• rear glass width

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:11 pm**

does anyone have the dimentions of the rear glass of the car? i need the width of the clear part : ie not including borders. I'd mesure mine but its raining

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:30 pm**

well.. its 85cm, if any of you care

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:32 pm**

Don't blame you for asking - this weather is bloody awful!! Are you getting a different sticker for Grace, similar to Nessy's?

Steve

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:33 pm**

yeah i'm emailing some guy from egay.. he's reccomended an 'etched' look, rather than a colour, which i think might work ok..

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:36 pm**

The etched look can look quite good. I was thinking of getting something done, but not sure. Can the guy on ebay make them on request using vector images?

Steve

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:38 pm**

vector images??

i think he basically whacks a bmp into his pc, sizes it then uses some random machiney thing to cut the letters - i'm not sure thou. have a hunt - there's loads of people on there doing this kinda thing..

what image are you after?

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:42 pm**

Vector images are a graphic format, instead of using pixels to make up the image, the computer calculates the different areas etc that makes up the overall picture. Mainly only good for simple text/graphics, but can be scaled up without losing quality.

I might be after the Freak Kitchen logo, some strange swedish rock band that I like... www.freakkitchen.com. Yellow might be a bit bright though!

I'll have a look, how much did your other sticker cost?

Steve

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:45 pm**

my other one was well cheap - £8, but it was a standard design/size from some guy (no idea who) i found at a festival..

i know what a vector image is btw, i just didnt konw what you were after

can you get that logo as a vector?

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:49 pm**

I can convert the BMP into a vector image and edit it, or trace it using a graphics tablet. I don't think the original BMP image of the logo would scale up enough for a sticker.

£8 is very good.. thats a pretty huge sticker too!

Didn't mean to sound patronising with the vector stuff... I just read it back and it didn't read to well!

Steve

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 05:57 pm**

ah dont worry about it - i'm sure lots of peeps on here wouldnt know

do you think that would scale up well for an entire rear window? i only ask cos it'd fill the whole screen.. also.. sticking thin bits of vynal down is an arse.

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 06:04 pm**

If the image you start off with can be vectorised well, or if you make something from scratch it would scale fine to fill a rear screen.

When I looked before most places making vinyl graphics wanted the image in vector format, rather than bitmap. Atleast I think so...

Steve

Posted: **23 Oct 2004 06:07 pm**

well this guy might be - he's already got a copy of the logo i want

Posted: **24 Oct 2004 09:01 am**

oh thanks steve! now i can't stop singing nobody's laughing!

is it true MIE plays totally fingerstyle? that's nuts!

Posted: **24 Oct 2004 11:22 am**

haha.. Mattias IA Eklundh is a superb guitarist, has a very distinctive technique that goes really well with the band! I don't actually know if he plays totally fingerstyle though!

Pretty good band though, I'm looking forward to the new album.. pity that no-one has ever heard of them in the UK, and they never tour here!

Steve