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are there any sources of truck outlines you can buy one at a time, instead of the $400 for a whole CD? i'm just starting out, and can't afford the "savings" the entire set offers. (my first truck job is just a 94 Toyota pickup - but it has a new paint job and the owner wants something "flashy").
------------------ ::scooter:: :: don't blame me... i'm just a beginner
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I just take a picture of the vehicle with my digital camera, scale to size, and do the layout over it.
Prior to having a digital I used to buy 12 exposure rolls and take pics for my portfolio, but when a situation like you have arose, I'd just ake a pic of the vehicle and take it to the one-hour photo shop and get it developed. Sure I wasted a few exposures but I had something to work with immediatly and it was cheaper than the $400 CD package yopu refer to.
ALSO, customers LOVE to see THEIR vehicle, in full color, with all those fancy graphics on it before they make the decision to go ahead.
------------------ Dave Grundy AKA "applicator" on mIRC "stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!" in Granton, Ontario, Canada 1-519-225-2634 dave.grundy@quadro.net www.quadro.net/~shirley
I have a vehicle outline CD & find that it doesn't have everything I need. I think the best way to go is to buy a digital camera. You can take the picture of the vehicle then open it up in your sign software & go to work. You can also use the digital camera for your other sign work & web stuff too. So I think you should spend $400 on a camera and not the CD!!!
Hope I've been of help,
------------------ Justin Booher Vital Signs, Inc. Edmond, OK 405/348-7227 "Custom Hand Crafted Signage!"
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Summa carries a fairly comprehensive vehicle template cd for $49 or $59. I haven't bought it yet but from looking it over in the catalog it looks like it would be worth the money. Their # is 800-527-7778
------------------ Greg Gulliford aka MetroDude Metro Signs and Banners 1403 N. Greene St. #1 Spokane, WA 99202 509-536-9452
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I just bought the CD from Summa a few weeks ago. VERY well worth the money!! I would highly recommend it. There are thousands of templates on there.
------------------ Mike Murray Murray Signs Freeport IL USA "A business with no sign is a sign of no business"
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Get yourself a digital camera and do it that way.
I find the digital camera to be real handy because in the work I do, the template CD is worthless. Nobody has templates of GMC Suburbans with Cadillac Escalade front ends bolted on, or Chevy S-10's with Gullwing doors (like DeLorians) or Guillotine doors (like Lamborghinis).. Or an '88 mazda pickup stretched into a limo. I cater to custom car/truck guys if ya cant tell already. =)
If you must have a CD of templates I'd say go with Summa's $50 option. $400 is just too much to spend on a CD full of outlines that are still only vizualization tools. It would be another story if they actually flattened out curved body panels so you could layout 100% accurately templated graphics, but you cant.
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
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I bought and paid around $400-500 for the Digital Aut0 Library in 93 I upgraded once the DAL and Mr Clipart separated from one another, I bought further vehicle CD's here in Europe from Cadlink V3, V4, and V5 then bought from Impact Sign Services who took over the Cadlink library, this was all quite expensive to upgrade to obtain a collection that covered most European and US models as both are sold here and in the US.
The Summa deal is the best for you US based shops at $49-59 dollers for a CD that contains 5000 vehicle outlines, and all put together by one of the original template companies. You can go to there website as well www.designers-online-club.com and as you asked download individual templates or as we are, become a member there, and have instant access to the latest templates, and quite alot more sign related stuff.
------------------ Henry Barker #1924 akaKaftan SignCraft AB Stockholm, Sweden. A little bit of England in a corner of Stockholm www.signcraft.se info@signcraft.se
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thanks for the help guys! great suggestions, and i'm going to use ALL of them. i've already taken some snap-shots of the guys truck and sent them in for developing. i think the digital camera is still out of my reach (i have a really great Nikon, but not digital), but its on my list for the coming year. i'm going to call the Summa folks about their disk, and the Designers Online Club looks great.
------------------ ::scooter:: :: don't blame me... i'm just a beginner
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wowie - thanks again folks. i just got the outlines CD ("Car 'n Trucks") and it is everything i want/need/hoped for. it even has my '94 Toyota pickup. (i'm a little bummed that its the '2000 CD and not the '01 that's now out... but i'll live). what, exactly, am i missing from the $400 outline CD the other folks sell? (i think i can manage without the "top" views if it means saving $349).
------------------ :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: San Francisco :: :: don't blame me... i'm just a beginner ::
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