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Hello people ! (not very original i’m afraid !)
Gosh, where do I start. Feels almost like being in a confessional as I type this ! (never done this sort of thing before) however, having recently formed a partnership with a company who dabbled making a few road signs and things, I’m now plunged into the creative world of sign making (gulp !) which is a whole new experience for me having previously been a photographer ( hence the moody ‘slung over the camera’ avatar – sincere apologies but its the only one I have – honest ! ).
Being ‘reasonably proficient’ with photoshop I now find myself grappling with illustrator expecting it all to work the same way (it doesnt !) learning the workings of a Summacut plotter and a pretty wide Cadet printer – 3 weeks into it and I’m thoroughly enjoying it (if a little frustrated by winging my way through illustrator cs2)
Anyway I just thought I’d say that so far the UKsignboards site has been invaluable and have used many of the tips shown in the forums (even building our own vinyl racks from scratch – thanks Rob !) and I get the feeling I shall be here on a pretty regular basis.
Keep up the good work
Lee
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Hi Lee.
welcome, you are already in good books because you posted you avitar first post. (with Carrie anyway)
Hope you enjoy your stay.
Peter
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Hi Lee
I have been telling everyone about this site, its amazing how much you can learn from here. All i would say is, never be afraid to ask, sometimes someone knows the answer lol
Have fun
Vince
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welcome to the boards lee 😀
like the avatar 😀nik
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Hi Lee,
Welcome!
We can always do with more people that use Photoshop. I learned Illustrator the same time I learned Photoshop in school. I think that was a bad idea. They have many similarities, but are completely different as well. Do you cut vinyl straight from Illustrator?
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Hi lee,
Welcome to UKSB
Your gonna like it here.. de best
Any help in photoshop or illustrator or corel or or or let us know .
Nancy 🙂
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welcome aboard lee, great to have you and thanks for the avatar also. makes all the difference. 😉
as has been said, feel free to fire as many questions as you wish. its what makes this place tick 😉OK, ill start with a question for you! 😳
do you know any good sites for free porn… ahem ahem i mean 😳
i mean “natural daylight lighting equipment”? 😉
I’m not wanting to go crazy on this, but i don’t want to buy junk that’s inadequate. sooo… any place online thats reasonable and any equipment you would suggest? its for video tutorials for this website indoors. -
Hello Lee
welcome glad you already find it useful here so much good stuff, you may be able to pass on some photography tips.Lynn
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I can tell you about the Porn sites Rob lol :point: :doh:
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Hi Lee,
could you make me look that good in a pic please….. very cool! 🙂
welcome to the boards, it’s a friendly and extremely helpful bunch of people here!
Marcella
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Hi Lee
Welcome to the boards!!
Thanks for the intro and its really great of you to load a piccie too ….. its a very nice avatar … posh and everything …. I feel even more inadequate with mine now :lol1:
Look forward to seeing you about the place.
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Welcome Lee.
Yeah, just make all our avatars look like a load of poo.
Whereabouts are you, by the way?
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Welcome aboard Mate!
Great Place.. You’ll love it here…
.. I love saying Mate!first thing I noticed was your avatar.. you’re obviously a Talented Photographer.
steve
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quote steve geary:first thing I noticed was your avatar.. you’re obviously a Talented Photographer.
steve
what makes him talented steve, hes not taking the picture? 😮 😉
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You’re right Rob… I’m a doofus!
then I re-read the post, and maybe it sounded like i thought he was Hot!
Well anyway, I just thought it was a creative shot, and I’m Still not gay yet, so….I do love saying Mate, cheers, bloke, bloody, blimey, whilst, etc.
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quote Peter Normington:Timer
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hey steve……try these
gidday mate.
howya going mate.
good one mate.
seeya mate.
plus does anyone no what the membership cost in ozzy dollars would be.
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quote steve geary:quote Peter Normington:Timer
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trust peter eh… i wondered who would be first to nusrt my bubble :lol1: :lol1:
funny you say that steve, i thought they used that in the US too mate? 😕 😳
john, memberships page will be back up in temp mode in next 24hrs (so im promised) memberships come in various prices… start at about £14.99 for bronze i think..
“fleck me” comment is reffering to the miss march calander thread. try searching for it, NOT to be missed 😉
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quote JOHN BEEDHAM:plus does anyone no what the membership cost in ozzy dollars would be.
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(?)John, you can work it out with THIS
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quote :I can tell you about the Porn sites Rob lol
Has it anything to do with sheep though lol
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What Sheep Vince 😮
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Welcome Lee. Great to have you here. I see you’ve met soem of the nutters already
John… it cost me about $au150ish for a gold membership mate.
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Hi Lee and welcome to the zoo, you’ll love it here :lol1:
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What a warm welcome 😀 Thanks to everyone.
