Simes Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Here is the finished result. I'm a bit of a newbie so would welcome any suggestions for improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Here is the finished result. I'm a bit of a newbie so would welcome any suggestions for improvement. [attachment=0]Memorial Plaque.jpg[/attachment] well done customer will be happy with that and without being critical but if you are looking for advice holes would look nicer not so close to the edge and a countersink hole is always nicer and if you engraved with a smaller tip sized cutter you wouldn't have lost the centre of the e but I have seen a hell of a lot worse over the years sold to customers who have been over the moon with them. craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I agree with Craig they where all the points I noticed, I just didn't want to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Here is the finished result. I'm a bit of a newbie so would welcome any suggestions for improvement. [attachment=0]Memorial Plaque.jpg[/attachment] well done customer will be happy with that and without being critical but if you are looking for advice holes would look nicer not so close to the edge and a countersink hole is always nicer and if you engraved with a smaller tip sized cutter you wouldn't have lost the centre of the e but I have seen a hell of a lot worse over the years sold to customers who have been over the moon with them. craig Thanks for the advice. I don't drill the holes as I ordered the plaque with the holes, but I see your point. As for the cutter size I used the smallest I had which was 0.3 mm and newly sharpened. Is there smaller? The font is Sabon I think. I used shading as it looked like an outline font. I wonder if that is my mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I agree with Craig they where all the points I noticed, I just didn't want to say! but surely simon didn't take offence to my post he was looking for tips or hints to improve on the next customers job I am sure if he did he would have phoned me craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Of course I didn't. If I was going to take offence I wouldn't have asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 20TH I would have done 20th...Smaller cutter?... you can get them sharpened down to .02 or .01mm..I would have put a capital A to the and unless it was being added to an existing plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 The caps issue was exactly as they requested. The plaque follows on from another on the same bench hence "...and" Good point RE: the 20th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I need to vector a logo but struggling because part of it is in a light colour and so part is missing in the vector. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I normally import any tricky logos into image editing software (I use photoshop elements for this) and convert it to black & white, or at least a good greyscale image. I normally find I can then import it into the engraving software & it will deal with it fine. Sometimes I have to split up the logo (either in image editing, or engraving software) and treat each colour separately, then 'reassemble' the pieces (if you see what I mean?) but, normally the greyscale trick works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I need to vector a logo but struggling because part of it is in a light colour and so part is missing in the vector. Any tips? Upload the image and let us see if it's easy enough or a image problem Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I normally import any tricky logos into image editing software (I use photoshop elements for this) and convert it to black & white, or at least a good greyscale image. I normally find I can then import it into the engraving software & it will deal with it fine.Sometimes I have to split up the logo (either in image editing, or engraving software) and treat each colour separately, then 'reassemble' the pieces (if you see what I mean?) but, normally the greyscale trick works. You always have to complicate things. Simes up load it and let's see, I usally do stuff in greyscale. It's not always perfect though. I wish us vistool chaps had some good vectorising software. I think that's where we fall behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I normally import any tricky logos into image editing software (I use photoshop elements for this) and convert it to black & white, or at least a good greyscale image. I normally find I can then import it into the engraving software & it will deal with it fine.Sometimes I have to split up the logo (either in image editing, or engraving software) and treat each colour separately, then 'reassemble' the pieces (if you see what I mean?) but, normally the greyscale trick works. You always have to complicate things. Simes up load it and let's see, I usally do stuff in greyscale. It's not always perfect though. I wish us vistool chaps had some good vectorising software. I think that's where we fall behind. vectoriseing is easy i just take what ever the customer has and give it to my it guy and say what machine i want to engrave it on and he sorts it and engraves it aswell and makes me look good when the customer comes back craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Triffic.......Send everything to the keyvans IT bitch..........She'll sort it for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Triffic.......Send everything to the keyvans IT bitch..........She'll sort it for you... She is a he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Triffic.......Send everything to the keyvans IT bitch..........She'll sort it for you... She is a he And simon knows me we'll enough to ask for help with it if he is struggling Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I knew that..Only joking Craig........... I'd still like to see the logo and see what I could come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I need to vector a logo but struggling because part of it is in a light colour and so part is missing in the vector. Any tips? Just doing a logo & following on from Simes' post I thought I'd do screen grabs as I went to show my technique. The first few images are shown in Photoshop Elements, preparing the image before it gets to the engraving software. Here's the original, a cropped corner from a pdf document, on the original page it was only about 40 x 25mm. Firstly, tweak the colours so the orange is lighter & the blue darker. Then change it to B&W. Save the image (I generally save as a TIFF file as it's a higher quality format than JPEG) and then you can import it into vistool. Apply a hatch fill & you're ready to go. 5 minutes start to finish. Sorted. Having said that, if I was doing this for a customer, I'd probably delete the 'Borough Council' line & redo it as text rather than the original image in order to get crisper lettering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Brilliant. Was that with photoshop? .....Oh it was sorry....I downloaded Gimp today thinking it would do the same thing..... My computer was taken over by fekin Bing. Spent all day trying to get rid of it....It's gone now but what an invasive bit of shite it is...Horrible thing...I did'nt ask for it Microsoft stuck it on my laptop...Are you our new Andy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Are you our new Andy? Where is Andy. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Don't know but I think the forum is a sadder place without him. Not only for his vectorising skills but his humour. Man, he had me in bits with laughter sometimes, Spent many a happy hour in the chatroom with him.... A funny and talented guy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakeemz Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 man! i remember andy..good, funny guy, very helpful , was a gravo man though as far. as i can remember..wonder where is he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Andy worked for a company that moved premises & it catapulted the business & Andy no longer had the time for daily visits & eventually stopped visiting at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaceys Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hi We are looking to buy the Universal 350 to replace a Signature Engraver =D> =D> ...we would like a bit of help with our purchase if possible as in any tips on what extras to buy cutters etc and would it be ok to ask advice as we get to know the machine. We want to move onto be able to put logos on tankards etc. Hopefully all going well we should be up and running in 3-4 weeks so the Signature can retire then. We do big cups etc so want the Universal to cover all that as well. Thank You Mrs Chris y Crydd (Translated Mrs Chris The Cobbler) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hi We are looking to buy the Universal 350 to replace a Signature Engraver =D> =D> ...we would like a bit of help with our purchase if possible as in any tips on what extras to buy cutters etc and would it be ok to ask advice as we get to know the machine. We want to move onto be able to put logos on tankards etc. Hopefully all going well we should be up and running in 3-4 weeks so the Signature can retire then. We do big cups etc so want the Universal to cover all that as well. Thank You Mrs Chris y Crydd (Translated Mrs Chris The Cobbler) Great choice you won't regret it everything you will need will come with it except for a extra large cone and a feather touch They will deliver install and spend a bit of time showing you the basics. Once up and running any probs pop on here and you should get a quick answer we engrave around 300 items a week on umarq engravers and they are great wouldn't buy anything else Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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