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Need feedback and / or suggestions - Surething Decal maker software

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Need feedback and / or suggestions - Surething Decal maker software
Posted by JCurtis on Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:57 AM

I am looking to  learn how to make my own decals for a few specialized police vehicle models I am doing. Part of that includes the Police dept. Logo on the doors of the car and the swat vehicle.

Only need to make enough for a couple of units, so going to someone and paying a large setup fee is out of the question.

I need to know if anyone has any experience with the Sure Thing Decal maker software??  Good / Bad / indifferent?

Also could you make a few suggestions as to what you are using.

Jeff Curtis

Stamford, CT

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:31 AM

Are you going to make inkjet decals with your own printer?  In this case you do not need dedicated decal making software.  Any photo editing or paint program is good enough.  There are even shareware or free ones available, such as GIMP.    All you need is to get the design as a jpeg or similar graphics file, and print with your printer.

If you are designing for screen printing, then you need something fancier, but Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Paint Shop Pro can make color seperation layers.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    January 2011
Posted by stymye on Friday, February 17, 2012 1:18 AM

it can be done that way but ,all the decal  and scren printing people use vector based programs , like illustrator,corel and inkscape (free)

 so if you want to get into designing decals (and possibly masks), it only makes sense to stay away from raster programs like  Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Paint Shop Pro and Gimp. and learn to use vector based drawing software.

the learning curve is no different between them. 

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, February 17, 2012 9:30 AM

stymye

it can be done that way but ,all the decal  and scren printing people use vector based programs , like illustrator,corel and inkscape (free)

 so if you want to get into designing decals (and possibly masks), it only makes sense to stay away from raster programs like  Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Paint Shop Pro and Gimp. and learn to use vector based drawing software.

the learning curve is no different between them. 

Photoshop and PSP also do vector graphics.  Not sure about elements.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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