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Garage diorama signage ?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:07 PM
I'm thinking of browsing different car mags and use signage/ads that may be of scale to my dio plans. Anyone have experience on this ?Tips ? I don't really want to buy the signs,why buy if I can make them for free?
TIA Smile [:)]
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:15 PM
Scan them and reduce the size using any photo editing program. You will have endless possibilities.

Good luck.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:20 PM
Another option I can recommend.

Scan at a low res and print at a high res, instant and perfect reduction.
Wink [;)]
Ie.: Scan at 100% 100DPI print at 300DPI .

Most images when reduced/enlarged by software will suffer in quality and clarity.
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:32 PM
Image quality is reduced if you reduce the file size (by lowering the resolution) while maintaining the physical size (dimensions) of the pictures. However, when the physical size (dimensions) are reduced but maintaining the resolution, the quality will be as good as the original.

My practice is I scan the pics at 600dpi giving me a large file size and high resolutions picture file. Technically the file will have many pixels giving it more detail. When reducing the image size (not the file size) I then select the option to save the resized image in the same resolution as the original as much as possible.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 19, 2003 6:25 AM
Great ideas guys. Thanks a lot.I'll try this out as soon as I get the build going.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 19, 2003 6:58 AM
Search ebay or do a Google image search for the signs you're looking for, copy & paste the photo into MS Word, Wordperfect or whatever you use.
Re-scale to proper size and print. Use the largest photo available for the best resolution. Make sure your printer is set for best qauality printing also.
http://www.scalemodelingbychris.com/page_two.htm also has a selection of signs with adheisive backs.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:38 PM
Thanks for the tip Sisco.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:50 PM
if u scan them into ur computer and print them, what should i print them on, just normal paper or card or somthing else???
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, December 22, 2003 12:27 AM
Porscheman:

If you are making a poster for a wall then you should use a very thin paper.

If you are making an ad for boards you can use sticker paper and you can just stick your ad on a piece of cardboard or styrene depending on the required thickness of the board.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:00 PM
ok thanks Dwight Ta-ala
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