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Old May 7, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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well i am purchasing a lower receiver for an AR-15 and am wanting some engraving done on it. i have the image i want but it needs to fall under certain criteria

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here are the requirements from the company i am ordering from
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High Resolution (600+dpi works great!)

Line Art

Silhouettes work very well.

DO NOT use the “Hairline” or “super fine” drawing tool as the laser will not pick that up. You must use at least the next side larger (Fatter) line.

Did we mention, HIGH RESOLUTION

Saved as one of the 3 following file extensions: cdr, psp, pdf. We MUCH prefer the cdr format as it is directly compatible with Corel, the program we use. .pdf would be the second choice. .psp can work but it is a real pan for us to use. NOTE: IF SENDING A .CDR FILE IT MUST BE SAVED AS A VERSION “X3”, OR OLDER, NOTING NEWER.

It MUST be Black and White only, no color, no gray, no grayscale – BLACK AND WHITE ONLY.

There must not be a background of any kind. No background box, no black screen, nothing. The image must appear to be “floating” on your screen. This does not mean that your image is not allowed to be inside a circle or square outline, it means the image must not be “placed on” a background. If you do not understand this, please consult a graphics design professional.

It needs to be saved as a VECTOR or fully scalable file. We WILL be changing the size of the image you submit. If it is not saved correctly not all of the lines will maintain the proper aspect ratio and width making your image look very poor.

(Just FYI: cdr is Corel Draw - the preferred format – the .pdf files seem to be working very well too)

When working on the image, remember, when put onto a lower receiver, the background will be black, the image will be white. Usually what you will be working on is a white background, your image is black. When you are, remember everything you see in black will be a white image on your lower receiver.
i will toss you a few bucks if you have a paypal account

im not sure if photoshop can do this or what kind of program i could use, but if i could get some assistance that would be greatly appreciated

thanks
-steve
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Old May 7, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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I cant help you, but thats an awsome thing to put on the lower.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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no one?? i will toss you a few bones over paypal...
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I can do it but I'm going to need to know what the name of that font is, otherwise I'll be sifting through some 3000+ font's I have installed, it'll take forever.
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Personal meaning or just a Boondock Saints fan?
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Ok here you go. This is the file minus the text, which anyone can insert at any time.

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PSD:
http://armorysound.com/veritas.psd

PDF:
http://armorysound.com/veritas.pdf

If you get that font name I can make adjustments accordingly. I basically just whipped this up, it should look great! It's all vector also, so it can be resized. I also didn't add the grungy effects because I don't think they will translate well to an engraving.
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wow that looks awesome.. i will see if i can find the font for ya. thanks man

i am a big boondocks fan, but that is not why i am getting this. i think its a great message, and will put a nice personal touch to my AR
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wow that looks awesome.. i will see if i can find the font for ya. thanks man

i am a big boondocks fan, but that is not why i am getting this. i think its a great message, and will put a nice personal touch to my AR
Glad I could help
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i cant find the font style for the life of me.. if anyone klnows the name please post up.. i know its Latin
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Here's the font: http://www.dafont.com/celtic-garamond-2nd.font
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thanks alot man.. this is why this site is so great..
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Thanks Morbid! I was able to whip this baby up with that font, it was PERFECT!

Here you go dude!

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Vector Thumb:


Vector PSD:
Link Here

Vector PDF:
Link Here

Thanks guys! If anyone needs something like this, you can always PM me and I'll try to get it done!
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awesome work thanks again.. what program did you do that on??
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awesome work thanks again.. what program did you do that on??
I used Adobe Photoshop. I just used the pen tool. I could have refined some of the lines a little better, but I like how it came out.
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