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Happy New Year all! I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to fill-in the stamped lettering on a 2019 Silverado tailgate (as seen here: https://gmauthority.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2019-Chevrolet-Silverado-High-Country-exterior-August-2018-Wyoming-013-rear-three-quarters.jpg ). Would a painted-on plastisol solution be better than trying to cut out vinyl?

What industry/type of graphics do you do?

Anyone have info on how to and where to buy blank garden flags for HTV? Berlap flags come up in search but there must be more pleasing material out there for this.

Okay, thanks.

I'm trying to think of this. Is this where the shadow is on the inside?

I got a warning about http://forum.uscutter.com/ being a possible phishing website.

Certainly it has something to do with the aggravating push notification that pops up on each page-load regardless of how many times it's answered in the negative.

It seems like the newer vehicles are placing logos and brand/model names in prime places -like closer to the middle of the door. I guess it may come down to the customers desire to place vinyl over them or not.

Is it accepted practice to lay vinyl over vehicle brand/model names (e.g. 'F-150', 'SILVERADO')?

The main drawback I read somewhere is that it drastically fades during high washer/dryer heat.

Search for "text on path" tutorials.

Is there a market for mobile phone skins in your area? Have you had any sales? First find out why you haven't had success with your current products before you move on to something else.

I have my Wordpress site at dotbob.com. WordPress may be your best bet. It requires a little learning but even if you get one of those point and click websites there's still a learning curve and it never does look right. At least with WP there's lots of help to be had over the net.

Do a search on youtube.com for a few tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sure+cuts+a+lot Sure Cuts A Lot is good for simple lettering. It's not perfect, though. I love Inkscape as it can help you do more custom designing. It may take a little longer to learn but will prove worth the effort in the long run. It's Open Source software and it's free: https://inkscape.org/en/

Make up a sell sheet with a few of the best reasons they need an effective sign from you. Either just drop off or mail the sheet to the business, or hand the sheet to the manager/owner. If you're not good at face to face sales just hand the sheet over and ask them to look it over when they get a chance. If you're good at talking to people then adjust accordingly. If you can customize the sheet then it will inspire the customer much more than something generic. Spell out as much of the process and finished product as you can to make it easier for the customer to just say OK. Try to anticipate and address all of the objections the customer might have.

These small businesses have to be sold on something before they buy it. The catch is that having to sell to them adds to the price of the product. Their business plan, if they had one, didn't account for an advertising budget.

Your work would need to be confusingly similar to the look and meaning of the claimed trademark in order for them to have a legitimate concern. If they bring it to court and fail to demonstrate the likeness then they will lose. How sure are you that your creation isn't confusingly similar?

When I put one color on top another layer of a different color the layers blend and subdue each other. Is there a way to overcome this? How do I control transparency?

Thanks Eazy for the reply. I found it in "Edit > Preferences > General - Workspace Alpha Fill"

I like the way SCALP automatically separates vectors into layers. Can Inkscape do this as well?

It would be such a useful feature and I don't think it would be too hard to implement in Inkscape. Inkscape is a great vector program but other more specialized programs make things a bit easier. I just started checking out SignBlazer and it has a few neat features but it's not an Inkscape killer. One of the things I dislike about SCALP is it's shabby handling of text on a curve. Inkscape does this perfectly.

In SCALP, notice the line-item layers: In Inkscape, notice no line-item layers: Line-item layering happens automatically when I open a layered image in SCALP, not so in Inkscape.

darcshadow, if the file has layers and you open it up in SCALP then it will display these separate layers as seperate elements in the layers tool box. Inkspae does not do this for the exact same file.

I just rediscovered this post and people seem confused at what I'm talking about. Open a layered SVG file from off the net in both SCALP and Inkscape. Open the layers properties box in each program. Unless my setup is unique you should see that in SCALP the layers are seperated whereas in Inkscape they are not. In the SCALP layers box you can click on the eye icon and the individual layer will disappear, in Inkscape there is no such eye icon becuase the layers are not seperated. To clarify, the layers are sperated in Inkscape but they are not on individual line-items as they are in SCALP. Is there a way to get this functionality in Inkscape automatically?

I've seen upper $1.70's here in La.