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Marquee too bright!!!
wee beastie:
Hey guys, I finally got my printed marquee and when I put it on the machine it seems too bright. How are you guys counteracting this? Are you just painting a clear piece of plastic white to diffuse the light? I thought I saw some people doing that in the past, but I'm afraid that will just make the plastic opaqe and not let any light thru.
Please help
wee beastie
Birdtales:
You could try putting a piece of paper behind your artwork to difuse the light.
Xphile:
they make white plexi, you could sandwich your marquee between a sheet of white and a sheet of clear plexi... or if it's not enough, find a busted piece of flouresent light fixture covering and put it in front of the tube - difuses quite well..
SNAAAKE:
I actually had same problem LONG(very long) time ago and I bought like a cover that goes with the tube light.
Worked great and wasnt too bright.
Hobby store or light stores should have them(I got mine from chinatown).
Carsten Carlos:
My marquee is printed on backlight-film -never would I go with anything else! :) It's clear and has a white back where you print the mirrored image. Light gets pretty diffused, the sides are a bit darker but I guess this is only authentic, and 'cause of my loudspeakers my fluorescentlight is only a few inches behind the glass.
I guess a thin white paper should help in your case.