To answer some of the replies (apologies to any that I forget to reply to my memory is REALLY bad )
wow what a warm welcome 😀 thanks everyone…….
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Right where do I start…… currently based in Thetford in Norfolk – predominently a manufacturing and logistics town between Norwich and Cambridge. When I first came to work here they were using Pro draw which I had a bit of a struggle with so thought illustrator would be easier and more creative to use. Generally work out of that now and cut vinyl out of that too using Winplot.
Normally with photography lighting I use Elinchrom flash however with video I’m aware that things are a bit different and it used to be the case of using tungsten lighting and the video camera would correct it (it being on the right setting of course !) I have a friend who shoots Hi Definition video cameras professionally and will pick his brains this evening as to the the best way to light video indoors and will re post. I have purchased equipment before from a company who specialize in video lighting http://www.optexint.com who would be able to help also.
Oh the photo of moi was taken on a timer by the way with the camera propped up on my dresser in me bedroom 😉
Once again many thanks for the warm welcome 😀
lee
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Just replied to you all using the works computer unbeknown that my colleague is also a member on here and was already logged in !!! D’oh.
So if you’re a little confused (and who isn’t on here !) the bloke playing the guitar isnt me but my partner in crime.
Must try and remember to log in and out properly now mustn’t I !!!
lee
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Welcome aboard Lee, days of info on here as you have seen, mad bunch of folk, as you will see :lol1:
Cheers
Dave.com.com.com
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Am I having a senior moment here?
Or is the reply a diferent person from the original post? Or are you one of the Same?Perhaps I have gone completely nuts!
Peter
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quote Robert Lambie:welcome aboard lee, great to have you and thanks for the avatar also. makes all the difference. 😉
as has been said, feel free to fire as many questions as you wish. its what makes this place tick 😉OK, ill start with a question for you! 😳
do you know any good sites for free porn… ahem ahem i mean 😳
i mean “natural daylight lighting equipment”? 😉
I’m not wanting to go crazy on this, but i don’t want to buy junk that’s inadequate. sooo… any place online thats reasonable and any equipment you would suggest? its for video tutorials for this website indoors.Barcardi Breezers again rob?
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Refering to my previous post I just thought I’d better add …when I say partner in crime I mean business partner not ermmm…. ‘partner’ partner. Thought I’d better just clear that up ! 😳
Phew !
Going to be careful how I word things on here !
lee
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:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: watch you don’t protest too much, we might not believe you….! 😉
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It’s ok Lee………….. we believe you………….thousands wouldn’t 🙄
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Well if it is like that he hasn’t informed me!! 😮
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Welcome, Lee, from over ‘ere! There’s never a dull moment around the boards, altho’ our conservative Scot Mr Lambie sometimes shocks me – Porn, indeed, robert? 🙂
Whatever your, er, interest, you’ll learn something! Good luck!Steve
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:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: and I thought I was very good at digging holes around here for myself …. crikey Lee you are worse than me!!
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i think you might be right carrie.
if anyone would like my really big spade they can have it with pleasure.
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only thing you need around here Lee is a sense of humour. :lol1: ….oh..and you knew spomething about signs.
I’m a hobbyist photograper, not to your level tho, I purchased a Nikon D70 Digital last year, but they didn’t tell me I needed to be a rhodes scholar to drive the darn thing. Funny thing, when I’m taking shots with it, everyone assumes I must be ‘good’, if only they knew 🙄 😳
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Tis true digitial cameras are a wonderful thing (and darn complicated sometimes!) – most of the time i shoot my stuff on manual so its me who controls the camera rather than the camera control what it wants to do !
The digital revolution has been both a blessing and a burden really. It makes the learning process of taking photographs alot easier – particularly in respect of composition however the workings of digital has complicated things.Now theres the software out there to correct things in photos (like shut eyes,blemishes or even removing people altogether from a photo !) I guess you get more fussy what you send out and that slows the process of the whole photo thing down considerably.
It is a rather odd senario really – for years and years there was increased development in film technology which in the end produced some fantastic film and then the industry took a huge step backward in bringing out digital cameras where the the picture quality was really quite appalling.
Its put alot of high street D&P labs out of business so lots of fors and againsts for digital really. Still thats progress for you !The D70 is a very capable camera so stick with it – you’ll get some great results ! (errrrmmmm……if you arent getting them already thats is !)
right….who wants this spade ????
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I know what you say Lee, about photography.
Had my own dark room for years, and used OM10 & OM1’s, had all the lenses etc, then business got tough and I had to sell the lot (including the house).
Now I’m on a whole new learning curve because the software replaces the durst enlarger, and I’m totally lousy at photoshop 🙁
I’ve sold some photos so I must be doing something right.
Thanks for your reply Lee
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