and...