Cratty House Poker (2 Viewers)

[Cratty]

First of all congrats on this beautiful set. I'm a big fan of your work

Any particular reason you chose to design edge spots in Photoshop instead of Illustrator?

Thanks! I'm just more proficient in photoshop (around 15 years experience vs minimal in illustrator), and Tina has worked fine with PSD files. But all things created equal, illustrator would definitely be the right one to use.

 

[Nymor]

Really pretty set and a great theme

I particularly like the label template

Simple but extremely effective.

 

[gou1]

Thanks! I'm just more proficient in photoshop (around 15 years experience vs minimal in illustrator), and Tina has worked fine with PSD files. But all things created equal, illustrator would definitely be the right one to use.

Gotcha, i'm in the same boat, good to know PSD is a production option.

Just commenting to see if others have a better way to design chips/edge spots (Tina production intent)... I've opted to make mine in photoshop (yes I know not vector, but I use 1000 pixels/inch to get a fine printing resolution (error of ~.02mm), and CMYK 16bit. That said.. here's what my process has been.. this feel right?

1. Make a blank circle at 43mm (or 39mm) and overlay mold and inlay for reference points, example:
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2. Add a angle measurement reference overlay to the chip:
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3. Draw on edge-spots on same intervals and align edges to angle measurements:
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4. Save without guidelines and inlay design (just base chip/edge spots) and place .psd in illustrator to covert to ai file type

5. Create edge canvas .psd at 3.3mm x 135.09mm (43mm*pi)
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6. Make a guidance file to convert angles/location of each chip edge spot on the face to side measurements:
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7. Enable the ruler view in mm, and place each edge spot location, then blur the middle portions to get the manufactured/imperfect feel (other methods, but what I chose for this design).

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8. Save and place in illustrator similarly to convert to ai file type..

Does anyone see a better method or see any issues?

To get back to the workflow, have you tried using the angle measurement with the ruler in Photoshop? With a guide or a grid to snap the ruler to the center of the chip, you might be able to get better precision on the measurements. It might be a little bit slower though.