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Title: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: KrawDaddy on January 09, 2006, 04:21:07 pm

Well here it is,

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project (Help Wanted)
Post by: tbombaci on January 09, 2006, 10:33:18 pm

I'll do it for you.

-Tom

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project (Help Wanted)
Post by: KrawDaddy on January 09, 2006, 10:38:10 pm

Great

Have you completed other work on the vector website?

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project (Help Wanted)
Post by: spriggy on January 10, 2006, 02:00:27 am

Quote from: KrawDaddy on January 09, 2006, 10:38:10 pm

Have you completed other work on the vector website?

An understatement!!!

You won't be dissapointed with tbombaci's artwork.  He's compiled some fantastic vector transfers!

Search for his stuff up at the Arcade Art Library.

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: tbombaci on January 11, 2006, 05:18:57 pm

Spriggy,

Thanks for the kind words.

-Tom

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: spriggy on January 12, 2006, 06:37:46 am

Quote from: tbombaci on January 11, 2006, 05:18:57 pm

Spriggy,

Thanks for the kind words.

-Tom

A pleasure.   Looking foward to seeing it complete.   I love the look of the simplistic 'Warlords' emblem for some reason.  Nice and clean.

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project Help...
Post by: KrawDaddy on January 13, 2006, 01:21:59 am

I downloaded illustrator to rescale the file to match the original.  Is it possible to measure from point to point like CAD.   Say from one side of the monitor opening to the other.  If I can figure this out i could scale it till it matched.

-Kraw....graphic idiot

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: spriggy on January 14, 2006, 12:39:17 am

I'm not 100% sure of what thought path your going down,  however this may help.

You obviously have the original glass, hence the original scan, hence access to the original overall dimensions. 

Accurately measure the original glass overall width and height.  If Tom's file does not include the overall main black base underlay, measure the overall width of the artwork instead (which would be the outer light grey pin-striping I would imagine)

Open up Tom's vector of the artwork in AI.  Then go to the uper menu bars and go EDIT..PREFERENCES..GENERAL.  Make sure you check the box next to 'Scale Stroked and Effects', in case this is relevant to the file parameters.  Also go to 'UNITS & DISPLAY PERFORMANCE' and select the size units you prefer to use (I use mm's being an Aussie and all  ::))

Then make sure non of your relevant layers are locked (little padlock next to them should NOT be there, in the layer window.)  Then go CTRL+A (select-all command).

Click on the 'Scale too'l in the tools menu (under the pencil tool, just hover over the top to see what it is)

Go back to the upper menu bar and click WINDOW.. and make sure the 'Transform Window' is checked.  Within this window, make sure the little chain link is clicked, which in turn links the W:(width) and H:(height) to keep the files original aspect ratio.

Then type in the original glass or artwork (whatever is relevant) width dimension in the W: field.....and press enter...DONE

The file should have scaled correctly, automatically keeping the original aspect ratio.  Because Tom compiled the file from an original scan, all the size ratios should be correct.

Good Luck.  Hope this helped.

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: KrawDaddy on January 14, 2006, 12:47:33 am

Thanks for your effort Spriggy I'll try it tommarrow.

By the way

Tom - did you take the black all the way to the edge of the glass?

Kraw

Title: Re: Warlords Underlay Vector Project
Post by: spriggy on January 14, 2006, 12:49:06 am

Quote from: KrawDaddy on January 14, 2006, 12:47:33 am

Thanks for your Spriggy effort I'll try it tommarrow.

By the way

Tom - did you take the black all the way to the edge of the glass?

Kraw

I just modified my instructions too include what to do if Tom didn't.

#edit#  Also make sure you get a cheap black and white rough print on stencilling paper or a semi-translucent paper, to test on the original.