How to Design & Create Vinyl Decals - Start to Finish
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- In this tutorial we take you from the creation of a vinyl decal inside adobe illustrator all the way to cutting the final decal and prepping it for final sale. Check out our website at WWW.INKSPIT.COM
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This is a better tutorial than some *_for cost_* training videos I've seen. Thanks for posting it and sharing your knowledge in a manner that is able to be understood!
Thanks Paulson Pompousman. I appreciate the compliment.
Your tutorials are a big help for a novice like me! Thanks!!!
+Dan Thomas Thanks Dan. Keep on working at it. Hopefully I can get some new tutorials up soon!
I've seen many videos and you have explains so much more than the others. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
What a concise, comprehensive teacher you are! I appreciated seeing the computer progress with navigation included. Thank you for taking the time to make your instructive video.
Dianne Stearns Thanks for taking the time to leave a positive comment. I really appreciate it. I'm glad the tutorial was useful to you. Your comments are the reason I keep doing these tutorials!
Appreciate the info. Keep the videos coming, I enjoy the design element!
thanks this will help me out a lot when i buy my own vinyl cutter great video
Lawrbrin yo. did you end up getting that vinyl cutter? & if so, what cutter you get?
Im considering getting one.
Your welcome. Did you end up getting your own vinyl cutter?
He's being sarcastic I think
Hey great video, it was very useful. I have a question, what if you wanted to do two different colors in stead of one? How would that process work?
Way cool, you make it seem so easy, send those decals over to me! I'll pimp your stuff out!!
Thanks for the props. We will have some more soon. Been busy with lots of orders!
Thank you for providing all the steps, you filled a void! I shared it on multiple social media sites, will check your website out too.
Brenda Kyle Thanks. I love to keep doing it because of people like you taking the time to let me know it's useful to you.
Hey Bud, Thank's.....this was great, Ive had trouble finding good Tut's with Illustrator & Plotters. Thanks again :-)
Thank you!Great tutorial!
Thanks bro. I appreciate it. Can't wait for your BF4 videos!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for this! Going to have to wait for a bit until I can afford a vinyl cuter though. Yikes they are expensive!
Thanks CanvasKingdom. Vinyl cutters can be a little pricey, but they are well worth it!
I am considering one to use as an assist with my custom Nintendo 3DS XL paintings/skins. SO I imagine it will be well worth it... once I can get it! :)
CanvasKingdom That sounds really cool. Let me know where I can check out your work.
This channel, Canvas Kingdom, is the easiest way to see what I'm up to! I have two videos filmed and ready for editing, just waiting to get my editing computer back up and running, but they should be up sometime in the near future. :)
Excellent simple easy to follow video, thank you.
Awesome video InkSpit, please make some more possibly different design application in Photoshop to Illustrator, etc.
Very grateful. Thanks for taking the time bro.
Thanks! It's much appreciated.
This is the best video I have been able to find on vinyl decals.
One question, is there a way to print original colored artwork on some clear vinyl then place it through the cutter later? Using reg marks or something of that nature.
You sure can. I don't have a vinyl printer so I can't do a tutorial on it, but all you do is print the artwork out with registration marks and create a contour cut layer to cut around the decal. I should have some ink transfer tutorials for doing tshirts coming up in the future showing how to contour cut with registration marks so make sure you subscribe. Thanks genomyoshida
Thanks for this man!
Thanks! Awesome video btw!!
That font is awesome. Do you have a font pack?
Also I wanted to know, was that paper for stickers? and if so where can I purchase that and what's the name of the kind of paper? I have the Roland BN20 machine just in case that makes a difference. Thanks
Nice Job , clear and informative , I am thing about buying a machine and this was what I wanted to see
Thank You
Thanks. You won't regret it!
how would you get it bigger to fit a car and how do you get chrome ??
good content
I hope you keep update :)
The name of that font is stereofunk. You can get it for free on dafontdotcom. I love it and use it in my logo.
Tripti Shukla I can't reply to your question directly because of your privacy settings, but in order to do a multi-colored vinyl decal you need a vinyl eco solvent printer like this one. th-cam.com/video/RMBQNsY3R_M/w-d-xo.html All I have is a vinyl cutter which cuts decals out of single colors of vinyl at a time.
but what if you wanted to just layer the vinyl? Like press one then the other one?
Thanks for the Vid!!! :)
Whats the name of this program ??
Okay. My friend had the idea to do this asa business in the future. Say I literally know nothing about how to make them, could you tell me how to really simplified?
Hi, is this process the same whenever you print on shirts using heat press? Is your final product in this video the "thing" that is put on the shirt and printed using heat press?
