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Course Description
SignLab University Online - engaging your mind
Session One | Session Two | Session Three | Session Four | Session Five | Session Six | Session SevenSession One
Send a job, organize font groups, convert back-up files
Installing and configuring SignLab for maximum efficiency
- Your first "cut" job
- Review of "View" menu
- How to categorize font groups
- Review "Job" palette
- Organize icons on SmartBar
- Installing cutter drivers
- "Cut" menu/Plotting defaults
- Port setup
- Enabling "automatic save"
- "Options" menu review
- How to convert back-up files
- General preference settings
- Print and Cut setup wizard
- Cut dialogue
- Send job
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Two
Print and cut bitmap, vector and a combination of both
How to Print and Cut with SignLab
- 3 files used: Bitmap / Vector / Combo of bitmap and vector
- How to P&C bitmap
- How to P&C vector
- How to P&C combo file including both
- Print and Cut setup / selecting printer/selecting printmode
- Review cutting exterior part of bitmap (frame)
- Review cutting only the outline image of the bitmap
- Review cutting interior "holes" of image in bitmap
- How to print a bitmap without the "frame" or white background of the bitmap
- Print and cut multiple copies for decals (review decal dialogue)
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Three
Manage your fonts
Mastering Text Composition within SignLab
- Font Management / Font Detective
- Creating font groups
- Adding/deleting fonts in existing font groups
- Installing 3rd party fonts into Signlab after you've already completed your initial installation
- Text Tools
- Auto kerning
- Sizing/Slant, etc.
- Fit text to path
- Fit text to object
- Frame text compose
- On screen kerning
- Auto layout
- Spell checker
- Underline
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Four
Special effects
Creating High Value Designs: Special Effects Tools in SignLab
1. Special effects tools for a vinyl cut sign
- Add decorative boarder
- Shadow on text
- Metamorphosis
- Transform text — vertical arch
- Outlines
2. Special effects tools for a printed sign
- Take exact same sign and show benefit of printing it instead
- EyeCandy bevel on text
- Soft shadow on text
- Add bitmap to background
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Five
Power tools that get the job done
SignLab PowerTools!
Learn about tools that cut your design and production time in half
- Instant Replay
- PowerWeed
- Send by e-mail
- Ginsu tool
- Bitmap fills
- Badges
- Serialization
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Six
A plethora of file formats
Working with different file formats
and vectorizing bitmaps. "The good, the bad, the ugly"
Importing:
- File import window
- Review all file types, pro's and con's of each
- Recommended files to use; AI, EPS, PDF, TIF, JPEG
- Resampling and recommendations
Exporting:
- Publish to .pdf, open in Acrobat
- Black and white vectorization of bitmaps
- Color vectorization of bitmaps
- Node editing
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Session Seven
Finding the tools you need
SignLab Roadmap. Finding your way around all the tools
- SignLab tool by tool explanation
- All menus and tools reviewed with basic explanation of their functionality
- This session is not so much a "how to use" these tools as it is "where can I find tools that I may need " workshop
- Project
- Q&A / Troubleshooting
Course Description