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Just learned how to create forced perspective decals. Had fun working with this one, although it was a bit of a challenge for me trying to figure out how to do what I wanted in Inkscape & SCALP 4. This is what it looks like when standing underneath; This is standing down the hallway about 15 feet; I'll definitely be looking into doing more projects like this. =)

uggg yeah I have pretty much given up on watching the games this season. However after Saturday we have a good chance of making a comeback and maybe at least send the Tigers home in tears. That's about the only thing we have going this year...now we need a new coach and a good recruiter and we will be back in action. With the right staff we could maybe see an SEC championship in the near future.

buster, I'm trying to take the easy way out... I'm also a sign writer from many years gone by.. I guess I could grab a #20 quill and letter on awning.. one of these days i'm going to post in introductions all the many years of hand lettering signs and all my travels.. 74 and still going strong.. thanks for your help and letting me rib you a bit... the signmaker

Be creative make a reverse decal and use it as stencil

There is also a cut path option that can be used. Just draw a line through your design, select the line and the design then select Cut Path from the Path menu. This method will break the design apart so that's kind of weird. You could also use the division tool, which does about the same thing as the cut path. Skarekrow's method would be easier/better for a complex design. One step I'd change in his procedures, rather than moving the box after duplicating it, leave it and use the difference tool, and then the intersection tool. That way you don't have to worry about getting your shape lined up exactly.

or just not use that font.

Look for a Merge or Weld option. Cal

Duplicate the item you want to slice. Leave it directly over top of the original. Draw a box (or Shape) over the object and position it's edge where you want to slice it. Duplicate that box (or shape) and slide it over and line up with the box you created it from (where you want to slice). To avoid confusion, make all 4 of these objects different colors Select one of the 'Cut' boxes and (shift click) one of the objects you want to split and then, Path>Difference. Select the other of the 'Cut' boxes and (shift click) the other object and again, Path>Difference. You now should have 2 lined-up halves of your original object (in 2 different colors) left. You may have to go back and forth from Outline view to Normal View to keep up with it all. You can overlap the 2 cut boxes an eighth or quarter inch before punching if you want to tile the finished pieces. This same procedure can be used more surgically with complicated, precise paths as well. Have a look here for additional pointers.

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I also try and do designs I can reuse, 1 offs ya gotta charge a lot more to cover the cost of the template.

lol fire, On this skull I used the Epson RX595. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63069457 It's very important you dont just try this with a typical desktop printer. Do your research. I could not find a printer/brand that could meet all the specs to print to vinyl. If it's not UV issues it's something else. The inks are the most important part and the DPI of Epson printers are above any out there. If you want to do images to perfection I suggest Epson after all my 3 months of research. This printer is only $99 and has a slew of things that make it work perfectly for vinyl printing. This printer can also accept a CIS and print 8.5" x 44"! full bleed (edge to edge) Though with this printer you can't print 10 foot long bill boards, you can print images that far surpass any wide format vinyl printer on the market for quality DPI prints. Though I had to have a printer NOW! to completed the job, I meant to (and still plan) get a 1400 or R1900 Epson printer. If you can do this I highly suggest you do so for the 13" wide prints. Eric