Help with the ultimate button layout!

[javeryh]

Can one of you photoshop geniuses please do me a favor?  Can you take the button layout below and put a border around it?  I'd like to see what both of my awesome mock-ups look like.  I want something to surround the button and joysticks on my CP so I'm planning to cut out some vinyl but I need something to trace/layout on the vinyl before attempting to cut it out.  The goal is to do what is done HERE but my button layout is a bit different.  And yes, the second design looks like a wang.

Huge thanks to anyone who can hook me up!  

EDIT: Oh yeah, I want to be able to print the layout in actual size!  Also, some guide lines would help (like the button centers, etc.)...

[EvilNuff]

Not 100% sure what you want but something like this?



The half circles aren't very rounded here but if you elaborate a bit I can do what you want pretty easily if I'm on the right track.

[javeryh]

Not 100% sure what you want but something like this?



The half circles aren't very rounded here but if you elaborate a bit I can do what you want pretty easily if I'm on the right track.

Yes!  That is exactly what I'm talking about (with more rounded ends - the center point of the joystick should be the center point for the 1/2 circle on the left and then just try and make it look proportionate on the other end I guess).  I want to print it out, tape it to the vinyl and then cut it out with a razor (for the straight parts) and scissors for the curves.

THANKS!!

[EvilNuff]

How are these...



As for printing that will depend on your graphics app...I just modified the original file you provided.

[javeryh]

Those look great!  So how do I print them out?  The file I posted prints to scale - can you attach your modified files to a post here?

How hard do you think it will be to cut these shapes out of vinyl?  I think I can already tell I'm going to go with the bottom one...   

[Rick]

I think I can already tell I'm going to go with the bottom one...   

I hope you do.  The one above looks a little bit cockeyed.

 

[sstralkowski]

I think I can already tell I'm going to go with the bottom one...   

I hope you do.  The one above looks a little bit cockeyed.

 

[EvilNuff]

I used http://www.getpaint.net/ to modify the images.

Here is the pdn file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/208302/ubl-rounded.pdn
And here is the png file version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/208302/ubl-rounded.png
I figure both verisons lets you do more if there's something in the png version you did not like.  

Edit: In theory the changed versions should print the same as your original...if they don't let me know and I'll figure out why.

[javeryh]

I used http://www.getpaint.net/ to modify the images.

Here is the pdn file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/208302/ubl-rounded.pdn
And here is the png file version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/208302/ubl-rounded.png
I figure both verisons lets you do more if there's something in the png version you did not like.  

Edit: In theory the changed versions should print the same as your original...if they don't let me know and I'll figure out why.

Thanks a ton - I'll let you know how it goes.  Cutting out the rounded sections is going to be tough...

[javeryh]

I think I can already tell I'm going to go with the bottom one...   

I hope you do.  The one above looks a little bit cockeyed.

 

I know! 

And yes, the second design looks like a wang.

[Rick]

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[EvilNuff]

Thanks a ton - I'll let you know how it goes.  Cutting out the rounded sections is going to be tough...

You're just cutting out in Vinyl right?  Find a can or plate thats the correct size and use that to cut around...don't free hand it.

[Ginsu Victim]

Thanks a ton - I'll let you know how it goes.  Cutting out the rounded sections is going to be tough...

You're just cutting out in Vinyl right?  Find a can or plate thats the correct size and use that to cut around...don't free hand it.

I was thinking the same thing. Place something round (of the appropriate size) on it and take an exacto knife around it.

[javeryh]

Good idea guys.  I wish I had one of those vinyl cutters!