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Just curious how various folks handle halftones when cutting vinyl. In the past I have picked a color close to the visual color of the halftone, and I have also misted white to create a tone. But has anyone tried to cut a halftone into the vinyl? In this case it is just a simple stripe 3"x6'. How would you go about it?
-------------------- Tim Rieck Signs Halfmoon Bay, BC Posts: 736 | From: Halfmoon Bay, BC, Canada | Registered: Sep 2000
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i'm not sure why a simple stripe would be a halftone? is the stripe supposed to be a lighter shade of the main color? in that case, yes, you could use a lighter shade of vinyl. another option is to make the "dots into stripes". you cut many small stripes, say 1/8" wide and 1/8" apart for a 50% shade, or 1/8" wide and 1/4" apart for a 33% shade, etc). stripes are easy to weed.
if you were doing a lot of them, i'd screen print.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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I was just curious to see if there was something out there to be learned by what others might do when encountering halftones.
This job is a pretty simple international corporate logo consisting of Reflex blue copy with a 50% reflex blue stripe. Two simple 4x8's for north americas largest open pit gravel mine!
My regular procedure would be to visually match the halftone to a solid colour vinyl, and in this case it looks like Avery copenhagen blue is the closest to match.
So yeah I guess I was getting picky cause it looks ok, but its just not the same as a reflex halftone, which brought me back to wondering if anybody would actually cut halftones.
I know there is always more than one way to tackle a job.... and just like many of the last posts about gilding processes, seems like everybody does it just alittle different, and I think its just too cool to find a way to do something that differs from our normal routines
-------------------- Tim Rieck Signs Halfmoon Bay, BC Posts: 736 | From: Halfmoon Bay, BC, Canada | Registered: Sep 2000
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Tim, Iwould probably have screenprinted the vinyl before cutting. Then it would be bazackley like the sample.
JPBill
-------------------- Bill'n'Annie Davidson Heathcote, NSW, Aus. my Aussie wife, a Toohey's Old, my Holden Ute, Retired from the rat race! Posts: 309 | From: Heathcote, NSW, Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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