Can you advise a good starter kit? Any thing that should I look for features and stuff?
great tutorial just one question for some odd reason it won't let me select just the outline it keeps selecting everything help please
You might try using the direct selection tool which is the white arrow. The shortcut key for it is "a". If you use the black arrow it usually selects everything. Hope that helps.
This was mono coloured vinyl decal , but how do we make multi-couloured vinyl decal ?
+Tripti Shukla yeah this is what im looking for!!
What app did u used.
very good demo
Thanks. I appreciate it!
Two great resources for you to check out for starter kit info and other stuff are t-shirtforumsdotcom and signs101dotcom. I am on there all the time.
I am stoked that I found your tutorials. I am new to the Adobe and had a question on your tutorial Vinyl decal start to finish. How was you able to bring in the ink splatter design to your demonstration? I try and bring in a second image and just starts a new document. Sorry for the stupid question, but would really appreciate some help if you have time. Thanks, Mike
winch driver Not a stupid question at all. All you do is drag your new image on top of the art board and let go of the mouse button. If it's on a different document you hold the mouse down while dragging the image up to the other tab at the top and then let go of the mouse button when it's over the art board. If you are still having an issue you can use the place function under the file menu at the top if your using Windows. Remember there is a difference between a vector image and a raster image like a jpg.
Thank you sir. That works great, but now I am having issues with sending files to my new plotter. I am hoping that the company will help me out.
awesome..thanx for this one.
Thanks Pete.
Yes, I'm going to make and sell stickers. Your videos are valuable for guys like me. More power and keep it up.
HI. Jason thanks for your tutorials.I am going to start this vinyl and t-shirt business but still i'm not ready because afraid to failed it. I need your support if you can. I have watched many your free tutorials special how to design & create vinyl decals - start to finish. Please could you make one last tutorial, after design how to print to the machine and material can be used. Thanks again.
+Omar Hassan Just go out and start your business. Start small and build it up. You will do great. I am going to do more tutorials, but just haven't had the time lately. Thanks for your positive feedback.
thanks
Great video thank x man...
Thanks. I appreciate it. Thanks for subscribing. I have many more videos I want to do.
Do u have link for your cutter and does the software u use to design cost anything
I have a 31" R series vinyl cutter. It has VE LXI Expert software. I'm pretty new to this and haven't figured out if it has a layers tab as yours does or a merge tab. I have only found a weld button and it does nothing like yours does in this video. Yours sure made it look simple. Wondering if any of the software you use will work with my cutter to achieve what you just did?
A lot of cutters have a plugin that works with Adobe Illustrator. Just go to the manufacturers website and see if yours does. It's worth a shot!
So helpfull!
good stuff!
Thanks MAX JAM, I appreciate it.
It keeps deleting my text layer when I try to merge it! You're video is a lot of help but just need a nudge in the right direction!
The merge command will only work if the items you are trying to merge are all the same color. I've had the same problem when working with multiple colors. Also make sure you have turned your text into outlines first. Hope this helps.
what vinyl cutter plotter you're using? I have Polaris PL-740, I just bought it but dunno if it's compatible with the illustrator.
The steps you went through on the computer work for T-Shirts as well?
Yes, it does work for t-shirts.
Alright thanks, could you possibly list some affordable Vinyl Printers? I just want something to start off on that is less than $1k.
hey inkspit is amazing but tell me how to make viny(decal,graphic)for cycle?
Not sure what you mean? You can make it any size and put it on a bicycle if that's what your talking about.
thanks for the vid. I noticed you are using Oracle brand,what's your feed back on it? are you using oracle for the vinyl also? is it water resistant? is it permanent? thanx for your help!!
What set up would you recommend if I wanted to make overlays for car badges?
Cool thanks :)
What software or whatever do you use??
what type and size document did u begin with?
how do you determine the size of the graphic ?
Hello, How I know if the logo is scale and how big is the sticker?
In this printer can i able to print Glow in the Dark Sticker Paper
I did this for 3 years after art school and it was my Favorite job but was making shit money. I could do this all day, but do it as a hobby now............
I love it too, but your right, the money is not great....do you have some place I can view your work?
Thanks @ink spit ,I will start doing t-shirts...can you make more videos about Photoshop.... I never use any of them before
I will try to do some more Photoshop tutorials. I work with a lot of vector graphics so that's why I use Adobe Illustrator so much.
