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I placed a Trimoon order a few weeks ago and David highly recommended to go with the non aligned inlays. he said it wouldn't look good with these kind of spot patterns if the inlay was pressed slightly offset.
 
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NeoViny23 said:
I placed a Trimoon order a few weeks ago and David highly recommended to go with the non aligned inlays. he said it wouldn't look good with these kind of spot patterns if the inlay was pressed slightly offset.
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Huh. I have a nice, aligned TriMoon set. What does your design look like?
 
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Nothing special....
 
warma said:
Huh. I have a nice, aligned TriMoon set. What does your design look like?
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Here is the quote of David‘s reply:

„As you have 3 different spot colors on each and they are all different I would definitely go with non-aligned. That's what a casino would do. Same amount of work and same price.“

Well, I ain’t sure anymore if aligned inlays wouldn’t come out better with the inlay that I shared above…. Any thoughts and recommendations? I wonder that the non aligned inlays require the same amount of work than the aligned inkays. My first thought was that it should be less work during the production process…
 
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Personally, I'm usually a big fan of non-aligned inlays, because none of the chips ever look 'wrong' because of misalignment.

Only in rare cases do aligned inlays actually look better, imo -- and usually only when specific design elements in the inlay correspond with the selected spot pattern.
 
NeoViny23 said:
I wonder that the non aligned inlays require the same amount of work than the aligned inkays. My first thought was that it should be less work during the production process…
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Yeah, you would think so, but....

I've applied both aligned and non-aligned labels to racks of chips before (same general principle), and in practice, it's almost harder to place them randomly than it is to use some type of visual cue during placement. I actually had a "revolving chip' thing going during placement to ensure they looked random.

So, indeed, basically the same amount of mental work either way.
 
NeoViny23 said:
Here is the quote of David‘s reply:

„As you have 3 different spot colors on each and they are all different I would definitely go with non-aligned. That's what a casino would do. Same amount of work and same price.“

Well, I ain’t sure anymore if aligned inlays wouldn’t come out better with the inlay that I shared above…. Any thoughts and recommendations? I wonder that the non aligned inlays require the same amount of work than the aligned inkays. My first thought was that it should be less work during the production process…
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Ah, totally fair. Non-aligned matches a casino, for sure. I wish I had actually know it was an option as I would have done that with my NRPY set.

But my 4 chip 3-color trimoon set came out aligned and looking great because David’s team really puts in the effort to make them come out correctly. From what I can see in photos, other similar sets appear to have come out nicely as well.

BGinGA said:
I've applied both aligned and non-aligned labels to racks of chips before (same general principle), and in practice, it's almost harder to place them randomly than it is to use some type of visual cue during placement. I actually had a "revolving chip' thing going during placement to ensure they looked random.

So, indeed, basically the same amount of mental work either way.
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And 100%. Humans are bad at random because we think. I like the “revolving chip” approach. When mixed, they’ll look random.
 
BGinGA said:
Personally, I'm usually a big fan of non-aligned inlays, because none of the chips ever look 'wrong' because of misalignment.
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Yes, indeed…. I really know what you mean. My old ASM set has a lot of very little misaligned inlays, not that it would be a brutal pain, but it’s noticeable. With my inlay design I guess that there would be a visual problem based on the cathedral’s big towers… these two towers pointing into one direction really strong, just like a compass needle… and my thoughts were that every little misalignment would be recognized instantly… Even that I really love the chip designer look of the aligned inlay, it would never be that way on the final chips and it’s definitely better to go with the non aligned inlays.
BGinGA said:
I've applied both aligned and non-aligned labels to racks of chips before (same general principle), and in practice, it's almost harder to place them randomly than it is to use some type of visual cue during placement.
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Thx for the information… I wouldn’t have thought that CPC would „misalign“ the inlays on every single chip. I thought that they would, well, place all the chips and also the inlays randomly into the press… that saying this process would lead to a chance/risk that somewhat close to 30% of the inlays would be almost aligned due to the 3 spots of the trimoon… so it make’s perfectly sense from that perspective that the non aligned inlays require the same amount of effort like the aligned inkays.

I know that there is a video linked in a PCF thread where the compression process is shown, and the thread includes some photos of fresh edgespot injected chips as well. It‘s a pity that there is not a complete video that covers the whole process from start to the end, also including the inlay pressing as well. It would give a lot of customers a great insight view on how everything comes together to our beloved little chippies :love:
 
warma said:
But my 4 chip 3-color trimoon set came out aligned and looking great because David’s team really puts in the effort to make them come out correctly.
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Do you have any pictures of splash pots? I couldn’t find anything but a thread with some single chips in your pcf record….
 
Why would I waste my time? ;-) I said *nothing special" because I don't think that my inlay will overwhelm most of the guys in this forum. I aint hired a designer, I created it all by myself and well, with my limited AI skills it is really (!) nothing very special. But I will never ever say that this is not special for me because I like it very much. I would call the Tiger Palace Inlays as something special :-D but okay, if you aint like the "nothing special" I can say "it is pretty standard" instead...

And yes, of course is a CPC set something very special...
 
NeoViny23 said:
Why would I waste my time? ;-) I said *nothing special" because I don't think that my inlay will overwhelm most of the guys in this forum. I aint hired a designer, I created it all by myself and well, with my limited AI skills it is really (!) nothing very special. But I will never ever say that this is not special for me because I like it very much. I would call the Tiger Palace Inlays as something special :-D but okay, if you aint like the "nothing special" I can say "it is pretty standard" instead...

And yes, of course is a CPC set something very special...
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My opinion hasn’t changed
 
NeoViny23 said:
Why would I waste my time? ;-) I said *nothing special" because I don't think that my inlay will overwhelm most of the guys in this forum. I aint hired a designer, I created it all by myself and well, with my limited AI skills it is really (!) nothing very special. But I will never ever say that this is not special for me because I like it very much. I would call the Tiger Palace Inlays as something special :-D but okay, if you aint like the "nothing special" I can say "it is pretty standard" instead...

And yes, of course is a CPC set something very special...
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Don’t put yourself down.
 
Highli99 said:
Exactly, the privilege of disparaging any member’s design choices is reserved to other members of the forum. This is definitely in the TOS and any violations can be referred to the Swift Discipline Committee.
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Oh, I got it... :-D
 
NeoViny23 said:
Here is the quote of David‘s reply:

„As you have 3 different spot colors on each and they are all different I would definitely go with non-aligned. That's what a casino would do. Same amount of work and same price.“

Well, I ain’t sure anymore if aligned inlays wouldn’t come out better with the inlay that I shared above…. Any thoughts and recommendations? I wonder that the non aligned inlays require the same amount of work than the aligned inkays. My first thought was that it should be less work during the production process…
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Well I gave my personal opinion because you were unsure which way to go.
Not too late to switch them to aligned if you tell me now :)
It's the same amount of work either way. Contrary to what was mentioned earlier the inlays are not placed on the chips in the press, they are positioned and held in place by a tiny spot of glue earlier in the process.
 

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