HELP!
I am trying to make my own decals, but need some advice. If I was to laser copy my original decal sheet onto a new aftermarket decal paper, will the original “baby/powder blue” background paper (reference old Revell and Monogram decals sheets) copy to the new?
If so, is there anyway to prevent that??? How do I get a “clear” background from a decal sheet with “baby/powder blue” or tinted yellow background?
PLEASE HELP!!
I believe it will and you would need a decent photo editor program for that.
I scanned them into my computer and use MS Paint to alter colors. But when running the test print, they were HUGE!! I then tried to shrink them down, but then lost all colors.
Any ideas for other software???
Umm… You could email them to me and I can see what I can do. I use various hefty photo editing programmes for 3D graphic work… Just add something for a scale reference on the scan (preferably metric…) Send it to xj_mike@hotmail.com, preferably a jpeg or gif too…
After I scan them and correct them… I paste them into a Word document to control the size…
If you don’t mind wasting the original decals, why not apply the decals to a white sheet of styrene and then scan or photocopy it? I have all the photo editing equipment I need, but if I didn’t, I think that is what I would do.
Try a graphics program like Corel Draw. If the type and images are vector they’ll be a smaller file size than scanning and using them as a raster image. It will also be easier to control the scaling. Once you get into the program, you’ll find you can pretty much create whatever you want.
Once you print them out via color laser or inkjet on white paper you can copy them as you planned to.
3M used to make a product that by using a uv exposure table and some negatives you could make your own dry transfer material. It was pricey but worth it considering you could make whatever you wanted. Lots of chemicals and you needed to shoot film negatives of stuff. If there are any old school graphic artists out there you might remember a similar setup in your art department.
Mike
Seen in the April issue of Internet Modeler…
http://www.internetmodeler.com/2003/april/aviation/inkjet_decals.htm
Seen in the April issue of Internet Modeler…
http://www.internetmodeler.com/2003/april/aviation/inkjet_decals.htm