My biggest tip to you would be when designing in photoshop, turn everything into a smart object. It allows you to resize images without distorting them, just like a vector image in illustrator.
how to separate the colors of a Stiker design and print with Single colore vinyl Printer
what was the resolution for this
Dude this helped out so much. I am a graphic designer trying to understand sign making and production side of things. I am in the market to get a vinyl cutter but I was just confused in the application and adhesive and how the software works in correspondence to adobe. I wouldn't want to buy another designer software for a cutter I want a cutter that just cuts my designs. Any recommendation for vinyl cutter? 500-1000 range? or more. I have all other material and scanners and large format printers and I think a vinyl cutter will really open up a market for starting to do signs, banners ect. ect. I have a 36" repositionable full color printer that I could print on repositionable poster paper I want to run that through a cutter. any ideas on software? or cutter combo or what brands and machines to avoid?
I would recommend the Graphtec machines. Since I started getting serious about cutting vinyl those are the only machines I've used. I am currently using the Graphtec CE5000-60
Excellent tutorial and explained quite a bit with the merge option that I did not quite understand, Thank You. I have a question about the Clear Transfer tape and Oracal 631. I understood that I should not use the Clear Transfer tape with the Matte 631 Oracal. I have a difficult time seeing with the opaque transfer tape and would like to purchase the clear tape. Would you be kind enough to share the name brand of this tape please? Thank You!
Thanks Dona Hepfinger . the transfer tape I use is TransferRite clear medium tack 1510. I have always used transfer tape with Oracal 631 and never had a problem. Most people use opaque transfer tape, but I feel the clear tape is a better presentation. Here is a link to where I buy it: www.fellerscertified.com/#where=iC6FB7024-E3B6-E9C8-AAC931F2E468AC52
Ink Spit Thank you for the transfer tape information. There is a Fellers Warehouse near where I live, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Keep up the great work and I am looking forward to your next video.
what type of color did you use? RGB or CMYK? a lot of people i ask they said use cmyk for printing
+Vedanta Maha Karuna Yes, if you are doing design for print you typically want to use CMYK. In this case since there is nothing being printed with ink it doesn't matter too much. I have used both because the end result is simply the software sending cutting instructions to the vinyl plotter. You put whatever color of vinyl you want on the cutter.
Great video. I'm just starting making graphics, haven't even received my cutter yet, but I'm hung up on merging the graphics. Done it step by step how you did but nothing happens when I click merge? And input would be appreciated.
The merge command in the pathfinder tool only merges like colors I believe. If you just want to combine elements you can use the unite command in the pathfinder tool. If that doesn't help, please make a video showing your process and I will see if I can help you out.
Ink Spit thanks man. It works just fine now. Not sure what changed, but thanks anyway.
I've been watching your video over and over and I think it's great but where did you get the graphic? I keep looking for it. I'm trying to copy what you did to learn. I'm very new to this and in an area that offers no classes. I have the adobe 6 illustrator. I also been trying to learn how to separate things to cut like offset path lettering
I believe the ink blob graphic was in a random vector pack I had and the inkspit designs is obviously a font converted to outlines. You can get some vectors to mess with here: www.brandsoftheworld.com/ and here: all-silhouettes.com/
What if you don't have a font style but are working with hand drawn scans. Do I need to scan individual images of the the letters I've designed & then trace over in Photoshop or is there an easier/more efficient way?
You would need to trace them with the pen tool if you are using Adobe Illustrator, or you could use the image trace function. I have a video showing how to use it here: th-cam.com/video/9LfejSOTSWw/w-d-xo.html
Hello ,
it seems I amhaving an issue with trying to merge text with using a symbol.. can you tell me if it can be done and how..ive tried and tried.. no results. thanks.
It looks like you can't combine a live symbol with text. If you right click on the symbol and choose "break link to symbol" or choose to expand it from the object menu then you will be able to combine it with text using the pathfinder tool. Of course this means the symbol is not a true symbol anymore.
What software are you using to design the the decal with?
pnkflyd669 Adobe Illustrator CC www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html
how do you apply the decal on the final surface? do you peel the original silicone paper and the vinyl keeps sticked onto the application tape?? thanks
+VALDE WAS HERE You first remove the paper backing. Then you stick the decal down with the clear application tape still over it. Then you peal back the clear application tape at a 45 degree angle and leave the decal itself on the surface. I still see cars driving around with vinyl decals that have the application tape still over the decal and it drives me crazy! Lol
How do you do multi coloured? Not mono? Great video non the less!
+Jorah Mormont Here is the video I did on making a multi color decal: th-cam.com/video/C7H0wr26sGE/w-d-xo.html
how do you do outline mode? i cant figure that out i see you push white but not sure how you got the color back?
+graffstar CMD+7
+graffstar On Windows you hit Ctrl-Y to go into outline mode and press it again to get out of it.
In having issues every thine I try to follow a tutorial it doesn't work.
