key cabin Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Has anyone got any disney stuff i can use on my engraver. I have been inundated with requests for these but cannot find them anywhere. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 we just go on to google images and type what character we want with outline behind it ie pooh bear outline then save as a jpeg it then will need vectorised in coral draw and saved as a eps file then you can import it to your engraving software. depending on the level of software you use you may be able to vectorise it in your engraving software we can.you realy need to be able to do this even for basic things like company logos once you have done a few it becomes very easyand second nature. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 go to www.brandsoftheworld.com and type the character name in the search box, they have hundreds of disney characters in eps format all ready to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 go to www.brandsoftheworld.com and type the character name in the search box, they have hundreds of disney characters in eps format all ready to go i have found in the past that brandsoftheworld.com had disney but few were useable they either had far two much detail or were ai instead of eps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 are you allowed to reproduce these images? i'm wondering as now we've moved into dye-sublimation we may start to get asked for door plates rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I would have thought Walt would sue your ass off if he caught you Never stopped me though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 until walt reads this post that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I bet it's the same as the footy logos, you are supposed to get a license to replicate the logos but they cost loads (I did hear once the Man U logo was about 50k pa to use - not sure if that's right or not) Never stops us if we're asked though. It's not often we do mind, but trades like ours aren't exactly competition for much in the grand scheme of things, I doubt they'd bother with us too much. I have few Disney characters in engravable format if you'd like them. I think we have Micky, Woody from Toy Story, Donald and a few others, nothing special, but a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 It is the same, you shouldnt reproduce without permission. but as you say, they havent stopped you yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin56 Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hi I just fought this might be of interest, you never know who is asking you to do the engraving. An eBay fraudster who used covert identities to sell fake Manchester United goods through the online auction site has been jailed and ordered to return £70,000 to his victims. Simon Edward Hurley from Coulsdon in Surrey was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday to nine months' imprisonment and ordered to pay back £70,000 plus £8,000 costs within six months. If Hurley fails to pay the money back, he faces a default sentence of a further two years in prison. The counterfeit goods were first discovered following a raid on Hurley's key cutting and engraving premises by Trading Standards officers and the Metropolitan Police. In April, Hurley pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offences including the sale of money clips, cigarette lighters and tankers engraved with the Manchester United crest through eBay. A subsequent investigation of Hurley's financial affairs by the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) found he sold more than 6,600 items for £104,500 between 18 March 2003 and 25 December 2003 - and that significant deposits into a number of bank accounts were not consistent with his modest legitimate income. The ARA said Hurley has sufficient assets, including equity in his home, investments, a Porsche Boxster, a Ducati motorbike and a custom built Spondon Hayabusa motorbike, to pay the confiscation order. Councillor Paul Smith, Croydon Council cabinet member for public protection and crime reduction, said in a statement: "This is a magnificent effort from Croydon Trading Standards officers, whose painstaking investigation has put an end to a criminal enterprise that was duping hundreds of innocent internet buyers who believed they were buying the real thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think Graham was meaning that it never stops him playing with various logo's to fine tune his vectorising parameters. we all know it's illegal to engrave club logo's on items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 i know i'm splitting hairs here but that chap who has just been imprisoned was selling items and claiming they were genuine goods from the manufacturer/logo owner. this iis nowhere near the same league as engraving a logo onto someone's lighter, they can't be considered victims as they know what they're getting when they ask you to do the work. i'm not saying it's legal or right still, just pointing out the difference in the way the law would perceive it. rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 I agree with you rick, people asking for there zippo to be personalised are fully aware of what they are getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Be careful, Lee removed premiership logos and brandsoftheworld removed all of theirs as well, the premiership strongly protect their image rights. you are the ones reproducing logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 I think Graham was meaning that it never stops him playing with various logo's to fine tune his vectorising parameters. we all know it's illegal to engrave club logo's on items Exactly what I meant, I'm always tinkering The ebay guy's a bit stupid, you don't do something you know is illegal and stick it all over one of the most popular sites on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 First of its worth understanding WHAT laws we are breaking by reproducing such logos. We are breaking copyright & trademark laws with logos. Copyright covers art, including paintings, engravings, photographs, sculptures, collages, architecture, technical drawings, diagrams, maps and logos We are also in most cases breaking the Trade Marks Act 1994 Collectively the term used for such design protection, is called the intellectual property rights. It is sometimes possible to use someone else's intellectual property (IP). You will usually need to get permission, but this may not be necessary if you are using the IP for research, or the rights have expired or are no longer in force. A number of exceptions allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner. These uses are known as fair dealing and particular care should be taken if you are looking to rely on an exception. Many companies don’t worry to much about the reproduction of there logos as it helps increase brand recognition, but others licence out their designs & this brings in a massive amount of revenue for them. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Can I upload the cartoon characters I have or would you rather not have them on the board? Also, I've zipped them up as there's 36 of them, but the uploads doesn't accept zip files - is there a way to mass upload or does it have to be done one file at a time? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 You couldn't upload them here Graham, as it makes the forum liable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 No worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 You could e-mail them to me just in case I need to practise with random graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Does anyone have a vectorised image of Lightning McQueen from Disneys Cars I could borrow to look at.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 You can look at the one i have. it's very nice to look at pm me your email buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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