GmanDesign
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A customer provided me with an EPS of their logo. He wants me to cut it into windshield banners. How would I go about arching the logo to fit the curve of the windshield??
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Arching A Logo
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southpawP8NTR
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Under Effects in the toolbar there is a distort function
Circleville Signs
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Do a search - someone posted an EXCELLENT tutorial on how to do this.
However, you are going to need to measure the windshield to get the correct curve.
Gary
However, you are going to need to measure the windshield to get the correct curve.
Gary
omgsideburns
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GmanDesign
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ive tried that and it did you the result i wanted. there isnt not enough options to edit the arch to make it the way i want it.
GmanDesign
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i do not need to know you to do the measurement for the arch that i have already. i need to know how to actully make the arch in the progrma.
Fred Weiss
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Here's a link to the tutorial.
Circleville Signs
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You need to phrase your questions better then.
What software are you using? What is the overall width of the windshield? What is the Draw?
Help us help you.
Gary
GmanDesign
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customer told me he wants the logo 36" in lenght and to arch down slightly.
GmanDesign
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how am i coming across as a butthead....lol.
im using flexi 7.5 sorry i forgot that in the last post.
im using flexi 7.5 sorry i forgot that in the last post.
Pat Whatley
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...and four different people have given you answers and all you can say is that there aren't enough options to do what you want.
Hey, butthead, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? How in the hell can you expect to get an answer when you don't offer enough information to actually ask the damn question? I very, very rarely find a distortion or effect I can't accomplish in Flexi, so I'm guessing either you're doing something wrong or what you want can't be done....but that's just guessing because obviously you don't know either.
signguy 55
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I use Flexi 7.5. Under effects / distortion click on polygon shape to get you to distortion menu. There are about 15 different effects, each effect has a submenu with additional options. Once you get to the effect you want just click on the boundary box points to adjust the effect you want.
Personally I do it both ways, either a slight upper arc distortion or just cut the individual letters apart as I'm apply the lettering to follow the curve of the windshield. No one gonna pay attention to it anyway.
Personally I do it both ways, either a slight upper arc distortion or just cut the individual letters apart as I'm apply the lettering to follow the curve of the windshield. No one gonna pay attention to it anyway.
GmanDesign
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thank you
parkedcar
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If he wants it to arch down slightly, install it flat. He might like that look and not realize thats just how a flat graphic lays on a windshield.
Signs4Realtors
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GMAN,
Open the .eps file your customer gave you, save it as a .jpeg and upload it to Signs101 so we can see what type of logo you are trying to arch (click on the paperclip icon to upload the .jpeg file).
If you are going to arch a logo across a windshield, you need to make sure the logo is proportionate to the area you are applying it to. So if the windshield area is 4" tall by the 48" wide windshield, I hope the logo you are trying to arch is 1:12 ratio and not a square logo? If you post a picture of the logo, then we can try to help.
Open the .eps file your customer gave you, save it as a .jpeg and upload it to Signs101 so we can see what type of logo you are trying to arch (click on the paperclip icon to upload the .jpeg file).
If you are going to arch a logo across a windshield, you need to make sure the logo is proportionate to the area you are applying it to. So if the windshield area is 4" tall by the 48" wide windshield, I hope the logo you are trying to arch is 1:12 ratio and not a square logo? If you post a picture of the logo, then we can try to help.