When I have text and I just want the machine to cut around the indicating outline it still cuts all letters and babbling that I have on them. I was wondering what I have to do to make the text and background just like a simple image and add the outline around it to get it cut? Can you help Mme on how to do that?
If you want to add an outline around something to cut it out you can use the offset path function. At least that's what it's called in Illustrator. There are similar functions in other vector design programs. Look for tutorials on how to use the "offset path" feature.
OK I will thank you so much
i have a expert 24 cutter, im new to this and i am curretnyl trying to figure out how to cut using AI, but i dont think i have a plug in, how do i go about getting it?
Christopher Altamirano Go to the manufacturer website of your cutter and they will have one available or tell you what plugins are compatible. I have a Graphtec cutter and they provide the cutting master plugin for free for their machines.
sir can i ask how much that printer is thanks :) two thumbs up!
hpw to make body sticker for cycle?
I can't figure out how to drag the logo over to add onto the text page. Im confused. I just have a picture I downloaded online of a crown and want to drag it over but it doesnt work. HELP?!
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but if you download an image from the internet you need to convert it to a vector graphic before you can manipulate it in Illustrator. You can do this by using the "image trace" feature in Illustrator.
Ink Spit how do I turn it into a vector file? Thanks!
Sarpreet Gill My next video will show you how to do it.
Hi, I would like to ask if what software are you using on creating some awesome stickers and or vinyl, and where can you get the fonts? thanks-
+Alcraig Palma I am using Adobe Illustrator CC to create these designs. There are many websites you can get free fonts at but my favorite is www.dafont.com. Hope that helps.
thanks man
Hey I love the Fonts they have in there, real cool.
Where did you get your machine??
+Magdalena Diaz I got it from www.signsupply.com/
Any suggestions on type of printer ?
I haven't researched any of the new vinyl eco-solvent large format printers so I can be specific, but the Roland models have always bee really good. If your looking for just vinyl cutter/plotter I recommend the Graphtec models which is what I have. Reliable performance with great results.
how about with a normal inkjet printer please? or is that not possible? thank you x
To a certain degree you can. I show how to do it in this video. th-cam.com/video/VWHqqGJiaDo/w-d-xo.html
Ink Spit thank you so much! xx
Is it ok to put Vinyl decals on water bottles?
+spyderken Yes, but test wash it first to make sure the vinyl can survive the washing or else sell it with a disclaimer that it is hand wash only. I have done both. The "cast" vinyl is a little bit more durable than the "calendared vinyl"
Ink Spit OK thank you
Can we do it with gimp 2.8?????
+Saad Riaz No because that's a raster based program, but you can do it with Inkscape which is an open source free vector design program. inkscape.org
What photoshopper do u use
LightningGrinder Lets play I use Photoshop CC, but in this video I am using Illustrator CC.
I need clear application tape I got brown one which suck
I love the clear stuff as well. Most people use the brown stuff which is odd to me. Maybe it's because the clear stuff is a little more expensive?
where can i buy vinyl please help me idol
+Antok Boy google
what program are you using
I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC to design and the plugin I use to send to the vinyl cutter is called cutting master ver 3.0
Great tutorial, link for AI
Is it just me.. or did you print these backwards?
+weslegna No, they came out the right way. You can tell when I was weeding them.
Hello The Adobe CC you have to pay $19.99 a month??
If you are a teacher or a student you can get it for $19.99 or if you just want to use one app. The regular price is $49.99 a month. If you upgrade from CS you can get it for $29.99. Details here: creative.adobe.com/plans
Ink Spit Thank you
Ok i am very serious about getting some vinyl decals work done for my Xbox laptop builds. I was wondering if you could do some decals for me. you can hit me up any time. thank you
+Gunn 177 Sorry for the late response. If your still interested in some decals just email me at jason@inkspit.com
means graphic how to make
so why u not mirror it
+Tshaynyb Bo You don't mirror it because it cuts out on the machine right side up. When I make tshirts depending on the process I will mirror the design when I print it out.
Do you have an Instagram?
DM us your address on Twitter and maybe we will send you a little something in the post.
ATTENTION MAC USERS USELESS VIDEO! First, explain what template you are working on (yup buddy, I have NO CLUE!), second, make sure the commands you mention for MAC users actually work! NEXT!
+AN Soubiran Its not useless.. Just because you can't look up the differences your self doesn't mean the video is worthless.
+AN Soubiran you bloody idiot, the commands for mac are an easy convert, so easy its not worth mentioning, learn how to use the program before crying like a child on youtube.
+Mr Shroom Yes well this is a detail that a tutorial should mention. With a name like Mr Shroom, it's clear who is the actual idiot.
what software are you using?