Primal Decals

i tested the export jpeg,bmp etc in scalps and it works.. I think its showing you what you can do till its activated. Just like if you tried to cut with scalps it would cut a line thru it .. So you are only getting part of the usable features.

For me since i use scalps now-----Anything i make, i export from scalps as svg or save it from Ai as a svg. Its much easier to keep them as one file type. Even if i get a eps sent to me i change it to svg. just how i do it ... why are you trying to save it as a jpeg?

No worries bud. According to their page it says this for the basic Vm cut -- AI, EPS, PDF & SVG import/export (inc. text, images, gradients etc.) http://www.vinylmastercut.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- File (menu) > Import > File You want them as either .ai, .eps or .pdf (not an image). the above was posted by Vinylmaster on the forum in car template questions with vm. I Copied right from my vm software help section- Importing and Exporting File Types VinylMaster has been designed to import and export the most widely used and reliable interchangeable graphics formats which includes Adobe's Portable Document Format (.pdf), Illustrator (.ai) and Encapsulated Postscript (.eps) formats, all of which can be exported from the most popular software packages. Other than their popularity the main advantage of these formats, is that they maintain the artwork's original level of quality. VinylMaster also works with all the major bitmap/image formats such as .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .raw, .tif and .tga along with other popular formats such as .psd and .emf

Im sending this info to craftedge to see what they say. and also on the forum they have for Scalps only . I Have scalps4pro but never played with the print features or contour cutting with reg marks. Never had the need for it yet but soon will be needing help with print and cut for jpss stuff... When i hear back from them i will post the info if this hasnt been resolved ..

You should have a menu across the top in scalps..This is Scalps4pro screen shot. I also checked my older scalps3pro and it has the menu tabs..You may have to go to here http://www.craftedge.com/download/download.html . And re download your version in the older version section part way down. Try downloading the new demo version 4pro and see if the menu tab show up for you. You may have a bug .. The 4pro version works much better than 3 as well..

for me its Ai and scalps. Its not hard or difficult to use 2 different ones. With any software one will not always do everything you need or how you like,,, .. It really flows when you get a combo that makes things easier for you , And i have mine . Many use Vm and many use scalps. Its a preference...and your choice. I can make things much faster in Ai than i can scalps lol..

I never thought i was going to be doing more than what you think your going to or want to do lol... If you do good work , you will do more and bigger things within your limits. I have no regrets for getting the 24" size of cutter i have. I have been more than happy with it .

@eprcvinyls inkscape is just another design style software. Vm and or scalps is for cutting and doing some designing . I have my preference of using Ai for 98% of designing in and 2 % in scalps for designing and then cutting .Cause i feel it was the easiest to learn and do what i do daily .

definitely..

lol And this is usually when i have stepped step in and give one on one help showing Vm,Scalps, inkscape,signblazer etc and let them choose which one they may learn easier because some people end up getting so overwhelmed , they just feel completely lost and more confused than when they first started on the first question they asked.. Node editing lol.. Thats a good one . I remember when i heard that term and was huh? are you kidding me ? more stuff to learn lol... now i love it . very easy to do .

Most all of my vectors is svg, rarely eps for me lol . either work for me in Ai.

Thanks Bud.. That job on that sign landed me another job for doing doing decals on a mini sprint race car last year that raced at daytona raceway that was featured live on tv. The driver contacted me and said to have the tv on a certain channel ,Me not knowing why ., Changed the channel and there was my work on a car on tv going around the track. It was the best feeling ever .The car took 4th overall and they did an interview of the driver next to car for a close up ..freakin awesome lol.

good point @slice&dice . Alot of people do get that confused all the time ,as we always see on here lol..

@eprcvinyls ive done 4x8 signs and 40 in wide designs on Toy hauler trailers with my 24" cutter all the time . You just have to know how to split things apart and put them back together..Once you learn it, you will be amazed on the size of things you can get away with.. Heres one sample 4x8 double sided, exactly what the customer wanted.

@cardudenc any thoughts?

Hey bud Its Pip from the other forum.Welcome to the best place on earth lol

Ya i have no clue.Makes no sense..Wish they would add a little more to it .

