advice needed please

[Chris Wool]

photoshop neon and glow styles is what i would try

[Tony Cook]

thanks Chris, but when i have it sorted i need to print & cut
Grumpy

[Phill Fenton]

You will need to avoid the soft shadow and halo effects seen in your example if you wish to print and cut. The soft shadow and halo has no defined edge. However, doing away with these effects will lessen the impact of the design and will make it look much "flatter" doing away with the illusion of depth.

[Tony Cook]

thanks Phil, i realise the soft shadow & halo will have to go, thanks for looking
Grumpy

[Matt Goodwin]

Keep the shadow and halo and print on to clear with a cut line 10% bigger than the ‘image’

My tupence worth….

Matt

[Matty Goodwin]

😀

[Phill Fenton]

I’ve done that before Matt – But in practice the edge of the clear vinyl quickly becomes visible once it’s been on the vehicle for a while and picks up some discolouration at the edges.

Also – you can only do it if the vehicle itself is white

[Peter Normington]

quote Phill Fenton:

I’ve done that before Matt – But in practice the edge of the clear vinyl quickly becomes visible once it’s been on the vehicle for a while and picks up some discolouration at the edges.

Also – you can only do it if the vehicle itself is white

If you use good quality clear cast vinyl and laminate, then the edge should be hardly visible.
Also if the substrate is not white, the shadow can be faded to the the same colour, easy enough on base colours much more difficult though on metallic etc.

Peter

[Phill Fenton]

quote Peter Normington:

If you use good quality clear cast vinyl and laminate, then the edge should be hardly visible.

Only when freshly applied – give it a few months and the edges do show spoiling the illusion of the drop shadow. Believe me – I’ve tried it 😕

[Tony Cook]

thanks for the advice everyone
Grumpy