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digitalisation for clothing crest

  • 16-05-2013 12:09PM
    #1
    sanbrafyffe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭


    trying to organise a crest for a club poloneck that i am apart of,,i have got the quotes for the material and stuff but the girl i was chatting to told me that if i draw or sketch up a crest that i would like to use,that she would send it away for it to be digitalised,and would cost a once off payment of around 30 euro

    just wondering if there is anyway i could do this online myself

    cheers b


Comments

  • #2
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    This is to convert your artwork to a stitch pattern their machine can read? Probably not as simple as you might think..


  • #3
    Mister Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Mister Man


    My guess is that she needs a vector file of the crest. It's a simple enough job, once you know what you're doing. Feel free to shoot me a PM and I can point you in the right direction.


  • #4
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Mister Man wrote: »
    My guess is that she needs a vector file of the crest. It's a simple enough job, once you know what you're doing. Feel free to shoot me a PM and I can point you in the right direction.

    Educated guess? Vector, bitmap, doodle on a napkin - still needs to be converted to a stitch pattern readable by their particular machine.


  • #5
    cuilteanna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭cuilteanna


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    Educated guess? Vector, bitmap, doodle on a napkin - still needs to be converted to a stitch pattern readable by their particular machine.

    Exactly, and the software to do it isn't cheap. Vector is simplest to digitise but any artwork will do. Once you have a stitch file though it can usually be converted to other machines' formats using something like Wilcom Truesizer.


  • #6
    Mister Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Mister Man


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    Educated guess? Vector, bitmap, doodle on a napkin - still needs to be converted to a stitch pattern readable by their particular machine.

    I recently sent in a vector of a crest for a local pub to get some t-shirts made. Sent in my the .eps file and no one said anything. I just assumed all others were the same.


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  • #7
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Mister Man wrote: »
    I recently sent in a vector of a crest for a local pub to get some t-shirts made. Sent in my the .eps file and no one said anything. I just assumed all others were the same.

    I think T-shirts usually have thermal transfers applied, polo necks/polo shirts are more likely to be embroidered.


  • #8
    Mister Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Mister Man


    Should have mentioned, it was embroidered. Maybe the company I used done whatever conversion that was needed for free, and I just got lucky.


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