It is extremely difficult to photograph the car without distortion. There is an interesting comment on removing the distortion using Adobe Photoshop Elements in the September Model Railroader, p.59-60.
I created a Santa Fe logo starting with a photograph and Paint Shop Pro. I put the photograph in one layer, then redrew everything on top of it in another layer, then removed the photograph layer. This gives a clean version. The photograph will always end up with fuzzy lettering and some distortion. The redrawn version can be resized and stays clean. I never tried the background color matching. It seems like it would take a huge amount of time and sample prints to get it right. It's not all that expensive to get custom decals made by someone who already has a printer, or if you can find some friends to divide up an order, get RailGraphics to make them. -Michael Eldridge -San Jose. CA --- In [email protected], "ctxmf74" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to make some SP decals for S scale cars but I've been > told I need an alps printer to print the white. > Would it be possible to just photograph the car, > clean up the image in photoshop then print the lettering on white > decal paper and let the car color create the boundary around the > white? To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
