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Video of the Week: Irish Artist Keeps it Real
This week’s video of the week comes to us all the way from Northern Ireland, where a street artist that…
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A Guide to Summertime Screen Printing
The screen-printing business changes with the seasons. Each season brings different challenges and different demands from customers. To help prepare…
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Create a Custom Jig for a Multi-Piece Engraving Job
We had a 250-piece job come in the door that needed engraving centered on two sides for a total of…
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How to Create a Vanity Plate
First, create a piece of laser-cut acrylic that will fit into the plastic license plate holder. Measure and create a…
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Use Templates When Customizing Digital Devices
You may think engraving/customizing gadgets may be too time consuming; however, since many of gadgets are all uniform in size,…
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Vintage Vinyl: Wrapping in the Tropics
This week’s Vintage Vinyl video comes to us from Key West, Florida, the city on an island known for its…
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How to Screen Print on Poly Shirts
In this video, Geno Talkington of Wichita Screen Printing gives printers the rundown on polyester shirts. Video takeaways: Poly inks…
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Meet Aluminati: Hanro Studios’ engraved truck
In February of this year, auto enthusiasts raced to the Keystone BIG Show in Grapevine, Texas. As professionals hopped from…
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Try This: Turn Images into a Pencil Sketch in Photoshop
A pencil sketch drawing of a family member is a unique way to show a portrait or image and get…
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Construct Written Approval Forms When Proofing Engraving Jobs
One of the biggest challenges in laser engraving is communication between the customer and the shop. As a shop owner,…
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How to Shop for a Screen Printing Dryer
Offering advice on which dryer is the best for your screen printing operation can be challenging as all shops aren’t…
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Video of the Week: How Neon Signs Are Made
This week’s video of the week comes to us via the Canadian-made television show “How It’s Made,” which explains how…
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Plastic Fantastic! Best practices for engraving and cutting plastic sheet stock
Thank you, readers, for the positive input from the first installment of “Plastic Fantastic!” about plastic engraving sheet. The first…
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5 Quick Tips for Sublimation Success
Always use the recommended paper and substrates for sublimation transfers — variations in paper and substrate quality lead to variations…
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Edit Wedding Photos with Desaturated Tones
We’ll add a Gradient Map to start with onto the photograph of the little girl pictured below. This effect can…
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How to Design Corporate Photo ID Badges: Part five – function
It’s important to ask yourself: will these employees wear their photo ID badges on a lanyard around their neck, or…
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