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Title: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: makenzie71 on August 06, 2009, 09:08:58 PM
I need an image adjusted and we both suck at things like photoshop...


Anyway, the image can be found here:

http://www.cricut.com/res/handbooks/Handbook_SB.pdf

Page 48

It's the Marquee Sign 1, visible on the left.  We need that shape to be 8" X 5" with smoothed edges.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: abnoea on August 09, 2009, 09:23:33 AM
It's not exactly the same, I decided it would be easier to do it from scratch (using the nifty brace key {  :D ) than it would to try to clean that one up. I can edit it further if you want, like filling in the background etc, but enjoy.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y133/abnoea/Marquee1copy.jpg)
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: makenzie71 on August 09, 2009, 06:14:02 PM
I sure do appreciate that...But I think we got it sorted out.  We're having issues with thick lines, though.  We're cutting this stuff out with a cricket and we're having issues getting it to cut out an outline of an item as opposed to cutting out the lines.  Fun stuff.
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: annguyen1981 on August 09, 2009, 07:24:22 PM
How do you like the Cricket?  Kinda expensive for not doing what I need, but hey... I can't get the BEST for a couple hundred. lol

Don't you need a vector graphic for that?
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: makenzie71 on August 09, 2009, 07:58:08 PM
Does great for the most part...well, after we got Cricut Design Studio to update the firmware and spent the $75 for sure cuts a lot (no need for cartridges then).  About $450 into it, but a good investment for what we do,
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: annguyen1981 on August 10, 2009, 06:23:40 AM
Can you explain that 'mod' for not using cartridges?  That the main reason why I didn't get a cricket...  I didn't wanna be tied down to just the designs that were made for it.
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: makenzie71 on August 10, 2009, 07:27:21 AM
Sure Cuts A Lot is a program that allows you to plug the cricut into your computer and cut your own designs.  It's a pretty cool little program, but it is expensive ($75...not THAT expensive, but yeah) and it's a bit tricky to figure it out.  There's a lot of info out there: http://www.craftedge.com/
Title: Re: Ok I need some help from you graphics/photoshop types...
Post by: frankieG on August 14, 2009, 09:18:32 AM
i would love to be able to take an existing pic of my truck and add on mods that i am thinking of doing before hand to see what they look like. if u know or can show me how e-mail me at gsfrankieg@yahoo.ca   i would love to learn how to do it. :)