Vistool Technical Queries

can someone explain how to see the different logos that is on the visitool 8,i have seen the webdings in ttf,plus the pictorial 1 & 2,but cant get them to show up on my screen so i can choose 1,i am managing the basics easy enough but as i know the machine can do so much more and i can't seem to manage anything else,like how to use reverse engraving,horizontal engraving,i was used to the gravo software that Timpsons used and there is a big difference to me any way.all help appreciated

Questions split away from general owners club topic to try & keep things organised!

All Vistool technical queries welcomed here.

My solution to logos in vistool is to use THIS clip art package.

(I believe there are newer versions available too)

With 600k images, you'll always have something suitable for what your customer wants, plus they are .wmf vector files, so need no work to clean them up once imported. I paid about £80 when I bought the package & have made that back many times over.

Reverse engraving - lay out on screen as normal, select the text, then click on the icon which is 2 capital B's back to back with a vertical line in between them (hover your mouse over it & it will say 'Mirror Objects'). This will give you 4 little black crosses around the text, either drag one L-R or top to bottom & your text will swap around.

Not quite sure what you mean by horizontal engraving - please explain further...

i meant vertical engraving,sorry

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thanks again

In auto layout just type one letter under the other as you have done above

Personally, I would do anything possible to avoid vertical engraving, as (in my opinion) it looks rubbish.

However, if it's what the customer specifically wants, I would do it as follows:

Set up each letter on a seperate line.

Once you've got the engraving on screen, it should be automatically centred.

To be certain, select all (CTRL+A), then click SHIFT+Y.

To change the line spacing, again select all lines, then click ALT+R, and in the pop up dialogue box, select Tight.

Click okay & hey presto, lines rearranged.

You can always go back & change the line spacing if you need to by selecting the 'Medium' or 'Loose' options, see which looks best.

thanks again Steven and rlj

My solution to logos in vistool is to use THIS clip art package.

On Ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOVA-ART-EXPLOSION-600-000-CLIPART-ROYALTY-FREE-NEW-/310098641068?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item483351c0ac

£30.00 Free P&P

Bargain time !!

Well spotted!

On Ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOVA-ART-EXPLOSIO ... 483351c0ac

Can this be used on Gravo IS200 (sorry for mentioning Gravo on this "club thread"!)

Of course can be used on Gravograph's Machines (also suregraves).

It's a collections of vectorized images and logos that can be imported on GS5 and GS6.

i managed to do a logo yesterday after much huffing and swearing,1 more question for now,can some one explain to me how to use the text kerning to make the spacing between the lettering bigger,i can only manage to bring it closer together

Hold down shift when you click letters