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Illustrator CS2 has the envelope tool. Now to reduce anchor points you simply go to Object, Path, Simplify Path. Start out with a setting of 93, click the preview button and adjust from there. Generally I leave it at 93.

If anyone knows the font names for this business I would be highly appreciative. Thank you in advance.

For some tribals I use this site: Tribal Tattoos These are free images for which you can bring into your flavor of software for vectorizing. Very Simple!

Welcome from TX.

Illustrator: Ctrl A, Object, Envelope Distort, Make with Warp

Ok so let me see if I understand this correctly.. You have lettering (text) that has been converted to outlines? You want to arch these outlined text? You can do this with the envelope tool from within Illustrator.

Bob he asked How do you trace a tiff in flexi. Whats the prob?

A lot of times I will tweak the image from within Photoshop. I will use Flexi to autotrace/bezier trace the image, export as ai and then finialize the image within Illustrator. Depending on the image you can bypas the Flexi option and autotrace from within Illustrator as well. But...... Until...

Actually its bam margera's uncle I believe Don Vito...

sharpline graphics also sells barbed wire pinstripe. I have one in clipart form as well that I created while back.

45 degree is for everyday use such as you are doing. 60 degree is used for thicker materials such as reflective. Life expectancy is all going to depend on how often, how much, material type and settings of your machine. Now for a plug.. I use CleanCut Blades - they are better quality in both...

Another fine welcome from TX.

Hello from Amarillo, TX!!

I would love to switch back to mac however, the cost of software etc. is just way too much right now. Kinda defeats running a mac when you have to run windows on it. I would call CoCut and just ask them about your concerns..

I think your best bet is to go to CoCut's website and read up. Compare the new with yours and see if it is worth the upgrade to you or not?

Welcome from A-Town - TX!

I don't think either way you go will suck. I like memory sticks only because of size. They are so small and easy to carry anywhere you go. Plus you can use them in any mp3 player, digital camera etc.... The down fall is price and speed. You can purchase a hd 2x/3x the size of a memory stick for...

There are some pretty fast memory sticks now. SanDisk keeps making them better. For instance you can get a 4gb memory stick duo pro now...... I remember when IBM had the microdisk 4gb in compact flash form. There is a 8gb memory stick duo pro on its way - Price? The 4gb can be had for around $125.

ebay.... or mock one up yourself. Its just a silhouette, so you should be able to do a image search with google or even ebay. I have seen some that were ok and then I have seen some out here at the Tr-State Fair this week that we are attending that were really detailed and very nice.