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Anyone have photoshop skills-Book Binding Dies
I am looking at having some dies made and need some b/w logos made in vector format. If anyone can help me out as I no longer have access to photoshop and have forgotten so much since I used it in college the results would likely be awful, it would be most appreciated.
I would like to get a Valiant logo for the spine, and a Bloodshot logo and the Magnus Logo for the front of the book. FOr Magnus either the original logo, or the later one I am curious to see either. I think the original would look cooler, but feel it might not translate well as a die.
Thanks
-Neil
I would like to get a Valiant logo for the spine, and a Bloodshot logo and the Magnus Logo for the front of the book. FOr Magnus either the original logo, or the later one I am curious to see either. I think the original would look cooler, but feel it might not translate well as a die.
Thanks
-Neil
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Check out this thread and try contacting Steve Topper
viewtopic.php?t=18113&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Good Luck!
Phil
viewtopic.php?t=18113&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Good Luck!
Phil
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I've pm'ed Steve a few times in regards to issue breakdowns for his bloodshot set, he does the dust jackets, but I looked over a few examples of bound books using dies and there is just something strangly cool about them. Way more expensive but thats why I am planning on only doing them for books that I really want to stnad out.TheVisitor wrote:Check out this thread and try contacting Steve Topper
viewtopic.php?t=18113&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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Bloodhot Dies
Neil,
I can defintely do Photoshop. Do the dies HAVE to be in vector formats? I made a couple of B/W images for a friend for die and there were JPEG format.


PM me and let me know what you want and I'll see what I can do[/img]
I can defintely do Photoshop. Do the dies HAVE to be in vector formats? I made a couple of B/W images for a friend for die and there were JPEG format.


PM me and let me know what you want and I'll see what I can do[/img]
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Jim said vector works best but if you have used jpeg i dont see why not.
that loners one looks great.
I will be emailing you this week, holidays have me all types of screwed up.
Thanks Steve,
-Neil
that loners one looks great.
I will be emailing you this week, holidays have me all types of screwed up.
Thanks Steve,
-Neil
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I first got an idea for what i wanted as a die, by using the cover to Rai ) and the bloodshot logo figure that would make a striking image.

Then I inverted the cover to rai 0.

so thats step 1
If someone can clean up the bloodshot logo and make it a little bigger I think it would be quite cool.
thanks
-Neil

Then I inverted the cover to rai 0.

so thats step 1
If someone can clean up the bloodshot logo and make it a little bigger I think it would be quite cool.
thanks
-Neil
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Bloodshot Die
Neil,
How is this one for a quick effort?

How is this one for a quick effort?

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Re: Bloodshot Die
I think we have ourselves a die.Steve Topper wrote:Neil,
How is this one for a quick effort?
-neil
Re: Anyone have photoshop skills-Book Binding Dies
You don't need to have Photoshop. Gimp can probably do what you want and more and it's free open source.ncameron wrote:I am looking at having some dies made and need some b/w logos made in vector format. If anyone can help me out as I no longer have access to photoshop and have forgotten so much since I used it in college the results would likely be awful, it would be most appreciated.
I would like to get a Valiant logo for the spine, and a Bloodshot logo and the Magnus Logo for the front of the book. FOr Magnus either the original logo, or the later one I am curious to see either. I think the original would look cooler, but feel it might not translate well as a die.
Thanks
-Neil
Here's the link: http://www.gimp.org/
I've personally used it for a project recently and was pretty impressed with it. Though, I'm no Photoshop expert, but it seemed to be able to do almost anything photoshop could do even accept some of the same filters.
Try it and see for yourself.
Re: Anyone have photoshop skills-Book Binding Dies
You don't need to have Photoshop. Gimp can probably do what you want and more and it's free open source.ncameron wrote:I am looking at having some dies made and need some b/w logos made in vector format. If anyone can help me out as I no longer have access to photoshop and have forgotten so much since I used it in college the results would likely be awful, it would be most appreciated.
I would like to get a Valiant logo for the spine, and a Bloodshot logo and the Magnus Logo for the front of the book. FOr Magnus either the original logo, or the later one I am curious to see either. I think the original would look cooler, but feel it might not translate well as a die.
Thanks
-Neil
Here's the link: http://www.gimp.org/
I've personally used it for a project recently and was pretty impressed with it. Though, I'm no Photoshop expert, but it seemed to be able to do almost anything photoshop could do even accept some of the same filters.
Try it and see for yourself.
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Re: Anyone have photoshop skills-Book Binding Dies
steverino wrote:
You don't need to have Photoshop. Gimp can probably do what you want and more and it's free open source.
Here's the link: http://www.gimp.org/
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Re: Anyone have photoshop skills-Book Binding Dies
Bring out the gimp!steverino wrote: Here's the link: http://www.gimp.org/