by pigtailpat » June 26th, 2011, 7:26 pm
The process Angel describes is the way Rach taught me on my big project last year. I call it building the image in reverse into the transfer tape. You mirror the image first and cut it reversed, so when you are building it into the transfer tape, it is actually placed mirror down - so that from the other side of the tape - it will be in the right order (lordy I am not explaining this well I know..sorry). So as Angel said you start with the top layer - think of a person's face with eyes, nose and mouth and then - well the head. The eyes will be the "top" layer and the first item to be placed into the transfer tape. The next would be the nose, place that in it's proper place after the eyes. Then the mouth, place that into the transfer tape. Finally, you place the head into the transfer tape. Then once you have "built" your entire image into the tape, you are ready to take this tape with the built image and apply it to your final surface. That is the method that rach taught me. I hope this helps. I don't know about the rest of it with registration marks etc. I have not tackled calibration yet, and plan to do so soon.
Pat
New owner of an 18" cougar and the gazelle...still a newbie at the cougar and will soon explore it............