RayB's CP design! *Update*

[gdilly]

Maybe some stupid questions but here goes anyways:

1:  What kind of material will you use  for the overlay?  Bumping against it and general use would certainly smug the ink?

2:  What do you plan on using instead of carriage bolts?  How are you going to attach the panel without them?

[RayB]

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[RayB]

I finalized the art and sent it off to MameMarquees.
Below is what the final design looks like. I valued all input even if in the end I didn't use your suggestion.

(if the design looks a bit taller than before, the bottom 2 1/2" fold down and cover the front of th CP)

[RayB]

PS: The more I look at the above art without my colored buttons, the more I think it would look cool with white buttons instead...

[RayB]

Here is the final printed overlay:

[RayB]

I am very happy with the quality of the print job, but wow, you can really see some color shifting now that the two are side-by-side.

In any case, I will of course use what I got. No one will know (but me and you folks

[mahuti]

My advice. Don't use deep blues & purples.. the most difficult for a printer to get correct.

If you don't like the colors.. let Scott know. He has worked with many people to get the colors correct. I think Scott asks for files to be in RGB mode, but you can ask him. Hey may have some sort of rip / print station that converts everything to CMYK anyway, so RGB might be the best for that. I always work in CMYK if I'm going to print to a CMYK printer. Scott's printer may have more colors or some completely different process though, so let him know

[RayB]

My advice. Don't use deep blues & purples.. the most difficult for a printer to get correct.

Noted!

If you don't like the colors.. let Scott know. He has worked with many people to get the colors correct. I think Scott asks for files to be in RGB mode, but you can ask him. Hey may have some sort of rip / print station that converts everything to CMYK anyway, so RGB might be the best for that. I always work in CMYK if I'm going to print to a CMYK printer. Scott's printer may have more colors or some completely different process though, so let him know

No, no way am I gonna complain to Scott. He already did several test prints to get the colors good and we exchanged a few emails during the process. I told him I was happy with the results. End of story. The guy charges us very little for the amount of work he puts into this.

I was merely looking for advice for my next projects.

[missioncontrol]

looks good RayB

[RayB]

This thread is pretty much done. CP has been applied.
Here is the project thread:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=21381.40