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Yep, just got the solution last night. The book is entitled "Draw Cars Like a Pro."
In the case of the Crow Vic, you could probably use an earlier model. You can go to the dealership and get a brochure and scan it in and work over that. You'll have the specs at the same time.
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3486 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Here I go again.... Buy a cheap $150.00 digital camera, and you can take a shot of every vehicle that customers bring to you, you will never be stuck. Just download the image into you're sign making software and then design away, over the image of the vehicle.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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Hi Folks, just a quick reply to Neil's last post. While Digital Cameras definitely have their place in the Sign world, they are often not an adequate replacement for an actual vehicle template. Due to a phenomenon called "angular distortion", a picture taken from the middle of the side of the vehicle will not be even remotely accurate towards each end of the vehicle. The parallax of the lens assures this will happen. I usually take 3 shots from the side of the car to get it right.
Also, the unfortunate truth about digital cameras is that they will not go over to a customer's place of business and take pictures, they require a human being to accompany them and push buttons. To add to the frustration, the human being must take at least three pictures and some measurements. Even if the vehicle is sitting in that human's parking lot, it must still be shot and measured. I would find itmore logical to design and talk on the phone selling jobs at the same time.
Seriously, many, many people tell me they use both The Library and the Camera as design and sales tools. I own two foolishly expensive digital cameras myself.
My two cents....
and by the way - I'm Canadian and my Idiot Politicians do NOT speak for me.... Christian (Th DAL Guy)
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Actually, if you can increase the focal length of the lens (ie: use a zoom lens) or use a lens with a narrow field of view, and stand a good distance away from the vehicle, you can bring the parallax down to virtually nil.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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