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Mud Grand Master

Mud

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Hi guys,

We need to enlist the help of a top notch graphic artist.

Two sets of plates have now been printed off by PPQ and neither are of high enough standard for Dave and I (test bunnies) to be happy with.

PPQ are telling me they require our logo in an original EPS format. (if you don't know what that is read no further :) )

We want the logo to look exactly like the one in the dark banner.

What we want is the banner logo supplied to us in an EPS format.

If anyone can help out they willl have exclusive bragging rights that they did this and forever have their artwork imortilised oon numberplates.

Cheers

M

SKA___Skylines_Australia_Logo_n_sash.pdf

post-330-1161115613.jpg

Eug Grand Master

Eug

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EPS is an adobe vector post script standard. its normally used in pdf style documents.

you can get a convertor for these (i'm not entirely sure on the program, normally adobe publishing software) but who ever made that pdf above, or the minute notes for sau check your options to export or save, it may be in there.

hope that may/may not help

Willo Proficient

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EPS = Encapsulated PostScript

Get the apple writer printer driver and install it on your system. Then print the image to file and you should be able to pick EPS as an output format.

It's been a while since I've used postscript but if I get a chance today I'll see what I can do.

Darkboy Community Regular

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Get the apple writer printer driver and install it on your system. Then print the image to file and you should be able to pick EPS as an output format.

Let's get this straight now...its no use trying to write the file as an eps if the original file is not in raw postscript format. The purpose of this raw file format is to allow you to scale the artwork to any size without any loss of quality in the final print.

If it is a pdf created from this raw format, well then yes you can re-open it in Adobe Illustrator and save it as the correct type of eps needed for large format printing.

I can do this job for you no worries but somebody will need to tell me what typeface was used.

dano4127 Veteran

dano4127

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Just a quick question, do you want the "S" to have the same raised effect as in the bevel and embossed look in the banner or is the flat look like in the pdf ok?

the thing is as far as i know these will be screen printed so to get a good quality print you need to use a flat vector style image to expose the screens.

i have opened the pdf and re saved it as an Illustrator eps V8 but that is not going to give that raised look you have in the banner

anyways if i could have a look at the specs ppq gave you i can tell you for sure what can and cant be done

Darkboy Community Regular

Darkboy

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Just a quick question, do you want the "S" to have the same raised effect as in the bevel and embossed look in the banner or is the flat look like in the pdf ok?

the thing is as far as i know these will be screen printed so to get a good quality print you need to use a flat vector style image to expose the screens.

i have opened the pdf and re saved it as an Illustrator eps V8 but that is not going to give that raised look you have in the banner

anyways if i could have a look at the specs ppq gave you i can tell you for sure what can and cant be done

If he wanted the flat look he could have just sent the pdf to PPQ, as they can open it as eps postscript format just as you have.

On the other hand I dont really see the need to create it in its embossed form due to the size it will appear on the number plates. The shadows and any gradients will appear as a very ordinary stipple at the required size.

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dano4127

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its all well and good to say that they would have just opened it but with my recent experence with places like this if that see the file is not what they asked for they dont even bother trying to open it even though they can.

Darkboy Community Regular

Darkboy

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its all well and good to say that they would have just opened it but with my recent experence with places like this if that see the file is not what they asked for they dont even bother trying to open it even though they can.

Fair enough but in the 13 years I have been involved in graphic design, if you have a good enough relationship with your man...they will do leaps and bounds to keep you happy.

Revhead Grand Master

Revhead

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The original file was done in Adobe Illustrator, and converted ("save as" in Illustrator) to EPS, PDF, BMP and JPG formats. The AI and EPS docs were both in vector format, obviously BMP and JPG weren't, but either way PPQ should have been able to take the files we sent them, apply their standard red to the S, and it'd be sweet. I don't know why they have had so much of a problem doing this!

AFAIK, they were supplied with both vector and raster versions of the file. I re-checked the original AI file earlier today and the colour code on the S is straight red.

Mud Grand Master

Mud

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thanks for all the replies guys.

it needs to be an ORIGINAL EPS file.

not converted from pdf bmp jpeg or anything else.

and yes we're after the raised 3d look.

and yes you can tell the difference on the plates we've had one with the 3d look (that came out pixelated due to not being a high res eps) and one done from a EPS created from a PDF (that came out flat looking)

So who's out there plugging away to try and create one?

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