Sorry for the confusion on this , I might be doing this the hard way but its been working fine until i got this last job which is a limo bus which is longer etc than the artboard, I have no idea how to word this and cant get myself to figure what how to solve this on my own. ..I know the limits are set to 227 inches in Ai.... .. And I do things a certain way in Ai to where my images will be larger than the artboard is allowed so i get a more life like look at my previews when i build them in Ai and i use inches as well.. How or what are the percentages used for like 1:20 scaling etc . So if the way im doing it is i guess 1:1 if im correct on that , Where can i find the math part of it to help me shrink my over-all image down to fit the artboard which would make everything shorter etc , and after i get my design like its supposed scale it back up to be the proper number. I really appreciate your links or info provided,Thank you. @cardudenc this might come in handy for you on some large things as well if i get the help on this .

I dont really design in scalps except for making a shadow or outline or now using the text on the path feature they fixed. Everything else is in Ai thanks to you lol.. And in scalps i can make a 1200x1200 inch artboard which blows away Ai 227 inch size. And now that ive just typed that , I think I might have to try using Scalps for what i need with a large image lol. If it works thanks Wildgoose lol

Fingers crossed lol

Holy S&%$ lol @Dakotagrafx

I spent 2500 on my laptop lol..

Lol very true and good point @bikemike.. the more thats running at once the more its stealing from everything else which can cause the issue also. I also see that some people have 2 computers .1 for cutting only and the other for designing etc. Im in the process of setting my system up that way right now . My high end laptop for designing and the other for 1 thing only, Even tho both have more than needed for doing everything .....

Well for cardudenc it was lack of ram, after freeing up ram and restarting the software he was using allowed the software to have the ram needed to work properly, So now on his screen in the corner is a little tab he can watch and when it starts climbing above ( lets say 75%) he clicks it and in secs it frees up what it can. I have it on mine but i have no worries due to having 16gb ram. upgrading to 32gb soon. .. Hes only running 2gb ram on his which is not good. And running Ai is a killer for ram hogging. Cardudenc has a newer laptop he just bought and is not going to have this problem with it having more than enough ram and power. Just need to get his software all transferred over . My buddy who doesnt do designing but uses Photoshop and lightroom software like me but has a mac and was having the same problem.His Processor speed was great but lacked ram, So we upgraded to 8gb from 2gb and his problems were fixed as well instantly .. So sometimes its not the software and its the computer. I have noticed some people are buying computers before researching what they need it to run or do,thinking they are getting such a great deal and then find out they have to spend more in the end cause it lacked 1 thing or another.

Dakotagrafx i fully agree with you until it doesnt work on a forum ,It always doesnt work out easily for some when they read toms of comments, So hands on is the next best thing and does work. @cardudenchad an issue last night with importing svg files into scalps . And it is now resolved to the problem being that he is pushing his ram in his laptop to the max. Tried figuring it out thru messaging and sending me photos of what he was seeing and it just wasnt working that way , Not everyone can be easily helped and instead needs a one on one only because they may get themselves overwhelmed with too much help. I used to be one of them when i first started using Ai and Scalps ,And thanks to Wildgoose for things he has taught me outside of the forum..... but it was hard to do without seeing what was really going on with cardudenc issue.. So I had to do a Live view with him. And i actually do it a lot with others cause its much easier to help that way with others. .Once i Physically seen what it was doing and did some svg file tests with svg files and exporting etc .Ran a simple FREE software from the web that tells me how much ram is being used while he has several programs running at once ,And it was using up to 86% of ram which affected everything . When he imported the Vector file to Scalps it would show nothing until you ran the mouse over it and then it would make an outline image of his work.. Ai was even slow at running while i checked everything But after running the Ram cleaner it sped up as well... Ran the Ram cleaner to free up ram resources and also restarted scalps and it was fixed... He needs to add ram for he is at 2gb and 4 will be just fine to fix it. In know cause i added to my other laptop before i had my new one built and the ram upgrade solved it on mine as well... So sometimes things cant be just resolved thru chatting on a forum. But i do try to post on the forum until i see its not getting anywhere fast enough for the person asking for help, so i offer direct help.. Im just one of those people who enjoy helping no matter how busy i am with my own work. And @cardudenc @zip2it @fatih @Chriscarp746 @Powerboss are just a few of tons ive helped one on one and they continue to get ahold of me anytime they need something . I hate seeing people struggle to long,