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Using Impact Outlines
At present I have a freebie Vehicle outlines CD ( yes I can hear tight a*se from here – I’m from Yorkshire ! ), I have tried to cut graphics scaled from CD – fit graphics…..don’t fit !
The Question is if I was to buy Brian’s CD can I cut with confidence without ever measuring vehicle ? – It might appear to be the lazy way out but this would make life so much easier
Thanks in Advance
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Yeah, I do it all the time.
If you have graphics that go to the panel edges or, as we are doing this morning, making prints to fit a panel shape exactly, then you need to try it on a van, but for the majority of our day to day work scaling Impact drawings works just fine.
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Or if most of your customers bring their vehicle with them when they first meet you then you could just photograph the vehicle.
I f you stick a magnetic strip of a known size (say 500mmx100mm) to the vehicle before you take the photos it is then easy to scale the picture once on the screen. For the back of the vehicle we use the numer plate size.
We find the clients like to see what the graphics are going to look like on their own vehicle
And it’s free
dreckly
paul r
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I too find that superimposing artwork onto their own vehicle works wonders in the ‘sales department’ if a client sees a real picture. It’s all psychological, but if somebody walks in with an outline print from x-company, and you photo the van & give them 15 mins of your time to set out the basic principles & bounce two or three options around, that translates into a confirmed sale most of the time. It can be quicker than working blind & giving them a couple of designs to look at, (and them then wanting changes made), but the flip side is PITA customers NEED to be told "this is just a rough, I’ll tidy it up later".
It also gives you the added assurance of spotting minor things you might miss on an outline. eg. washer jets, special edition badges. And can give you a better feel for sorting out a colour scheme.I’d tried working from outline CD’s a few years ago, but after one or two non-disasterous misjudgments I opted for the old measure it approach.
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I thought measuring vans went out with the ark?
I’ve been using the Impact CD’s since they came out, & apart from a few mistakes in the early versions, they are now spot on IMO.
Saves so much time & separates the pro’s from the others in terms of proffesionally presented work.
Plus, the customers think it looks very smart when you present them with a crisp full colour print-out & as said, can often win you the job on the spot.
Cheers,
Gwaredd.
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quote Steele Signs:separates the pro’s from the others in terms of proffesionally presented work.
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dreckly
mamos
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