Juice Drops

[ChicagoGraphics]

Was just wondering If these so called juice drops are any good for making vehicle wrap backgrounds with. And can you blow them up to any size without getting all pixellated.

I am thinking of buying some but not sure if they are just a waste of money. :rolleyes:

[threeputt]

We are currently using one for a wrap. They are 11"x17" at 300 dpi. That's good enought to blow up vehicle size and end up with 150 dpi. Buy 'em, but wait for the weekly specials.

[GK]

Unless they are coming @ the resolution you are printing then no, they are going to have some pixelation to an extent. Personally I would try avoiding them like the plague...as I have stated 1000x before. Its a prepackaged design that anyone who buys can use...after someone has used the same design a few times it just devalues everyone else's work who comes up with a solid original design and actually put some thought into it.

[Flame]

Unless they are coming @ the resolution you are printing then no, they are going to have some pixelation to an extent. Personally I would try avoiding them like the plague...as I have stated 1000x before. Its a prepackaged design that anyone who buys can use...after someone has used the same design a few times it just devalues everyone else's work who comes up with a solid original design and actually put some thought into it.
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You're crazy. There are thousands upon thousands of these designs, the chances of running into another local guy using the same juice drop..... is pretty well little to none. I don't even KNOW of anyone else in my area using these, much less the EXACT same ones.

And they are very high quality. I've used them in vehicle graphics. Sure, any raster file will have some pixelation, but they're good quality. Plenty well enough for wraps.

[GraphixCALC]

In addition, they come both flattened TIFF and layered PSD files. So, with the layered PSD files, you can make a gazillion combos with them!

[Just Another Sign Guy]

we love juicedrops and I have yet to use one as they are designed and don't know anyone who does so George Kerns statement makes no sense at all, I think someone is commenting just to comment, this is not your typical clipart and the only people that would be able to recognize any of the elements within these collections would be someone in the industry and it would be hard at that. All of the Juicedrops files are created in layers so you can isolate one element and use it in your design, or snag a background and delete everything else and the quantity of layers within each file is amazing, so the variations are limitless. the quality is incredible and for the amount of art you get with each collection you simply can not go wrong. they are a bargain to say the least, but as mentioned prior if you watch their daily deals you can save a great amount of money.

9 times out of 10 we will take a texture from one of the layers and use it as a background or fill, or take a focal point and delete all the other layers.

[javila]

Unless they are coming @ the resolution you are printing then no, they are going to have some pixelation to an extent. Personally I would try avoiding them like the plague...as I have stated 1000x before. Its a prepackaged design that anyone who buys can use...after someone has used the same design a few times it just devalues everyone else's work who comes up with a solid original design and actually put some thought into it.

These files come in at 11 x 17 @ 300 ppi(and the usually have a few inches bleed unseen, translate that to 75 ppi for wraps and you have 44 x 64" before any sampling takes place. More than enough.

All the juice drops I've seen have a minimum of 7 layers(some in the 14 layer area). That's a whole lot of combination before messing with color hues, distorting and combining them.

[iSign]

I bought a bunch and finally used my first one. I eliminated 3/4 of the layers, then I put a light gold fill over the whole thing & took the transparency down to about 20%... you could never recognize this textural fill... but it added just the extra interest I had in mind, without competing & I liked having that resource to thumb through to help me achieve it.

[threeputt]

Hey, Island, is that Saudia Arabia, up there by the "K"?

[threeputt]

Island makes a good point. And well illustrates his point with the small sign. Juice drops are merely a tool. They are fully editable and some contain 30 layers, I've seen it.

[ChicagoGraphics]

Thanks for all your input on Juice Drops, I bought 3 DVDs yeasterday for 99 bucks, was that a good deal?

[threeputt]

Not bad, but you might watch and see that you can get 12 plus a bonus one for $199.00. We did.

[iSign]

Hey, Island, is that Saudia Arabia, up there by the "K"?
maybe...

..they were some sort of ambigious celestial orbs before I got to them...

...as far as I knew it could have been the sea of tranquility... but Saudi Arabia?
...that is just as unrecognizable to me as the dark side of the moon, so I'll defer to your good eye :wink:

[Columbia Signs]

Do you mind me asking where you found that deal? Thanks in advanced.

Not bad, but you might watch and see that you can get 12 plus a bonus one for $199.00. We did.

[Just Another Sign Guy]

i've seen daily specials where you can buy any one for $24.95 as a introductory, doesn't happen often. SO watch those daily deals that they send you DAILY.

[iSign]

that is the deal I got too.. someone here posted it.

The manufacturers own website offeres different deals at different times. Just bookmark it, & check back frequently.

[Just Another Sign Guy]

http://www.digitaljuice.com/products/product_volumes.asp?cid=2&pvid=9
today's special $33

[Columbia Signs]

The 12 plus one free for $199 seemed to good to pass up.

[ChicagoGraphics]

Do you mind me asking where you found that deal? Thanks in advanced.


It was on there web site yeasterday it was a 12 hour sale

[threeputt]

Hey Cody, just hang in there and like I said, watch their site. The hardest problem you'll have is deciding which ones to get. Really!

[wes70]

Are juice drops compatible with photopaint?

[threeputt]

Corel PhotoPaint is a paint program, so I'm very sure you can use them there. I'm just not a whiz in PhotoPaint. (not a whiz in PhotoShop either, but can get around a bit)

I don't know whether the "layers" would all open though, since they are native to PhotoShop as .psd files. But surely the "flattened" .tif or .bmp would open and be useable.

[GraphixCALC]

Yes, the layers will open in PhotoPaint. Some of the proprietary PhotoShop layer effects do NOT work in PhotoPaint, but other than that, you can use them with PP.

[jkkt]

Can these be opened and the individual layers accessed in flexi?

[Flame]

Can these be opened and the individual layers accessed in flexi?


No. Not at all.

[MotorCityGraphix]

After reading eveyone's post, I bought a three pack. Can't wait to get em.

[ChicagoGraphics]

I got my juice drops, I can see there place in the print world for them.

[Flame]

I got lucky and got 5 for $99. Cheapest price I've seen yet (makes them just under $20 each).

Yeah, cool stuff eh Chicago?

[WOODBS]

i looked at the website but everything seemed to be catagorized by seasons and fairytales and stuff. where do you see the combo deals?

[MotorCityGraphix]

The combo deals are usually at the top of the home page. That's where it was when I bought mine.

[PureSportsDesigns]

we got 10 for $250 last week. they are awesome

[WOODBS]

aight, i saw the add at the top but not sure what i'm getting. looks like a bundle of crap i may never use??

[DRPSignsNGrafix]

are the juice drops really worth the money. i'm considering getting some. I've seen some used nicely in wraps.

[cdiesel]

I believe so.. we had a couple, and jumped on a deal to buy 24 more packs for $500 I think. We use them all the time for all kinds of different signs/print work.
Like Doug posted too, we use elements from them alot also.

[Columbia Signs]

Looks like the $250 for 10 with 3 free Elements has got me. I'm going to get them... now how to pick the 10 Juice Drops! Any suggests on the better volumes?

[cdiesel]

The ones with tech in the name are more techy/straight lines. The holiday stuff is nice, but they are very use specific (obviously). The sign frames or whatever it's called is pretty cool.

[GraphixCALC]

I like the HighImpact, CleanCuts and SubtleImpact ones the best so far.

[Columbia Signs]

Thank you! I'll get some of those.

[threeputt]

Ok, and Cody....now that you've obtained our full and sincere go-ahead endorsement of Juice Drops, don't forget to post an image of your first sign done with them. lol