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New to vinyl & Corel, advice needed?
Just thought id show everyone my first ever attempt at vinyl, application wasnt a problem did it "dry" (picked this up from reading posts :p) but flipping heck im still struggling with corel draw and my plotter decideding where it wants to cut on the roll of vinyl (wasting allot lol)
is corel draw best option what about illustartor?could really do with some help and this looks like right place, seen some amazing work on here!!!!
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Hi Paul,
I brought the entire set of these tutorials for Corel. Have to say I am a big fan of Corel but there are quite a few lovers of Illustrator here too -
Hi Paul,
You can also get dedicated sign making software such as FlexiSign and Signlab but they can stretch the budget if your a new starter. -
don’t forget Omega sign software
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quote Chris Windebank:don’t forget Omega sign software
Oh yes, I’ve even got that one but just use it to run the Edge!!
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Paul, as has been said lots of different software available. If you have used a certain program before then that is obviously an advantage but if you are learning from scratch then I doubt there is much difference between any of them. They all do pretty much the same thing and there are plenty of tutorials available for both Corel and Ilustrator. People on the forum use both as well as those that use dedicated sign making software which tends to be a little more expensive.
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Sorry, cant help on the Corel issue, I am a purely Signlab man for anything cut vinyl. Photohop for all else…
Constructive criticism :
OK, its pretty basic, one colour window graphics. but…
with limited knowledge on the software and being a complete newbie, you have done a pretty decent job there. by that i mean…
all too often folk get into this line of work and they just go daft when i comes to designing. everything is over-sized, stretched, whacky tacky fonts used and more. you have kept it clean, simple and ledgible. nothing wrong in it. so well done mate…no matter what you do, do not fall into the habit so many do by basterdizing fonts, stretching etc… try and "scale" everything, understand how kerning helps when designing, colour combination etc its the simplist areas to learn about when designing good clean cut vinyl signage.
P.S.
You will notice your topic title and some of this thread has been edited to cover the issue in question. it is better to keep multiple questions etc separate to individual posts in the appropriate forums. you will gain better advice, and more of it…
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are you using a winplot plug-in? it might be different for others…
with winplot you must go to
output>new roll> enter the roll length – I always just put in a small measurement, on small decals it’s enough to cover it, on big decals it makes it hunt to see how much it needs and that it’s all there before cutting.
then output>send to cutter > enter any options you want and send to cutter.
if you do not do that it will spool out around 3-4m and start cutting around 2m, I have no idea why it does it, it just does, new or old winplot. I use corel draw12 and winplot to cut from.
I don’t know if X5 has the same issue or not, I use it to design on the laptop at home but don’t have a plug in / cut from it.
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Hi Paul.
This is the first time I have posted on this fantastic forum.I struggled terribly with the Corel Draw X3 I got when I bought our equipment from Xpress and then I found Graphics unleashed at http://www.unleash.com
I have learned so much from their tutorials and would recommend this site to everyone. -
Hi Paul
What cutter are you running?
Tim.
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more importantly, what rip are you using? or are you trying to cut direct from corel to the plotter?
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Which cutter you running?
Mo you are alive. 🙂
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I run Corel X5 with Winplot for the Summa and Cut Master for the Graphtec and I know Mimaki and Roland have their own cutting utilities. Winplot and Cutting Master do the job but are not without their issues so alot of cutting from Draw is exported to Signlab where the cutting part is excellent. I find that Draw can do things SL can’t and vice versa. The base version of SL is not that expensive (See Brian at Impact for more info) and will add extra tools anyway. Cutting from SL will be more predictable, flexible and generally easier to use.
You could also explore something like CoCut again more expense but alot more tools but uses a dongle and will need upgrading if you upgrade Draw, personally I’d look at the Draw/Signlab combination
Alan D
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