Sue2

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  3. Posted

    How small?

    I have a Graphtec 6000 and was impressed how well my machine cut this swirly floral design that

    my sister picked out.    That's the tip of an X-acto blade.

    Of course, the cutter blade was nice and sharp and I used Siser EW. 

    But this was still a job to weed!

    1/4 inch is about as small as I want to cut lettering.

     

    Tiny_Floral_Cut-Graphtec.jpg

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  4. Posted

    I would say no one program can cover everything perfectly.  The more "tools" you have in your toolbox, the more options you have.

    I regularly use CorelDraw for layouts, flyers, vectors and so forth.  But for photo editing I prefer Photoshop over Corel's

    PhotoPaint.  And for brochures InDesign is ideal.  Publisher is good for newsletters....but has no graphic editing.

    So, plan on eventually having several programs to cover all you do.  Start with one that covers most of your needs and  

    learn it well.

     

  6. Posted

    My "go to" program is CorelDraw.  It's quite versatile as you can create both raster and vector designs, flyers, etc....

    I have Illustrator but have never been comfortable with it...too intricate for what I do.  PLUS, I don't like their new "rental" only program...

    At least you can still buy a disk for Corel.

     

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  8. Posted

    Need some advice...I have a customer that wants his company name LARGE on the long sleeves of hoodies.....PIA!

    Do you all charge extra for this type of imprint?

    Is there a good & easy insert around that will go all the way down the sleeve to cover the sleeve seam?

    TIA, Sue2

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  9. Posted

    Yes!  Find My Font is a great investment......BUT, it can't help if your photos are not sharp, straight and

    good contrast.  Your photos are too fuzzy...and you need more contrast.

    There are plenty of FREE font sites...find a similar font and make your own design.

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  14. Posted

    4 minutes ago, Dakotagrafx said:

    probably dye migration - what brand was it? 

    I agree with Dakota...

    Years ago one of my first heat press t-shirts was for Halloween.

    I made a great bright orange pumpkin design on a  black shirt...it looked great........until the next day the orange had turned rust color. 

    The shirt was 100% polyester.  The vinyl was an unknown manufacturer.

    I still have that shirt hanging up to remind me to check the material content and the vinyl.

    Sue

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  16. Posted

    I usually try for 10" to 10.5" wide for a regular t-shirt logo imprint.......BUT recently I have been getting a bunch of shirts that are 2X, 3X and even a couple 6X. 

    Do you all expand the design a bit to make it take up a little more space? 

    I realize we are limited to the heat press platen size but I have a 16x20" press so that is not an issue for me....although those 6X shirts are HUGE!

    I suspect these larger imprints should cost more....25% larger...25% more cost.

    Thanks for any suggestions/input.

    Sue2

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  19. Posted

    I need some suggestions for the font pictured below...

    My customer used a free online logo app to create their logo and this is the text they used....

    Now they want t-shirts and I need to find a font that looks similar and can be cut & pressed......

    I've come up with nothing that has that distressed/movement look.

    Any suggestions???

    394633013_BullRText.jpg.35eb123903fcf8a5af2b5476f0336ac7.jpg

    BTW....the whole "logo" was about 4" x 4" and 72 dpi...that's what you get for FREE!

    TIA............Sue2