uh yeah sure... now i just have to figure out how to do that... he he he...
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uh yeah sure... now i just have to figure out how to do that... he he he...
If you're using Adobe; either Save As or Export as a PDF. I think to do it in Photoshop you would import as a vector smart object and change the mode to CMYK... I think. Any other file-o-philes wanna chime in?
The Word Processor for Open Office 3.0 can export several file types as PDF.
Open Office:
Let me google that for you
Install and then open your file - doc, xml, xls, html, whatever...
Then:
File --> Export as PDF
Open Office:
Let me google that for you
Install and then open your file - doc, xml, xls, html, whatever...
Then:
File --> Export as PDF
If your just wanting a PDF file you can get "cute pdf". It's free, small and simple.
Wont run on 64 bit machines though.
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Wont run on 64 bit machines though.
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I'll be interested to see how this turns out, I've never seen anyone take a graphic cut in photoshop and just import it into illustrator and call it vector. I believe it'll take the entire object and make that object a vector, but I highly doubt every edge will be a vector... Unless that's the case it still won't scale.
Update: In a vector program you would lay out the text using the fonts you've chosen and convert them to pen vectors. To achieve the whitespace between the foreground and background text you can stroke the font with white and black fill it (the prodigy text that is). RGB/CMYK is not a concern, this is not a color image.
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I'm sure you would know better than I about the programs, Mgrimes. In Illustrator/ InDesign, I would lay out the text as I wanted it and select Type> Create Outlines, and that would convert the text to vector artwork. Then you'd simply Save As/ Export as a PDF.
I'm not sure if/how it can be done in Photoshop as it's the program I'm least adept at. Although he hasn't said, I think Grimm only has Photoshop. At any rate, Steve's engraver should be able to tell pretty quickly if it's not going to work.
I need your skillz grimes!
As far as achieving the effect of the foreground type and it's white outline cutting out of the background type.... I don't know enough about laser engravers... but I would hope the engraver wouldn't read that, otherwise it might render it.
This is complicated...
This is complicated...
Most graphic applications will let you use a color as the alpha channel. Since etching is either etched or not etched we are only concerned about black. If this doesn't fly you could make the stroke transparent instead... (One tip is to use the transparent, often known as a checkboard background so you can see those boundaries, but it can play tricks on the eyes too) Visually it's easier to layout out if you can see clean boundaries.
I'd like to see the final graphic, if there's still a problem we'll investigate further - I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill. I was only making some observations based on the advice given.
But I'd much prefer the etcher doesn't come back and say sorry Grimm we can't use your artwork. If the artwork translates to stainless steel nicely I want it on my Prodigy V2 over not having it. GrimmGreen has been an online bud for some time, I'd be honored to have a piece of his creativity immortalized on my primary mod.
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I agree completely.
I could grab his logo off the forum and trace it in Illustrator.
That would be a pretty simple solution.
Here:
I made two vector copies of Grimm's logo. One with gradient and one without. They are PDF's and I expect they will work for the engraver.
I made two vector copies of Grimm's logo. One with gradient and one without. They are PDF's and I expect they will work for the engraver.
Very nice.
How did you do it?
Thank you,
I just set Grimm's logo from the forum as a template in Illustrator and using the pen tool traced the letter forms and the artwork.
To get the counterspace, (the inside of the P) you make a shape for the outside of the letter and one for the inside. Color the inner shape white and the outer shape black, then Group both shapes. With the new shape selected, choose Compound Path under the Object drop down and select Make.
The white part drops out and viola! you have a letter.
Try it at home and make your own letterforms.
Thank you,
I just set Grimm's logo from the forum as a template in Illustrator and using the pen tool traced the letter forms and the artwork.
To get the counterspace, (the inside of the P) you make a shape for the outside of the letter and one for the inside. Color the inner shape white and the outer shape black, then Group both shapes. With the new shape selected, choose Compound Path under the Object drop down and select Make.
The white part drops out and viola! you have a letter.
Try it at home and make your own letterforms.
Good work. I figured as much (tracing it out by hand) but I thought maybe there was some combination of saving as a .pdf or .psd in Photoshop and then using live trace with custom settings in Illustrator that worked.
I'm not very artistic, so I avoid the 'by hand' stuff whenever I can. Maybe I shouldn't and the practice would do me some good.
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