Custom Stencil Orders
We can certainly provide custom designs and custom stencils. There may be a particular
look you wish to capture or need a logo and you simply cannot find it as a standard
stencil. Your artwork can be converted into a stencil.
The cost is based upon how long it takes. However, you control many of the factors
that influences cost. This includes the time it takes to do any research, cleanup
or retrace artwork, input the design into the computer system, do any final cleanup
and do the final sizing and plotting.
Controlling Costs with Custom Stencil Designs
The basic rule – The cleaner the artwork, the easier it is to convert it to a stencil.
The best artwork uses clean, crisp line drawings. Artwork that is sketchy, uses
shadings, has lots of erasure marks, has erratic lines, or is a copy of a copy means
that a lot more work is involved. You can do some basic redrawing or can have us
do it. If cost is a factor, you should do it. Some basic guides are:
- If artwork is involved, try to get a copy of the artwork in a vector format such
as .eps, .vcd or .dxf. If you can’t get a vector format, get it as a bitmap format
such as a .jpg or .bmp. It can be emailed or sent on a disc to
info@prostencil.com. If artwork is not available electronically either email,
fax, or mail in a clean copy.
- If using a scanner, it is better to scan a large version and then use it to trace
or cleanup. You can then send the regular size. This will help minimize irregularities
and lines being too close together.
- If a font is involved find out the name of the font. Also, find out what program
created it. Often the same font will be given different names by different programs.
- If using a photograph as the basis for artwork, it must be converted to a clean
line drawing. This means tracing off the lines that create the image and the detail
you want to illustrate. Often, this can be done by making a copy of the photo and
then turn the copy over to trace your image and details. Once traced and cleaned-up,
make a copy of this new image so the other side doesn’t “bleed-through” when scanned.