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Preparing to print on vinyl, how to do?
Hello. Guys there was a question. There is such a texture (a seamless version is already ready):
There is also a machine on which this texture will be applied after it is printed on vinyl.
Now, as you can see in the photo where the car is, the dimensions are indicated. I can't figure out how to prepare my texture for printing in a printing house already on vinyl. Well, so that when the printing house began to paste over the car, then the whole texture lay just like the old one on the car, evenly and without seams. The question is, how do I provide the printer with a file?
Since cutting into pieces = it will not be a whole picture
Collecting all the parts of the car, drawing them, etc., and then overlaying the whole picture = long
Is there any other way out?
As a result, I need to get something like this:
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I'll try to answer.
Have you seen how vinyl is glued to such surfaces? It seems to me that there is no particular problem here, because. there are joints between all parts of the body, except for the rear pillar. Therefore, your experiences with seams are groundless. You also don't need to draw every detail of the body - it doesn't make much sense because of the vinyl application technology.
You need to start gluing with the most difficult element - the rear wing-pillar-roof-pillar-rear wing. Everything else will fit. 1-2 mm image displacement (if any) at the joints will be noticeable only if you peer. At a glance, they are indistinguishable.
Therefore, cutting is a normal, if not the only, option. I myself would print several elements like this:
Draw a flat plan of the car and describe each body element in a rectangle. This will be your blanks. Except for the first one, it will look like the letter T. Just make each element capturing the adjacent one by 5-10 centimeters (it’s better to ask the gluers), this will allow you to fit smaller / lighter elements relative to more complex / large ones and avoid missing the film when it is shifted.
In general, in this matter it is necessary to consult with the paster. You drew, gave the file, they let them print as they want.
Perhaps the photo is airbrushed, not vinyl?
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