daenterpri
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In doing a full or partial wrap on my 2002 Dodge 2500, do I need some sort of template? Or do I just print a ton of vinyl and cut everything out by hand?
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Wrap without template
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I would think some sort of template would make life easier, otherwise you are looking at a lot of waste and possibilty of poor layout on the truck.
Cre8tive Advertising
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Do you have a digital camera and a measuring tape? It's not hard to create your own template...
daenterpri
New Member
If you told everyone that before their first wrap, nobody would be doing wraps
It's my own pickup, and I gotta learn somehow.
Thanks guys, I'll try to find a template somewhere, or maybe a tutorial on making my own. If you guys have links to resources like that, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
elsignshop
New Member
theres a website you can buy templates for vehicles. i just cant remember what its called. but they sell them individually so you dont have to buy the whole CD. wrapping your own truck is a good way to learn.
Bigdawg
Just Me
Templates are about fifty bucks a pop. mr-clipart.com
But take measurements... take digital pictures.. and you don't need the templates.
As a matter of fact on the 2010 prius we just wrapped - I DID use a template...
and all my stuff was off by almost 4 inches...
good thing for me we did measurements too.
But take measurements... take digital pictures.. and you don't need the templates.
As a matter of fact on the 2010 prius we just wrapped - I DID use a template...
and all my stuff was off by almost 4 inches...
good thing for me we did measurements too.
Mason
New Member
Once designed, scale the artwork 166.666%, in the rip scale again at 1200%. works every time...
If you told everyone that before their first wrap, nobody would be doing wraps
It's my own pickup, and I gotta learn somehow.
Thanks guys, I'll try to find a template somewhere, or maybe a tutorial on making my own. If you guys have links to resources like that, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Some people get pissy about questions because they are "experts." Your best bet is to take digital photos and measure on your own. templates don't account for rounded surfaces, etc... They are just helpful for initial design. Good luck!
SignManiac
New Member
I never trust anyone elses measurements except for the ones I take myself!
If you told everyone that before their first wrap, nobody would be doing wraps
It's my own pickup, and I gotta learn somehow.
Thanks guys, I'll try to find a template somewhere, or maybe a tutorial on making my own. If you guys have links to resources like that, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Well said. Its the ppl who say stuff like "If you dont know how to do one, then you shouldnt do one"
phototec
New Member
Creating your own scaled template
See the thread below, post #5, I have outlined the procedure for creating your own scaled template. Good luck!
http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70315&highlight=make+photoshop+template
See the thread below, post #5, I have outlined the procedure for creating your own scaled template. Good luck!
http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70315&highlight=make+photoshop+template
daenterpri
New Member
Thanks everyone! This is all very helpful
daenterpri
New Member
Sure!
The guy I bought it from did a full body wrap on a van when he was first starting.It'll be my first big install, and then 5 years from now when I have a large printer, I can tell people that my first wrap was done 11.8" at a time
