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  1. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    My issue on bumping up the scaling is i am not drawing at full scale so i have to scale up in rip. So when this is done it kills the quality of raster effect bc of the low resolution. When i try and scale up to where it would need to be for the scaling it is SOOOOO slow lol...
  2. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    This is the one reason i am looking at corel but every time i try and use it i just get mad bc i cannot find anything and know how nothing works. I am at least dedicate dot adobe for another year bc i have a year left on my subscription.
  3. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    Yes it dows work with drop shadow under effects but i was looking at other ways as this file is designed all in vector and will be scaled up in rip at time of print. Its based off a bad wrap template sized for 720 to be scaled up at 1000% at time of ripping. I am tryign to do all my designing in...
  4. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    Tried that but b/c all of the strokes are in arcs the gradients don't really work well. Or at least not uniform with the shadow
  5. Contour cut and photoshop

    Tried this step for step but when i try to open the file when saves as an EPS eithe rDocs1 or Docs 2 from PS AI freezes up and will not open the file. Tried in cs6, 2015,2015 and 2017 just to make sure it wasnt something crazy with one version. Tried it with saving it as a pdf and it only has...
  6. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    Is there a way to achieve this shadow in AI without using a raster effect? I have attached 2 images. One is how i have ot created in PS but trying to start doing more of my designs in AI. Trying to eliminate cut path file issues.
  7. Corel draw X8 vs Adobe Cloud Since New Software Updates

    As stated above i am curious about what is better to work with in the graphic design market now days. Both platforms have released very updated versions of thier software. I ask this bc i am having issues with something when creating wraps for things. I was told i should be using Corel in the...
  8. Onyx, Graphtex, Illustrator, Photoshop, Onyx Cut server

    Looking for anyone who might use this combination of products to see if i can speed up some of my processes and ways i do things. I know it is a long shot and i have asked this question differently but i asked it with individual items. Hoping maybe someone is in the same equipment boundaries...
  9. Need Help Print and cut issues

    I tried using cm3 and graphtec studio and they both fail miserably. I know this dont help but i think most moved to a more printcut friendly software.. I use onyx so sorry i couldnt be more help.
  10. Help with illustrator new file and raster settings

    Ok so after reading what i posted earlier and what you posted for me i was wrong in what i listed or actually the order i listed them in. Basically most wraps are designed at 72 dpi min ( and this may be wrong but this is of my knowledge, im still new.) This would be things without photos and...
  11. Help with illustrator new file and raster settings

    Would there be an issue to create and do all the effects in 72 then rasterize to 720 then print? Is there an issue with rasterizing back to 72 for modifications in the future then back to 720.
  12. Wrapping textured parts

    Best material for wrapping textured flairs and textured items on vehicles?
  13. What Roland would buy if you where opening a new shop.

    We went with a new Epson S80600 and it is AMAZING to say the least. The colors are among the best i have ever seen. Even straight out of the box it is amazing... There where way to many post and even dealers telling me about issues with the 640's take up system out past 30-40 ft and i really...
  14. Contour cut and photoshop

    Its the back and forth that i have issues with . Like today created a wrap or a partial in photoshop but need it to have cut lines. I am still very new to onyx and it doesn't see spot colors from PS so now i am working on trying to find a way to get the cut paths and design together. This is the...
  15. Contour cut and photoshop

    Just want to make sure of something here. If i have a file that is set to 720 dpi bc i scale up 1000% in rip if i create that file in photoshop and save it at a tiff then open it in illustrator i have no loss of quality. I can then create my contour cut in illustrator on top of the .tiff i...
  16. scaling in onyx 12 rip-queue

    Found it awesome. alos found that you cna double click on the file in the rip queue and scale it from there too.
  17. Help with illustrator new file and raster settings

    So you using the effects and rasterizing to a higher scale. I figured i would place my template in at 720 scale and use 72 dpi. Then weh done rasterize the design to 720 so i can save and scale up by 1000 in onyx to be at full scale. Sometimes there is not room on the artboard for a fullscale...
  18. Help with illustrator new file and raster settings

    Up until making the switch to onyx i designed mostly in illustrator and photoshop. I would create the logo in AI and then open or paste in PS to add all the effect and so on. I have come to learn that with onyx it is better to have it all done in AI. My question is when creating a new file to...
  19. scaling in onyx 12 rip-queue

    When i was using flexi i could scare from the rip. I us some of the bad wrap templates and they are scalled at 720dpi. I could then select it and scale up by 1000%. In onyx i do not see an option to do this. Also in Flexi i could select different panels i wanted to print and not print the...
  20. Illustrator and photoshop not printing same blue.

    My apologies. I miss read what you wrote and wrote the wrong response based on what i read. The issue i have is the pantone not matching. So i would have to change the rgb value in illustrator and the rgb value in photoshop. Not sure what the color outcome is of illustrator based on the rgb as...
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